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AIR Android app. Why is this nativePath empty?

includes/audio/bird.mp3 is bundled up with the app.

var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("includes/audio/bird.mp3");
                    
trace("file",file.exists);
trace("file",file.nativePath);
trace("file",file.url);

outputs
file true
file
file app:/includes/audio/bird.mp3
Solution

  • This is expected.

    Files packaged in the applicationDirectory are compressed as part of the APK and don't have a direct file system path. You will need to extract them to an accessible location, (applicationStorageDirectory).

    In AIR simply copy the File reference to the File.applicationStorageDirectory and then you should have a native path reference if you really need that.

    var file:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("includes/audio/bird.mp3");
var fileAccessible:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("bird.mp3");

file.copyTo( fileAccessible );

trace( fileAccessible.nativePath );