How to access app group shared container from Cordova?

Question

I am using window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL in cordova to access file system. However I could not find a way to get the directory path using app group.

In IOS, I can easily use containerURLForSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier.

Cheers

Prototrophic

Could you post sample code? – Mahler

Could you please elaborate your question? "could not find a way to get the directory path using app group." - what do u really mean by this? – Mahler

I'm not an expert with cordova IOS. But maybe this is something that could help you. github.com/protonet/… – Asturias

@Asturias That example is using NSUserDefaults which I do not think Adrian is looking for. I believe he is looking for a Cordova solution that utilizes the AppGroup shared folder. I am also looking to accomplish something similar. – Notary

@Notary Were you able to solve this? – Gravamen

No, ended up going with a native swift app – Notary

Answer 1

To do that one need to write a plugin, that will access shared group directory using

-[NSFileManager containerURLForSecurityApplicationGroupIdentifier]

as I didn't find an existing cordova plugin that does that. Writing plugin like that is pretty easy if you're familiar with cordova plugin system.

Hagan