[CB-9683] Linking from the plugin files with gradle no longer an option (bug)?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Romanovsky
• Created: 19/Sep/15 09:47
• Updated: 03/May/17 07:20

Description

Hi,

Okay, so I am reading this (
https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/plugin_ref_spec.md.html#Plugin%20Specification) again today (still very incomplete – does not define all options or what type="GradleReference" means, etc.), I am still struggling to understand if there is an actual way to link java files from within the plugin, as opposed having to export them into a custom library within "platforms/android/". Is that method gone now for gradle?

For reference, here is what I am doing:

<framework src="android-sdk/extras/google/play_apk_expansion/downloader_library" custom="true"/>
<framework src="android-sdk/extras/google/play_licensing/library" custom="true" />

... in:
https://github.com/agamemnus/cordova-plugin-xapkreader/tree/cordova-5.3.1