Dowloaded Images and video not loading in Ionic 3(iOS). However works fine in Android

Asked Dec 25 '17 at 10:22

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I am using ionic 3 to build an app. I am using Cordova plugin for storing downloaded content locally and its reference in sqlite db. Everything works fine in Android but on iOS downloaded images are not showing neither the downloaded video is playing. I am storing absolute paths of thumbnails and videos in db in this way -

platform.Is("iOS"){
    this.localdirectory = this.file.dataDirectory+filename;
}
else
{
    this.localdirectory = this.file.externalDataDirectory+filename;
}

Also in build to build upgrades I noticed that Application UUID changes in IOS. Any solution?

asked Dec 25 '17 at 10:22

Tauseef Malik

which version of ios? ios 11? – Suraj Rao Dec 25 '17 at 11:49
@SurajRao Yes iOS 11 – Tauseef Malik Dec 26 '17 at 11:01
hmm.. maybe https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47702957/ionic-3-ios-displaying-selected-image-on-screen/47708792#47708792 is your problem – Suraj Rao Dec 26 '17 at 11:03
@SurajRao I tried using normalizeURL() but it is just appending '/' before 'file:///'. Should I just remove 'file:///' before storing that path in sqlite DB? – Tauseef Malik Dec 26 '17 at 12:21
@SurajRao Also I don't see a solution to changing Application UUID. I am storing path of downloaded file in sqlite db and when I update the app, its UUID changes but that doesn't get moved to new container. So the path is essentially invalid now. – Tauseef Malik Dec 26 '17 at 12:29
that could be an entirely different issue – Suraj Rao Dec 26 '17 at 12:34
@SurajRao Removing 'file:///' from path works for images. Currently my ionic version is 3.19.0, is that the reason why normalizeURL() is not working the way it should? – Tauseef Malik Dec 26 '17 at 13:30
no thats fine.. because the function was added in 3.7.0..maybe raise a github issue with exact code and url string if it is not working – Suraj Rao Dec 26 '17 at 13:32
Thanks @SurajRao. I am new to ionic development. Just one more question. Is it the same reason why video's are also not playing? I am using – Tauseef Malik Dec 26 '17 at 13:45
yes.. ios 11 enforces CORS. so the url needs to be normalized – Suraj Rao Dec 26 '17 at 13:48
Great help, Thanks a lot @SurajRao. I will raise seperate issue for changing uuid. – Tauseef Malik Dec 26 '17 at 14:07

Dowloaded Images and video not loading in Ionic 3(iOS). However works fine in Android

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