Some more info on my setup: I have Cordova-plugin-whitelist installed I have Cordova-plugin-file installed This is my config.xml <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <widget id="com.helloWorld.com" version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0"> <name>Hello /world</name> <description> A sample Apache Cordova application that responds to the deviceready event. </description