To add and play the audio files in the IONIC Angular project, the following steps are needed. Many Thanks to Matthew Hoelter for the simplified example! 1) Install the NativeAudio ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-nativeaudio npm install @ionic-native/native-audio 2) Import the NativeAudio import { NativeAudio } from '@ionic-native/native-audio' ; 3) Create a service of your desired name here I am providing ‘AudioServiceProvider’ ionic g s AudioServiceProvider 4) In the constructor inject the NativeAudio constructor ( public platform : Platform , private nativeAudio : NativeAudio ) { console . log ( 'Hello AudioServiceProvider Provider' ); } 5) In the platform loaded function unload any existing audio, you can do this dynamically for the existing audio files this . platform . ready (). then (() => { console . log ( "platform is ready!" ); this . nat