Model loading and file path issue while using babylon inside webview for cordova based mobile app

[dsman]

We are trying to build simple Cordova/ionic based Babylon model viewer. 

We are downloading and storing model files at runtime to App's folder in primary storage ( ///storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.vizmonk/files/code/front/models/ )

Now the problem is babylon.js is not able to load the .babylon field from that location. Following is console error and stack trace. 

Same file if accessed using ajax call and printed on the console it works fine (content is printed in the console in the screenshot below. )

[Guest]

can you check which url is used by babylon.js to load your file? (using the network tab in f12 tools)

This may come from the url not starting with a scheme

[JCPalmer]

I checked my cordova project.  I do not use .babylon files, but do load textures.  I just added an 'img' sub-directory to 'www', then reference textures relative to 'www', where index.html is.  That is './img'.   Your description does not even remotely resemble mine.  Are you going handle all your reading in a platform (iOS, Android, Windows) way?

[dsman]

@Deltakosh

We tried both types of URL. The one starting with file ( file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data ...  etc)  and without it ( ///storage/emulated/0/Android/data ... etc).    

@JCPalmer Yes. We are going to store model files at runtime, so it can't be placed in www or asset folder. And it has to be stored/read in a platform-specific way. 

[Guest]

what url does bjs try to load? you can get it from the f12 network tab

[dsman]

@Deltakosh   No matter if we use the path beginning with "file:///storage/emulated....." or "///storage/emulated/..."  or "/storage/emulated/...."  The path in the network tab of chrome dev tools is:  "file:///storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.vizmonk/code/front/models/3879316/3879316.babylon"

[Guest]

And why is this url not working?

[dsman]

@Deltakosh Well, that's precisely my question. You can see in the screenshot above.  An ajax function call using jquery to the same URL is able to access .babylon file and print its content. While below it, you can see the babylon.max.js is showing the error saying "unable to load from .. " 

[Guest]

This is weird as BJS is only using xhr internally

Can you reference non minified version of bjs and try to dig into it?

 

I will need a repro if you want me to help further