Playing audio files from the local filesystem or over HTTP

PhoneGap and the media plugin API provide us with a relatively straightforward process to play back audio files. These can be files stored within the application's local filesystem, bundled with the application, or over remote files accessible by a network connection. Wherever the files may be, the method of playback is achieved in exactly the same way.

How to do it...

We must create a new Media object and pass to it the location of the audio file we want to play back:

1. Firstly, create a new PhoneGap project named audioplaying by running the following command:

   phonegap create audioplaying com.myapp.audioplaying audioplaying
   

2. Add the device's platform. You can choose to use Android, iOS, or both:

   cordova platform add ios
   cordova platform add android
   

3. Add the media and file-transfer plugins by running the following commands:

   cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.media
   cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.file-transfer
   

4. Open www/index...