[CB-13301] Add config.xml option to allow moving app to SD Card

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Resolved
• Affects Version/s: Master
• Fix Version/s: 6.4.0
• Component/s: cordova-android
• Labels: android config.xml features

Environment

Visual Studio 201x

• Assignee: Joey Robert Bowser
• Reporter: Andres Zsogon
• Created: 19/Sep/17 13:26
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:43
• Resolved: 22/Sep/17 20:22

Description

Currently, the Move to SD card option in Android is disabled by default. We have to create this hook to edit the manifest and allow moving it to SD card:

#!/usr/bin/env node
// Adds lines to the Android Manifest if they are not already there
const LINES_TO_ADD = [
    {
        text: ' android:installLocation="auto"', /* allow moving app to SD card */
        after: '<manifest'
    }
];
const MANIFEST = 'platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml';
var fs = require('fs'),
  manifestText = fs.readFileSync(MANIFEST).toString();
LINES_TO_ADD.forEach(function(lineToAdd) {
  if(manifestText.indexOf(lineToAdd.text) === -1) {
    manifestText = manifestText.replace(lineToAdd.after, lineToAdd.after + lineToAdd.text);
  }
});
fs.writeFileSync(MANIFEST, manifestText);

However, if we compile for Windows Universal for the first time and there is no Android manifest, build fails. Also it is very annoying to use hooks for essential features such as this.