How to check a file's existence in phone directory with phonegap

ajax, android, cordova, javascript

Solution

You could check if the file exists using the FileReader object from phonegap. You could check the following:

var reader = new FileReader();
var fileSource = <here is your file path>

reader.onloadend = function(evt) {

    if(evt.target.result == null) {
       // If you receive a null value the file doesn't exists
    } else {
        // Otherwise the file exists
    }         
};

// We are going to check if the file exists
reader.readAsDataURL(fileSource);

Problem

I'm writing an Android application with Phonegap 1.4.1 and Sencha that downloads and reads pdf files. How can I check whether the file exists in the phone directory using either phonegap methods, javascript or ajax?

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