[GitHub] brodybits opened a new issue #58: Plugin support for breaking Cordova platform changes

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brodybits opened a new issue #58: Plugin support for breaking Cordova platform changes
URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova/issues/58
 
 
   Nice suggestion by @j3k0 in <https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/issues/585> that it should be possible for plugins to support breaking platform changes.
   
   Example by @j3k0, with edits by @brodybits:
   
   ```xml
   <plugin ...>
     <platform type="android" version="*">
       <!-- common stuff here -->
     </platform>
     <platform type="android" version="<8.0.0">
       <!-- ... -->
       <source-file src="src/android/ILib.aidl" target-dir="src/com/android/vending/billing" />
       <!-- ... -->
     </platform>
     <platform type="android" version=">=8.0.0">
       <!-- ... -->
       <lib-file src="src/android/ILib.aidl" />
       <!-- ... -->
     </platform>
   </plugin>
   ```
   
   Keep in mind that I think `version` attribute should mean Cordova platform framework, not Cordova framework version, Android OS version, Android SDK version, etc. I wonder if we can think of a smarter attribute name such as "platform-engine-version" or "cordova-platform-version" to make this clear?
   
   I think it should be possible to do this in a way that `cordova-common` would abstract this mechanism away from the Cordova platforms.
   
   I also think that the need to deal with such breaking changes should be considered an exceptional and avoided whenever practical.

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