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# Release Notes
 
### 0.2.1 (Sept 5, 2013)
* [CB-4656] Don't add newlines in data urls within readAsDataUrl.
* [CB-4514] Making DirectoryCopy Recursive
* [iOS] Simplify the code in resolveLocalFileSystemURI

### 0.2.3 (Sept 25, 2013)
* CB-4889 bumping&resetting version
* [CB-4903] File Plugin not loading Windows8
* [CB-4903] File Plugin not loading Windows8
* CB-4889 renaming references
* CB-4889 renaming org.apache.cordova.core.file to org.apache.cordova.file
* Rename CHANGELOG.md -> RELEASENOTES.md
* [CB-4771] Expose TEMPORARY and PERSISTENT constants on window.
* Fix compiler/lint warnings
* [CB-4764] Move DirectoryManager.java into file plugin
* [CB-4763] Copy FileHelper.java into the plugin.
* [CB-2901] [BlackBerry10] Automatically unsandbox filesystem if path is not in app sandbox
* [CB-4752] Incremented plugin version on dev branch.

### 0.2.4 (Oct 9, 2013)
* CB-5020 - File plugin should execute on a separate thread
* [CB-4915] Incremented plugin version on dev branch.
* CB-4504: Updating FileUtils.java to compensate for Java porting failures in the Android SDK. This fails because Java knows nothing about android_asset not being an actual filesystem

 ### 0.2.5 (Oct 28, 2013)
* CB-5129: Add a consistent filesystem attribute to FileEntry and DirectoryEntry objects
* CB-5128: added repo + issue tag to plugin.xml for file plugin
* CB-5015 [BlackBerry10] Add missing dependency for File.slice
* [CB-5010] Incremented plugin version on dev branch.

### 1.0.0 (Feb 05, 2014)
* CB-5974: Use safe 'Compatibilty' mode by default
* CB-5915: CB-5916: Reorganize preference code to make defaults possible
* CB-5974: Android: Don't allow File operations to continue when not configured
* CB-5960: ios: android: Properly handle parent references in getFile/getDirectory
* [ubuntu] adopt to recent changes
* Add default FS root to new FS objects
* CB-5899: Make DirectoryReader.readEntries return properly formatted Entry objects
* Add constuctor params to FileUploadResult related to CB-2421
* Fill out filesystem attribute of entities returned from resolveLocalFileSystemURL
* CB-5916: Create documents directories if they don't exist
* CB-5915: Create documents directories if they don't exist
* CB-5916: Android: Fix unfortunate NPE in config check
* CB-5916: Android: Add "/files/" to persistent files path
* CB-5915: ios: Update config preference (and docs) to match issue
* CB-5916: Android: Add config preference for Android persistent storage location
* iOS: Add config preference for iOS persistent storage location
* iOS: Android: Allow third-party plugin registration
* Android: Expose filePlugin getter so that other plugins can register filesystems
* Fix typos in deprecation message
* Add backwards-compatibility shim for file-transfer
* Android: Allow third-party plugin registration
* CB-5810 [BlackBerry10] resolve local:/// paths (application assets)
* CB-5774: create DirectoryEntry instead of FileEntry
* Initial fix for CB-5747
* Change default FS URL scheme to "cdvfile"
* Android: Properly format content urls
* Android, iOS: Replace "filesystem" protocol string with constant
* Android: Allow absolute paths on Entry.getFile / Entry.getDirectory
* Android: Make clear that getFile takes a path, not just a filename
* CB-5008: Rename resolveLocalFileSystemURI to resolveLocalFileSystemURL; deprecate original
* Remove old file reference from plugin.xml
* Android: Refactor File API
* CB-4899 [BlackBerry10] Fix resolve directories
* CB-5602 Windows8. Fix File Api mobile spec tests
* Android: Better support for content urls and cross-filesystem copy/move ops
* CB-5699 [BlackBerry10] Update resolveLocalFileSystemURI implementation
* CB-5658 Update license comment formatting of doc/index.md
* CB-5658 Add doc.index.md for File plugin.
* CB-5658 Delete stale snapshot of plugin docs
* CB-5403: Backwards-compatibility with file:// urls where possible
* CB-5407: Fixes for ContentFilesystem
* Android: Add method for testing backwards-compatibility of filetransfer plugin
* iOS: Add method for testing backwards-compatiblity of filetransfer plugin
* Android: Updates to allow FileTransfer to continue to work
* Android: Clean up unclosed file objects
* CB-5407: Cleanup
* CB-5407: Add new Android source files to plugin.xml
* CB-5407: Move read, write and truncate methods into modules
* CB-5407: Move copy/move methods into FS modules
* CB-5407: Move getParent into FS modules
* CB-5407: Move getmetadata methods into FS modules
* CB-5407: Move readdir methods into FS modules
* CB-5407: Move remove methods into FS modules
* CB-5407: Move getFile into FS modules
* CB-5407: Start refactoring android code: Modular filesystems, rfs, rlfsurl
* CB-5407: Update android JS to use FS urls
* CB-5405: Use URL formatting for Entry.toURL
* CB-5532 Fix
* Log file path for File exceptions.
* Partial fix for iOS File compatibility with previous fileTransfer plugin
* CB-5532 WP8. Add binary data support to FileWriter
* CB-5531 WP8. File Api readAsText incorrectly handles position args
* Added ubuntu platform support
* Added amazon-fireos platform support
* CB-5118 [BlackBerry10] Add check for undefined error handler
* CB-5406: Extend public API for dependent plugins
* CB-5403: Bump File plugin major version
* CB-5406: Split iOS file plugin into modules
* CB-5406: Factor out filesystem providers in iOS
* CB-5408: Add handler for filesystem:// urls
* CB-5406: Update iOS native code to use filesystem URLs internally
* CB-5405: Update JS code to use URLs exclusively
* CB-4816 Fix file creation outside sandbox for BB10

### 1.0.1 (Feb 28, 2014)
* CB-6116 Fix error where resolveLocalFileSystemURL would fail
* CB-6106 Add support for nativeURL attribute on Entry objects
* CB-6110 iOS: Fix typo in filesystemPathForURL: method
* Android: Use most specific FS match when resolving file: URIs
* iOS: Update fileSystemURLforLocalPath: to return the most match url.
* Allow third-party plugin registration, and the total count of fs type is not limited to just 4.
* CB-6097 Added missing files for amazon-fireos platform. Added onLoad flag to true.
* CB-6087 Android, iOS: Load file plugin on startup
* CB-6013 BlackBerry10: wrap webkit prefixed called in requestAnimationFrame
* Update plugin writers' documentation
* CB-6080 Fix file copy when src and dst are on different local file systems
* CB-6057 Add methods for plugins to convert between URLs and paths
* CB-6050 Public method for returning a FileEntry from a device file path
* CB-2432 CB-3185, CB-5975: Fix Android handling of content:// URLs
* CB-6022 Add upgrade notes to doc
* CB-5233 Make asset-library urls work properly on iOS
* CB-6012 Preserve query strings on cdvfile:// URLs where necessary
* CB-6010 Test properly for presence of URLforFilesystemPath method
* CB-5959 Entry.getMetadata should return size attribute

### 1.1.0 (Apr 17, 2014)
* CB-4965: Remove tests from file plugin
* Android: Allow file:/ URLs
* CB-6422: [windows8] use cordova/exec/proxy
* CB-6249: [android] Opportunistically resolve content urls to file
* CB-6394: [ios, android] Add extra filesystem roots
* CB-6394: [ios, android] Fix file resolution for the device root case
* CB-6394: [ios] Return ENCODING_ERR when fs name is not valid
* CB-6393: Change behaviour of toURL and toNativeURL
* ios: Style: plugin initialization
* ios: Fix handling of file URLs with encoded spaces
* Always use Android's recommended temp file location for temporary file system
* CB-6352: Allow FileSystem objects to be serialized to JSON
* CB-5959: size is explicitly 0 if not set, file.spec.46&47 are testing the type of size
* CB-6242: [BlackBerry10] Add deprecated version of resolveLocalFileSystemURI
* CB-6242: [BlackBerry10] add file:/// prefix for toURI / toURL
* CB-6242: [BlackBerry10] Polyfill window.requestAnimationFrame for OS < 10.2
* CB-6242: [BlackBerry10] Override window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL
* CB-6212: [iOS] fix warnings compiled under arm64 64-bit
* ios: Don't cache responses from CDVFile's URLProtocol
* CB-6199: [iOS] Fix toNativeURL() not escaping characters properly
* CB-6148: Fix cross-filesystem copy and move
* fixed setMetadata() to use the formatted fullPath
* corrected typo which leads to a "comma expression"
* CB-4952: ios: Resolve symlinks in file:// URLs
* Add docs about the extraFileSystems preference
* CB-6460: Update license headers

### 1.2.0 (Jun 05, 2014)
* CB-6127 Spanish and French Translations added. Github close #31
* updated this reference to window
* Add missing semicolon (copy & paste error)
* Fix compiler warning about symbol in interface not matching implementation
* Fix sorting order in supported platforms
* ubuntu: increase quota value
* ubuntu: Change FS URL scheme to 'cdvfile'
* ubuntu: Return size with Entry.getMetadata() method
* CB-6803 Add license
* Initial implementation for Firefox OS
* Small wording tweaks
* Fixed toURL() toInternalURL() information in the doku
* ios: Don't fail a write of zero-length payload.
* CB-285 Docs for cordova.file.\*Directory properties
* CB-285 Add cordova.file.\*Directory properties for iOS & Android
* CB-3440 [BlackBerry10] Proxy based implementation
* Fix typo in docs "app-bundle" -> "bundle"
* CB-6583 ios: Fix failing to create entry when space in parent path
* CB-6571 android: Make DirectoryEntry.toURL() have a trailing /
* CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
* CB-6525 android, ios: Allow file: URLs in all APIs. Fixes FileTransfer.download not being called.
* fix the Windows 8  implementation of the getFile method
* Update File.js for typo: lastModifiedData --> lastModifiedDate (closes #38)
* Add error codes.
* CB-5980 Updated version and RELEASENOTES.md for release 1.0.0
* Add NOTICE file
* CB-6114 Updated version and RELEASENOTES.md for release 1.0.1
* CB-5980 Updated version and RELEASENOTES.md for release 1.0.0

### 1.2.1
* CB-6922 Fix inconsistent handling of lastModifiedDate and modificationTime
* CB-285: Document filesystem root properties

### 1.3.0 (Aug 06, 2014)
* **FFOS** Remove unsupported paths from requestAllPaths
* **FFOS** Support for resolve URI, request all paths and local app directory.
* CB-4263 set ready state to done before onload
* CB-7167 [BlackBerry10] copyTo - return wrapped entry rather than native
* CB-7167 [BlackBerry10] Add directory support to getFileMetadata
* CB-7167 [BlackBerry10] Fix tests detection of blob support (window.Blob is BlobConstructor object)
* CB-7161 [BlackBerry10] Add file system directory paths
* CB-7093 Create separate plugin.xml for new-style tests
* CB-7057 Docs update: elaborate on what directories are for
* CB-7093: Undo the effects of an old bad S&R command
* CB-7093: Remove a bunch of unneeded log messages
* CB-7093: Add JS module to plugin.xml file for auto-tests
* CB-7093 Ported automated file tests
* **WINDOWS** remove extra function closure, not    needed
* **WINDOWS** remove check for undefined fail(), it is defined by the proxy and always exists
* **WINDOWS** re-apply readAsBinaryString and readAsArrayBuffer
* **WINDOWS** Moved similar calls to be the same calls, aliased long namespaced functions
* CB-6127 Updated translations for docs.
* CB-6571 Fix getParentForLocalURL to work correctly with directories with trailing '/' (This closes #58)
* UTTypeCopyPreferredTagWithClass returns nil mimetype for css when there is no network
* updated spec links in docs ( en only )
* CB-6571 add trailing space it is missing in DirectoryEnty constructor.
* CB-6980 Fixing filesystem:null property in Entry
* Add win8 support for readAsBinaryString and readAsArrayBuffer
* [FFOS] Update FileProxy.js
* CB-6940: Fixing up commit from dzeims
* CB-6940: Android: cleanup try/catch exception handling
* CB-6940: context.getExternal* methods return null if sdcard isn't in mounted state, causing exceptions that prevent startup from reaching readystate
* Fix mis-handling of filesystem reference in Entry.moveTo ('this' used in closure).
* CB-6902: Use File.lastModified rather than .lastModifiedDate
* CB-6922: Remove unused getMetadata native code
* CB-6922: Use getFileMetadata consistently to get metadata
* changed fullPath to self.rootDocsPath
* CB-6890: Fix pluginManager access for 4.0.x branch

### 1.3.1 (Sep 17, 2014)
* CB-7471 cordova-plugin-file documentation translation
* CB-7272 Replace confusing "r/o" abbreviation with just "r"
* CB-7423 encode path before attempting to resolve
* CB-7375 Fix the filesystem name in resolveLocalFileSystemUri
* CB-7445 [BlackBerry10] resolveLocalFileSystemURI - change DEFAULT_SIZE to MAX_SIZE
* CB-7458 [BlackBerry10] resolveLocalFileSystemURL - add filesystem property
* CB-7445 [BlackBerry10] Add default file system size to prevent quota exceeded error on initial install
* CB-7431 Avoid calling done() twice in file.spec.109 test
* CB-7413 Adds support of 'ms-appdata://' URIs
* CB-7422 [File Tests] Use proper fileSystem to create fullPath
* CB-7375 [Entry] get proper filesystem in Entry
* Amazon related changes.
* CB-7375 Remove leading slash statement from condition
* Refactored much of the logic in FileMetadata constructor.  Directory.size will return 0
* CB-7419 [WP8] Added support to get metada from dir
* CB-7418 [DirectoryEntry] Added fullPath variable as part of condition
* CB-7417 [File tests] added proper matcher to compare fullPath property
* CB-7375 Partial revert to resolve WP8 failures
* Overwrite existing file on getFile when create is true
* CB-7375 CB-6148: Ensure that return values from copy and move operations reference the correct filesystem
* CB-6724 changed style detail on documentation
* Added new js files to amazon-fireos platform.
* Adds Windows platform
* Fixes multiple mobilespec tests errors
* Removed test/tests.js module from main plugin.xml
* CB-7094 renamed folder to tests + added nested plugin.xml
* added documentation for manual tests
* CB-6923 Adding support to handle relative paths
* Style improvements on Manual tests
* CB-7094 Ported File manual tests

### 1.3.2 (Dec 02, 2014)
* Gets rid of thread block error in File plugin
* CB-7917 Made tests file.spec.114 - 116 pass for **Windows** platform
* CB-7977 Mention `deviceready` in plugin docs
* CB-7602: Fix `isCopyOnItself` logic
* CB-7700 cordova-plugin-file documentation translation: cordova-plugin-file
* Use one proxy for both **Windows** and **Windows8** platforms
* CB-6994 Fixes result, returned by proxy's write method
* [fxos] update `__format__` to match `pathsPrefix`
* CB-6994 Improves merged code to be able to write a File
* Optimize `FileProxy` for **Windows** platforms
* Synchronize changes with **Windows** platform
* Fix function write for big files on **Windows 8**
* Write file in background
* CB-7487 **Android** Broadcast file write This allows MTP USB shares to show the file immediately without reboot/manual refresh using 3rd party app.
* CB-7700 cordova-plugin-file documentation translation: cordova-plugin-file
* CB-7571 Bump version of nested plugin to match parent plugin

### 1.3.3 (Feb 04, 2015)
* CB-7927 Encoding data to bytes instead of chars when writing a file.
* ios: Fix compile warning about implicit int conversion
* CB-8351 ios: Use base64EncodedStringWithOptions instead of CordovaLib's class extension
* CB-8351 ios: Use argumentForIndex rather than NSArray extension
* CB-8351 ios: Use a local copy of valueForKeyIsNumber rather than CordovaLib's version
* windows: Handle url's containing absolute windows path starting with drive letter and colon (encoded as %3A) through root FS
* windows: Rework to use normal url form
* android: refactor: Make Filesystem base class store its own name, rootUri, and rootEntry
* android: Simplify code a bit by making makeEntryForPath not throw JSONException
* CB-6431 android: Fix plugin breaking content: URLs
* CB-7375 Never create new FileSystem instances (except on windows since they don't implement requestAllFileSystems())

### 2.0.0 (Apr 15, 2015)
* CB-8849 Fixed ReadAsArrayBuffer to return ArrayBuffer and not Array on WP8
* CB-8819 Fixed FileReader's readAsBinaryString on wp8
* CB-8746 gave plugin major version bump
* CB-8683 android: Fix broken unit tests from plugin rename
* CB-8683 changed plugin-id to pacakge-name
* CB-8653 properly updated translated docs to use new id
* CB-8653 updated translated docs to use new id
* Use TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR, install paramedic by npm
* docs: added Windows to supported platforms
* CB-8699 CB-6428 Fix uncompressed assets being copied as zero length files
* CB-6428 android: Fix assets FileEntry having size of -1
* android: Move URLforFullPath into base class (and rename to localUrlforFullPath)
* CB-6428 Mention build-extras.gradle in README
* CB-7109 android: Parse arguments off of the main thread (close #97)
* CB-8695 ios: Fix `blob.slice()` for `asset-library` URLs (close #105)
* Tweak build-extras.gradle to just read/write to main `assets/` instead of `build/`
* CB-8689 Fix NPE in makeEntryForNativeUri (was affecting file-transfer)
* CB-8675 Revert "CB-8351 ios: Use base64EncodedStringWithOptions instead of CordovaLib's class extension"
* CB-8653 Updated Readme
* CB-8659: ios: 4.0.x Compatibility: Remove use of initWebView method
* Add a cache to speed up AssetFilesystem directory listings
* CB-8663 android: Don't notify MediaScanner of private files
* Don't log stacktrace for normal exceptions (e.g. file not found)
* android: Don't use LimitedInputStream when reading entire file (optimization)
* CB-6428 android: Add support for directory copies from assets -> filesystem
* android: Add `listChildren()`: Java-consumable version of `readEntriesAtLocalURL()`
* CB-6428 android: Add support for file:///android_asset URLs
* CB-8642 android: Fix content URIs not working with resolve / copy
* Tweak tests to fail if deleteEntry fails (rather than time out)
* android: Ensure LocalFilesystemURL can only be created with "cdvfile" URLs
* android: Move CordovaResourceApi into Filesystem base class
* android: Use `CordovaResourceApi.mapUriToFile()` rather than own custom logic in ContentFilesystem
* android: Use Uri.parse rather than manual parsing in resolveLocalFileSystemURI
* Tweak test case that failed twice on error rather than just once
* android: Delete invalid JavaDoc (lint errors)
* android: Use CordovaResourceApi rather than FileHelper
* CB-8032 - File Plugin - Add nativeURL external method support for CDVFileSystem->makeEntryForPath:isDirectory: (closes #96)
* CB-8567 Integrate TravisCI
* CB-8438 cordova-plugin-file documentation translation: cordova-plugin-file
* CB-8538 Added package.json file
* CB-7956 Add cordova-plugin-file support for browser platform
* CB-8423 Corrected usage of done() in async tests
* CB-8459 Fixes spec 111 failure due to incorrect relative paths handling
* Code cleanup, whitespace
* Added nativeURL property to FileEntry, implemented readAsArrayBuffer and readAsBinaryString

### 2.1.0 (Jun 17, 2015)
* added missing license header
* CB-9128 cordova-plugin-file documentation translation: cordova-plugin-file
* fix npm md
* CB-8844 Increased timeout for asset tests
* Updated resolveFileSystem.js so it can be parsed by uglifyJS
* CB-8860 cordova-plugin-file documentation translation: cordova-plugin-file
* CB-8792 Fixes reading of json files using readAsText