[jira] [Created] (CB-14262) Cordova does not allow creating and editing resource files

["Tobias Larscheid (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Tobias Larscheid created CB-14262:
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             Summary: Cordova does not allow creating and editing resource files
                 Key: CB-14262
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14262
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: cordova-android
    Affects Versions: 7.0.0
            Reporter: Tobias Larscheid


Hi,

in my cordova plugin, I am trying to edit the resulting android apps `colors.xml` file. Unfortunately, by default the android app cordova creates does not have a `colors.xml` file - this means the following code does nothing, as a non existent file is simply ignored (without warning or error).
{code:java}
<config-file target="./res/values/colors.xml" parent="/resources">
    <color name="my-color">#F00000</color>
</config-file>{code}
What I tried instead now was first creating the file by simply copying over an empty one with the `resource-file` directive and then editing it, resulting in a plugin.xml like the following:
{code:java}
<resource-file src="path/to/colors.xml" target="app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml" />

<config-file target="./res/values/colors.xml" parent="/resources">
    <color name="my-color">#F00000</color>
</config-file>{code}
The file is copied to the correct place, but still not modified. I am guessing that `config-file` is somehow executed earlier than `resource-file`.

Also if I simply add my color to *strings*.xml, it works flawlessly - because the android app build with cordova does indeed contain a strings.xml by default.

What I would like to achieve now is either

a) make the `config-file` directive lazily create the colors.xml if it doesn't exist

b) create an empty colors.xml and fill it with the `config-file` directive

 

Any ideas are welcome!



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