Cordova: Modifying *-Info.plist from plugin.xml

Question

I'm building a plugin to use star printers from an iOS device, with their SDK and everything is working fine except that config-file command to modify the info.plist file is not working properly. Inside my plugin.xml I have:

<config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="Supported external accessory protocols">
  <array>
    <key>item 0</key>
    <string>jp.star-m.starpro</string>
  </array>
</config-file>

With that I should get a Supported external accessory protocols array with 1 item called item 0, type String and value jp.star-m.starpro but instead I'm getting an array with two items as if I would have done:

<array>
    <key>item 0</key>
    <string>item 0</string>
    <key>item 1</key>
    <string>jp.star-m.starpro</string>
</array>

What I need:

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What I get:

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Related questions:

I implemented the config-file by reading from this questions.

1. Add entry to iOS .plist file via Cordova config.xml
2. Two cordova plugins modifying “*-Info.plist” CFBundleURLTypes

Dissipate

Could try out this config: <config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="Supported external accessory protocols"> <array> <dict> <key>item 0</key> <array> <string>jp.star-m.starpro</string> </array> </dict> </array> </config-file> – Marbling

Hi @Gandhi, that would give me an string inside an array, inside a dictionary all keyed with item 0. I tried it anyhow, but it didn't work. – Dissipate

How about using this plugin which simplifies your task - github.com/dpa99c/cordova-custom-config – Marbling

Hi @Gandhi, that would probably work, anyhow I already found out how to write the config-file, thanks anyway. – Dissipate

Glad it worked but sad I missed out on the bounty. Was real close:( – Marbling

Answer 1

After some further testing and research, I found out how to write the config-file to work properly. Here is the xml

<config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="UISupportedExternalAccessoryProtocols">
    <array>
        <string>jp.star-m.starpro</string>
    </array>
</config-file>

Here, I changed the parent name from Supported external accessory protocols to UISupportedExternalAccessoryProtocolsand remove the <key> tag and now works as expected.

Dissipate

Hey Jose, have you shared your plugin somewhere ? Github maybe ? – Holiday

Answer 2

You can check out this custom config plugin which should simply your task. This helps in manipulating *-info.plist file the way you intend to.

Marbling

That looks like a useful plugin for editing the info.plist from a cordova app, but (not sure if i missed it) how would I use this from a plugin? Because that is what I need. – Dissipate

@Dissipate its a plugin by itself used to manipulate the .plist file. Not sure whether i understood you question properly – Marbling

What I need to do is modify the .plist file from a plugin, so I don't know how would I use this plugin from another plugin (the one I'm building) – Dissipate

@Dissipate if the only purpose of your custom plugin is jus to update .plist file, then u can use this readymade plugin instead of yours. If your custom plugin does anything more, then leave the .plist file updation to this plugin.But if u wanna use this inside your plugin, suggest you to look at file transfer plugin which uses file plugin as its dependent plugin. Hope it makes sense. – Marbling

@Dissipate Thanks Jose. you made my day. Cheers – Marbling