iOS: filenames containing spaces do not open

[keturn]

I'm using fileOpener2.open on iOS, and it's working for some files, but when there's a space in the filename it doesn't open.

I tried putting my file URL through decodeURI before sending it to fileOpener2, but that did not help.

I haven't tried other characters that might get escaped in file URLs, like brackets or unicode.

[pwlin]

Hi @keturn

This was a problem with older versions of this bug which supposedly is fixed in latest version (1.0.11).

Which version are you using?

[keturn]

I have version 1.0.11, it looks like I have had it since November 4th, and I reported this on November 14th. So yes, I believe I was working with 1.0.11 during this time.

[pwlin]

Can you show me an example of how you pass the file path? Is the file path an URI?

[kjayathilake]

I am trying to open a word document in android using FileOpener2 plugin version 1.0.11
This is my code

var documentURL = "file:///storage/emulated/0/Documents/My%20Learnings%20during%20the%20program.docx"; // This is how cordova FileSystem returns the url (toURL()) when there are spaces in the document name.
var contentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document";
cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open(
                        documentURL,
                        contentType, {
                            error: function (errorObj) {
                                console.log('Error status: ' + errorObj.status + ' - Error message: ' + errorObj.message);
                            },
                            success: function () {
                            }
                        }
                    );

and I get this error
Error status: 9 - Error message: File not found

[kjayathilake]

For future reference, I could resolve it by decoding the url.

var documentURL = decodeURIComponent("file:///storage/emulated/0/Documents/My%20Learnings%20during%20the%20program.docx");

[pwlin]

@krishtc great that you find an solution and thanks for posting it here!

[JwJason]

This still appears to be a bug in 1.0.11. Tested on Android; krishtc's fix successfully resolves the issue.

[vipullimbachiya]

As we are already passing file URL encoded I just removed stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding in the file FileOpener2.m and it now opens any file just fine. I've tested files with spaces in their name and special characters as well.

NSString *path = [[command.arguments objectAtIndex:0] stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

Is replaced with :

NSString *path = [command.arguments objectAtIndex:0];

[guyc]

This has been causing me some pain too. I've updated keturn's pull request to merge cleanly with the current master. Without this, the plugin requires different filename encoding on Android and iOS.

[pwlin]

Please test this bug again and let me know if @guyc 's PR fixed this issue.

[elsewhat]

Having the same issues with version 2.0.2 that fileURIs with spaces do not work on iOS.
In my case the fileURI is already url decode (ie. no %20 in file URI)

Unfortuntately, I am using phonegap build so I'm not able to test directly if @guyc fix works.
(or is there a way to have dev builds in npm?)

this._fileURI is "file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application//Documents/test/Test cordova 52.jpg"
I get a "File does not exist" status 9 error

Was working before I upgraded from cordova 3.6.3 to cordova 5.20. Assume this is since I changed version of the plugin cordova-plugin-file-opener2 from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 (so reverting to 2.0.1 ought to work for me)

Code I am using

    log.info("Opening file "+  this._fileURI + " with mime " + this._mimeType)
    var that = this;
    cordova.plugins.fileOpener2.open(
        this._fileURI,
        this._mimeType,
        {
            error : function(e) {
                log.error("Failed to open file");
                log.error(e);
                that._reportWarningToUser("Fil kan ikke vises på din telefon.");
            },
            success : function () {
                log.info("file opened successfully");
                that._reportInformationToUser("Fil skal nå åpnes i annen app.");
            }
        }
    );

[WeaponX86]

Experiencing the same issue here on Phonegap 6.4.0, iOS 10.2.1. Have tried applying encodeURI to the path, doesn't help.