How to check a file's existence in phone directory with phonegap
I had the same problem. I could not manage to get Darkaico's answer to work, but with the answer of Kurt I could make it work.
Here's my code:
function checkIfFileExists(path){ window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, function(fileSystem){ fileSystem.root.getFile(path, { create: false }, fileExists, fileDoesNotExist); }, getFSFail); //of requestFileSystem}function fileExists(fileEntry){ alert("File " + fileEntry.fullPath + " exists!");}function fileDoesNotExist(){ alert("file does not exist");}function getFSFail(evt) { console.log(evt.target.error.code);}Then you only need to execute like this:
checkIfFileExists("path/to/my/file.txt");
I get a handle to the file using the .getFile('fileName',{create:false},success,failure) method. If I get the success callback the file is there, otherwise any failure implies that there is a problem with the file.
The above answers did not work for me, but this did :
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(fullFilePath, success, fail);