apache / apache/cordova-plugin-file

Error when deleting multiple files

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Description

# Bug Report

## Problem

### What is expected to happen?
Delete all files selected based on path/name.

### What does actually happen?
Error(5) encoding_error

## Information

It only deletes the first file and stop working, i cant delete any file after this error is show.

### Command or Code

var promises = [];
this.items.map(i => {
var t = i.path.split('/');
var name = t.pop();
var path = t.join('/');
promises.push(this.fileService.deleteFile(path, name));
});

Promise.all(promises).then(result => {
this.select = false;
this.updateBuilding();
}).catch(err => {
console.log(err);
})

### Environment, Platform, Device

Android

## 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

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Android failure with the provided Promise.all call and inspect the fileService.deleteFile entry point. Confirm that deleting multiple selected paths removes every file without Error(5) encoding_error and that later deletions still work.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, javascript
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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