Mime type of file undefined in IOS - a PSA

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More of a PSA than anything else. Offering up a bit of advice if anyone is attempting to run up the hill of getting a mimetype on IOS.

I’ve been banging my head off the wall for… far too long let’s just say.

The story goes

 window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(imageData, function(fileEntry) {
 	fileEntry.file(function(fileData) {
 		console.log(fileData);
 	});
 }, errorCB);

returns null…

here’s why:

in the throws of CDVlocalfilesystem.m

// can’t easily get the mimetype unless create URL, send request and read resp"onse so skipping
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-tFMXBUYAA_S3k.png

Any insight on the issue is welcome!

I’ve filed a feature request with the cordova file team, i’ll post back with any response.

Some links for fun:

On this specific cordova file plugin

Issue filed with cordova:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8546

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