[CB-10284] Adding plugins seems to be totally broken on Cordova 5.4.0 and 5.4.1

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 5.4.0, 5.4.1
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Labels: triaged

Environment

Mac OS X 10.10.5

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sebastien
• Created: 31/Dec/15 09:28
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:51
• Resolved: 10/May/16 19:27

Description

Using Cordova CLI 5.3.3, try creating a new project and then adding the Android platform and the whitelist plugin (using `$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-whitelist@1.2.0`). Then open the plugins/android.json file, its content is:

plugins/android.json

{
    "prepare_queue": {
        "installed": [],
        "uninstalled": []
    },
    "config_munge": {
        "files": {
            "res/xml/config.xml": {
                "parents": {
                    "/*": [
                        {
                            "xml": "<feature name=\"Whitelist\"><param name=\"android-package\" value=\"org.apache.cordova.whitelist.WhitelistPlugin\" /><param name=\"onload\" value=\"true\" /></feature>",
                            "count": 1
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "installed_plugins": {
        "cordova-plugin-whitelist": {
            "PACKAGE_NAME": "com.my-app.dev"
        }
    },
    "dependent_plugins": {}
}

Now start another project using Cordova CLI 5.4.0 or 5.4.1 and do the same exact thing. The file content is:

plugins/android.json

{
    "prepare_queue": {
        "installed": [],
        "uninstalled": []
    },
    "config_munge": {
        "files": {}
    },
    "installed_plugins": {
        "cordova-plugin-whitelist": {
            "PACKAGE_NAME": "com.my-app.dev"
        }
    },
    "dependent_plugins": {}
}

Notice that `config_munge.files` is empty. This is a major regression as plugins using this feature don't work at all sometimes even preventing the `deviceready` event to be triggered.

Issue Links

• is related to: CB-9976 Updating to cordovaLib 5.4.0 breaks ios installed plugins