diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31b6916d9..c5b2c8061 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ spine-sfml/Debug/*
 spine-libgdx/bin/*
 spine-libgdx/libs/*
 target
+*Debug.win32*
+*.sdf
+*.opensdf
+*.user
+*.suo
+spine-cocos2dx/cocos2dx
diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/.gitignore b/spine-cocos2dx/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a06a30c3..000000000
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-*Debug.win32*
-*.sdf
-*.opensdf
-*.user
-*.suo
-cocos2dx
-spine-cocos2dx/include/spine/*
-spine-cocos2dx/include/json/*
-spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/*
-spine-cocos2dx/src/json/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/example/ExampleScene.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/example/ExampleScene.cpp
index 403d6ae91..115e21416 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/example/ExampleScene.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/example/ExampleScene.cpp
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ CCScene* ExampleScene::scene() {
 bool ExampleScene::init() {
 	if (!CCLayer::init()) return false;
 
-	ifstream atlasFile("../data/spineboy.atlas");
-	Atlas *atlas = new Atlas(atlasFile);
-
+	Atlas *atlas = new Atlas("../data/spineboy.atlas");
 	SkeletonJson json(atlas);
 	SkeletonData *skeletonData = json.readSkeletonDataFile("../data/spineboy-skeleton.json");
 	Animation *animation = json.readAnimationFile("../data/spineboy-walk.json", skeletonData);
diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.h b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.h
index b3c930f97..a87220253 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.h
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.h
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ public:
 
 class Atlas: public BaseAtlas {
 public:
-	Atlas (std::ifstream &file);
-	Atlas (std::istream &input);
-	Atlas (const std::string &text);
+	Atlas (const std::string &path);
 	Atlas (const char *begin, const char *end);
 
 	AtlasRegion* findRegion (const std::string &name);
diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.h b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.h
index 23c5cdffe..8911e092f 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.h
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/include/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public:
 	SkeletonJson (Atlas *atlas);
 	/** The SkeletonJson owns the attachmentLoader. */
 	SkeletonJson (BaseAttachmentLoader *attachmentLoader);
+
+	SkeletonData* readSkeletonDataFile (const std::string &path) const;
+	Animation* readAnimationFile (const std::string &path, const SkeletonData *skeletonData) const;
 };
 
 } /* namespace spine */
diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.cpp
index 1594f110e..2eaf75fbd 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 #include <spine-cocos2dx/Atlas.h>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 USING_NS_CC;
 
@@ -36,16 +37,12 @@ AtlasPage::~AtlasPage () {
 
 //
 
-Atlas::Atlas (std::ifstream &file) {
-	load(file);
-}
-
-Atlas::Atlas (std::istream &input) {
-	load(input);
-}
-
-Atlas::Atlas (const std::string &text) {
-	load(text);
+Atlas::Atlas (const std::string &path) {
+	unsigned long size;
+	char* data = reinterpret_cast<char*>(CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->getFileData(
+		CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->fullPathForFilename(path.c_str()).c_str(), "r", &size));
+	if (!data) throw std::runtime_error("Error reading atlas file: " + path);
+	load(data, data + size);
 }
 
 Atlas::Atlas (const char *begin, const char *end) {
diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.cpp
index 6948fc8e2..468d1dc18 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 
 #include <spine-cocos2dx/SkeletonJson.h>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <spine-cocos2dx/AtlasAttachmentLoader.h>
+#include "platform/CCFileUtils.h"
+
+using cocos2d::CCFileUtils;
+using std::runtime_error;
 
 namespace spine {
 
@@ -36,4 +41,20 @@ SkeletonJson::SkeletonJson (Atlas *atlas) :
 				BaseSkeletonJson(new AtlasAttachmentLoader(atlas)) {
 }
 
+SkeletonData* SkeletonJson::readSkeletonDataFile (const std::string &path) const {
+	unsigned long size;
+	char* data = reinterpret_cast<char*>(CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->getFileData(
+		CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->fullPathForFilename(path.c_str()).c_str(), "r", &size));
+	if (!data) throw runtime_error("Error reading skeleton file: " + path);
+	return readSkeletonData(data, data + size);
+}
+
+Animation* SkeletonJson::readAnimationFile (const std::string &path, const SkeletonData *skeletonData) const {
+	unsigned long size;
+	char* data = reinterpret_cast<char*>(CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->getFileData(
+		CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->fullPathForFilename(path.c_str()).c_str(), "r", &size));
+	if (!data) throw runtime_error("Error reading animation file: " + path);
+	return readAnimation(data, data + size, skeletonData);
+}
+
 } /* namespace spine */