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  1. Apache Cordova
  2. CB-13484

Allow removing a whole XML element using <config-file>

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Abandoned
    • 2.1.1
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    • cordova-common

    Description

      Currently, <config-file> can only add an XML element to a config file, but not remove an element. <edit-config> can remove attributes from an element, but not whole elements.

      I'd like the ability to remove elements by adding something to config.xml instead of writing a hook.

      This is useful because some plugins include extra permissions which are not always needed (For example, cordova-plugin-file adds the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, but not all apps that include cordova-plugin-file will actually write outside their data directory).

      Example syntax:

      <config-file mode="remove" parent="/manifest" target="AndroidManifest.xml" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
      </config-file>
      

      (Note the mode="remove", the default if absent should be "add")

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            imgx64 Ibrahim M. Ghazal
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