Use cdvfile:// for spinner GIF

config.xml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     </author>
     <content src="index.html" />
     <access origin="*" />
+    <access origin="cdvfile://*" />
     <allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
     <allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
     <allow-intent href="tel:*" />
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-console" spec="git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-console.git" />
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device.git" />
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-dialogs" spec="git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-dialogs.git" />
+    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="^6.0.1" />
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-headercolor" spec="^1.0.0" />
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-inappbrowser" spec="^1.7.1" />
     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-splashscreen.git" />

nbproject/plugins.properties

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ cordova-plugin-statusbar=https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-statusbar.git
 cordova-plugin-headercolor=https://github.com/tomloprod/cordova-plugin-headercolor.git
 cordova-plugin-inappbrowser=https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser.git
 cordova-plugin-app-version=https://github.com/whiteoctober/cordova-plugin-app-version.git
-cordova-plugin-zeroconf=https://github.com/becvert/cordova-plugin-zeroconf.git
+cordova-plugin-zeroconf=https://github.com/becvert/cordova-plugin-zeroconf.git
+cordova-plugin-file=https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file.git

package.json

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "cordova-plugin-device": "git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device.git",
         "cordova-plugin-dialog": "0.0.1",
         "cordova-plugin-dialogs": "git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-dialogs.git",
+        "cordova-plugin-file": "^6.0.1",
         "cordova-plugin-headercolor": "^1.0.0",
         "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": "^1.7.1",
         "cordova-plugin-splashscreen": "git+https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-splashscreen.git",
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@
             "cordova-plugin-headercolor": {},
             "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": {},
             "cordova-plugin-app-version": {},
-            "cordova-plugin-zeroconf": {}
+            "cordova-plugin-zeroconf": {},
+            "cordova-plugin-file": {}
         },
         "platforms": [
             "android"

www/views/appspinner.html

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     }
 </style>
 
-<img src="file:///android_asset/www/img/loader.gif" style="width: 65px; height: 65px;" alt=""/>
+<img src="cdvfile://localhost/assets/www/img/loader.gif" style="width: 65px; height: 65px;" alt="" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='cdvfile://localhost/bundle/www/img/loader.gif';"/>
 
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