[CB-8472] Exception (can't find config.xml) installing platform after plugins

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Master
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Assignee: Andrew Grieve
• Reporter: Tim Barham
• Created: 13/Feb/15 04:32
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:51
• Resolved: 18/Feb/15 02:26

Description

If you add a platform after adding a plugin, you can get an exception

Repro steps:

1. Create a new cordova app (e.g. 'cordova create TestApp').
2. Add a plugin (e.g. 'cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.camera').
3. Add a platform (e.g. 'cordova platform add browser').

Result:

The following error:

Failed to install 'org.apache.cordova.camera':Error: ENOENT, no such file or
directory 'D:\tbarham\OneDrive\Documents\CordovaApps\TestApp\platforms\browser\config.xml'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:502:18)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:354:15)
    at Object.module.exports.parseElementtreeSync (D:\GIT\Cordova\cordova-lib\cordova-lib\src\util\xml-helpers.js:118:27)
    at Object.module.exports.package_name (D:\GIT\Cordova\cordova-lib\cordova-lib\src\plugman\platforms\browser.js:51:38)
    at PlatformMunger.generate_plugin_config_munge (D:\GIT\Cordova\cordova-lib\cordova-lib\src\plugman\util\config-changes.js:264:54)
    at PlatformMunger.add_plugin_changes (D:\GIT\Cordova\cordova-lib\cordova-lib\src\plugman\util\config-changes.js:184:29)
    at D:\GIT\Cordova\cordova-lib\cordova-lib\src\plugman\util\config-changes.js:315:14
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at PlatformMunger_process [as process] (D:\GIT\Cordova\cordova-lib\cordova-lib\src\plugman\util\config-changes.js:314:45)

The problem is we are trying to install plugins for the platform before we call prepare() for the platform, so config.xml has not been created yet.

Also note: we are currently passing junk to prepare() - because of the location of the call, the local variable platform is not defined, and instead we are passing a reference to a function platform().