How to provide the correct path for the FileOpener?

[kfvv]

When providing a path to a local file, i get the following error message while opening the file:

E/FileOpenerPlugin: Failed to find configured root that contains /img/msapplication-icon-144x144.png

My code for the fileOpener is:

import { FileOpener } from '@capawesome-team/capacitor-file-opener'
await FileOpener.openFile({
    path: '/img/msapplication-icon-144x144.png',
    mimeType: 'image/png',
})

When I try to use a path to a file that is hosted on our server:

import { FileOpener } from '@capawesome-team/capacitor-file-opener'
    await FileOpener.openFile({
      path: 'https://www.mycompany.com/-/my/path/file.pdf'
      mimeType: 'application/pdf',
    })

I get the following error:

E/FileOpenerPlugin: Failed to find configured root that contains /https://www.mycompany.com/-/my/path/file.pdf

What am I doing wrong?

[robingenz]

You can only open local files, not files on a web server. You have to download them first (e.g. using downloadFile(...)​) and then open them.

Edit:

When providing a path to a local file, i get the following error message while opening the file:
E/FileOpenerPlugin: Failed to find configured root that contains /img/msapplication-icon-144x144.png

Make sure to configure Android correctly, see Android.

[robingenz]

I updated my answer.