macdonst/cordova-android — comment on commit 2e2ed5273d698f4964b2d31b87f292ad73a07b9f
File: framework/src/com/phonegap/FileUtils.java line 817
By macdonst:

I removed lines 817-824 as they were part of a proposal so that users could access the res or asset directories on Android. Since this is not cross platform we decided not to do it. These lines are all dead code.