Fork of plugin under:
https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-plugin-nativeaudio
Includes extended functionality (android only) to allow playing audio files under res/raw.
For ionic apps, use in combination with extended plugin wrapper:
https://github.com/fcarreno/ionic-native/tree/master/dist/%40ionic-native/audio
Installation:
$ ionic cordova plugin add @fcarreno/cordova-plugin-nativeaudio