java.io.FileNotFoundException: This file can not be opened as a file descriptor; it is probably compressed

java android cordova filenotfoundexception
ihucos picture ihucos · May 31, 2011 · Viewed 44.5k times · Source

i am programming a soundboard from android. the problem is that some sounds works, and some dont work. here is the traceback that i get for the sounds that doesnt work

05-31 13:23:04.227 18440 18603 W System.err: java.io.FileNotFoundException: This file can not be opened as a file descriptor; it is probably compressed
05-31 13:23:04.227 18440 18603 W System.err:    at android.content.res.AssetManager.openAssetFd(Native Method)
05-31 13:23:04.227 18440 18603 W System.err:    at android.content.res.AssetManager.openFd(AssetManager.java:331)
05-31 13:23:04.227 18440 18603 W System.err:    at com.phonegap.AudioPlayer.startPlaying(AudioPlayer.java:201)
05-31 13:23:04.227 18440 18603 W System.err:    at com.phonegap.AudioHandler.startPlayingAudio(AudioHandler.java:181)
05-31 13:23:04.235 18440 18603 W System.err:    at com.phonegap.AudioHandler.execute(AudioHandler.java:64)
05-31 13:23:04.235 18440 18603 W System.err:    at com.phonegap.api.PluginManager$1.run(PluginManager.java:86)
05-31 13:23:04.235 18440 18603 W System.err:    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)

any ideas?

Answer

Brian Bowman picture Brian Bowman · Oct 27, 2015

You can disable asset compression for certain extensions like so:

android {
    aaptOptions {
        noCompress "pdf"
    }
}

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