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Asked: 2026-06-04T08:33:13+00:00

I’m developing a corodva (phonegap) application and I’m saving some downloaded files to the

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I’m developing a corodva (phonegap) application and I’m saving some downloaded files to the data directory. Currently if I’m accessing the filesystem entry to the target file in the following way:

function gotFS(fileSystem) {
    fileSystem.root.getFile("<filename>", {create: true}, gotFileEntry, fail);
}

window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, gotFS, fail);

I tried with LocalFileSystem.APPLICATION but it gives a javascript error.

In iOS the file gets saved into /Documents/<filename> , and in android into /mnt/sdcard/<filename>.

I want to store those files in /data/data/<app>/<filename> in Android and the equivalent in iOS (which I guess is /Application Support/<filename>).

Now the question is:

Is there a way to access these in a platform independent way so I don’t need to add ifs to check in which platform I am?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I wrote up a small blog post to show how to move platform dependent paths out to a json file you load at startup. That way you don’t have to do the clunky tests for what platform you are on.

    http://simonmacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-eleventh-day-of-phonegapping.html

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