File not found error using Ionic native File Plugin

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I am trying to implement a simple user signup where user has the option to upload a profile image. I am using ionic native crop plugin to crop the image this returns a uri that i am going to use to read the file from cache directory using native file plugin. Now the problem is that file.readAsDataURL() method return a file not found error. Here is my code.

  addFromGallery(){
    this.camera.getPicture(this.galleryOptions)
      .then((fileUri) => {
          // Modify fileUri format, may not always be necessary
          fileUri = 'file://' + fileUri;
          /* Using cordova-plugin-crop starts here */
          return this.crop.crop(fileUri, { quality: 100 });
      }).then((path) => {
        this.file.readAsDataURL(this.file.cacheDirectory, "a.txt")
          .then(function (success) {
            console.log("SUCESS", success);
            // success
          }, function (error) {
            console.log('ERROR', error);
            // error
          });
      })
  }

I have consoled this.file.cacheDirectory it returns the correct path where a.txt is located. but it still gives me the error.
This is my this.file.cacheDirectory returns “file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.ionicframework.myapp191974/cache/”

I am testing on a real device running Android Nougat.