[CB-11419] Configurable Path For config.xml Fetching In Browser Platform

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.0, 4.2.0
• Component/s: cordova-browser
• Labels: backlog features

Environment

Chrome on OS X

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter (Somogyvari) Metz
• Created: 12/Jun/16 13:33
• Updated: 19/Jul/17 19:01

Description

1. Create cordova dummy project
2. Add browser platform
3. Serve the www dir on anything than the root path of your host, e.g. http://localhost:3000/admin
4. Load the application in Chrome (or any browser I assume)

Cordova tries to load /config.xml which fails with HTTP 404:

cordova.js:846 [Browser][cordova.js][xhrStatusChangeHandler] Could not XHR config.xml: Not Found

I've seen these but none them seem to provide enough flexibility to support my case and what others have already raised:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11274
https://github.com/apache/cordova-browser/pull/24/commits/8dfd1c7b03b3fb6215888a6d3b1d16ab5c9f316e

I could send a pull that would examine the global scope for the existence of a getCordovaConfigXmlPath() method and use the return value if present, but hopefully someone can offer something that doesn't rely on the global context to work.

Issue Links

• duplicates: CB-12555 Host multiple cordova apps from same domain