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Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 150

Can't play local videos in IOS 9 with Phonegap app

I made an IOS 9 app using Phonegap 6.2.0. I need to play videos with no connection, so I download it using cordova FileTransfer plugin: 

        var uri = encodeURI(file.url);
        var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
        // var fileLocation = cordova.file.applicationStorageDirectory +
        //     '/Documents/' + file.folder + '/' + file.fileName;

        var fileLocation = cordova.file.dataDirectory + file.fileName;

        var deferred = $q.defer();
        fileTransfer.headers = {
            Connection: "close"
        };

        fileTransfer.download(uri, fileLocation, function(result) {
            console.log("Fichero descargado: " + JSON.stringify(result));
            deferred.resolve(result);
        }, function(error) {
            deferred.reject(error);
        });
        return deferred.promise;

I've tried different file locations to download it (https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/cordova-plugin-file/)

Then, I return the file path using resolveLocalFileSystemURL:

var deferred = $q.defer();

    var nativePath = cordova.file.dataDirectory + nombreFichero + "." + extension;

    resolveLocalFileSystemURL(nativePath, function(entry) {
        //deferred.resolve(entry.nativeURL);
        console.log("Fichero native: " + entry.toNativeURL());
        console.log("Fichero fullPath: " + entry.fullPath);
        console.log("Fichero toUrl: " + entry.toURL());
        console.log("Fichero toInternalURL: " + entry.toInternalURL());

        deferred.resolve(entry.toURL());
    }, function(error) {
        console.log("Error al leer el fichero: " + JSON.stringify(error));
        deferred.reject(error);
    });
    return deferred.promise;

I've tried all file formats but none of them worked:

cdvfile://localhost/library-nosync/97a7d50f-05d1-4642-96e9-b0b26ea41897.mp4

file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/6CD24D7A-7A39-4AFE-A43B-788FCDFCEB5A/Library/NoCloud/a88d38b8-85e8-4b9b-b57e-a8eb2731eb0d.mp4

http://localhost/library-nosync/97a7d50f-05d1-4642-96e9-b0b26ea41897.mp4 and using port 12344

Some formats do nothing, some show the button play strikethrough...

In all answers I had read they recommend to use .toNativeUrl() but it doesn't work for me...

I also tried cordova-plugin-streaming-media (I can't post more links), but it does not work (no play video, no errors...)

Any idea?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 572

Answers (1)

Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 150

Solved.

My code works good and play videos. The problem was in the URL to download the video, it gets a string with the url and not the video (therefore download and open file method didin't throw error)

Summarizing, toUrl() works.

Thanks @Gandhi for your replies.

Upvotes: 2

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