The location of your application's root directory will vary depending on the target platform and can also vary with the emulator and the debug containers (e.g., App Preview versus App Analyzer). Here's what I've done to locate files within the project:
// getWebPath() returns the location of index.html
// getWebRoot() returns URI pointing to index.html
function getWebPath() {
"use strict" ;
var path = window.location.pathname ;
path = path.substring( 0, path.lastIndexOf('/') ) ;
return 'file://' + path ;
}
function getWebRoot() {
"use strict" ;
var path = window.location.href ;
path = path.substring( 0, path.lastIndexOf('/') ) ;
return path ;
}
I have not been able to test this exhaustively, but it appears to be working so far. Here's an example where I'm using a Cordova media object and want it to play a file stored locally in the project. Note that I have to "special case" the iOS container:
var x = window.device && window.device.platform ;
console.log("platform = ", x) ;
if(x.match(/(ios)|(iphone)|(ipod)|(ipad)/ig)) {
var media = new Media("audio/bark.wav", mediaSuccess, mediaError, mediaStatus) ;
}
else {
var media = new Media(getWebRoot() + "/audio/bark.wav", mediaSuccess, mediaError, mediaStatus) ;
}
console.log("media.src = ", media.src) ;
media.play() ;
Not quite sure if this is what you are looking for...