Description:

Used with system.pathForFile to create a path for retrieving files where all the application assets exist (e.g., image and sound files). This often called the "app bundle."

Note: You should never create, modify, or add files to this directory. Doing so will prevent the device from verifying the integrity of your application; in some cases the device will treat your application as malware and refuse to launch your application.

This property can also be used with other APIs requesting a "baseDirectory" as a parameter (e.g., display.newImage, display.save, media.playSound). The Resource directory is generally the default directory if no directory is specified.

In the Corona Simulator this will be in a sandboxed folder on a per-application basis.

Note: Unlike the /Documents and /tmp directories, the Resource directory is not viewable using "Show Project Sandbox" in the simulator.

local path = system.pathForFile( "data.txt", system.ResourceDirectory )
 
local file = io.open( path, "r" )
 
if file then -- nil if no file found
        local contents = file:read( "*a" )
        print( "Contents of " .. path .. "\n" .. contents )
        io.close( file )
end

Supported on operating systems and platforms for build numbers shown:

• Mac OS X:
  Corona SDK 1.0
• Windows:
  Corona SDK 2.0
• iOS:
  Corona SDK 1.0
• Android:
  Corona SDK 2.0