[CB-8244] android: Make plugin add --link create symlinks for source-file, lib-file, etc

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Assignee: Andrew Grieve
• Reporter: Andrew Grieve
• Created: 05/Jan/15 20:47
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:49
• Resolved: 23/Jan/15 19:21

Description

Both Android Studio and Gradle play nicely with symlinks. By symlinking the actual files, you can edit .java files in the IDE and not need to copy them back to the plugin source location!

Adding this feature just to Android right now, as that's all I'm testing with.

Issue Links

• is related to: CB-8354 ios: Make plugin add --link allow for direct editing of plugin source files
• is related to: CB-8358 Make `cordova platform add --link local-path` create project with linked CordovaLibs
• relates to: CB-8932 windows: Make plugin add --link allow for direct editing of plugin source files
• relates to: CB-8935 WP8: Make plugin add --link allow for direct editing of plugin source files