Android 14 Won't Play MP3 files

[bkervaski]

Bug Report

Problem

On Android 14 (Pixel 5) I can no longer play MP3 files from the bundle either directly or via https://localhost.

Using Cordova Android 12.0.1 and cordova-plugin-media 7.0.0

I'm using Vite, so all of the files end up in assets/sound-abc123.mp3

Not doing anything fancy, just:

let foo = new Media('assets/sound-abc123.mp3') or https://localhost/assets/sound-abc123.mp3 foo.play()

/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.bundle.id/files/assets/sound-abc123.mp3: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)

It WILL play, however, from the internet, i.e., new Media('https://some.website.abc/foo.mp3')

Thanks for any help!

What is expected to happen?

The sound should play.

What does actually happen?

I get a code 1 (or file not found when I experiment with other ways to get the file)

Information

This code worked on Android 12.

Command or Code

let foo = new Media('assets/sound-abc123.mp3') or https://localhost/assets/sound-abc123.mp3 foo.play()

Environment, Platform, Device

Android 14, Pixel 5

Version information

Checklist

• [X ] I searched for existing GitHub issues
• [X ] I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• [X ] I included all the necessary information above