AndroidManifest.xml doesn't get updated after build

Question

I have been trying out different settings for android:windowSoftInputMode in config.xml for a Phonegap app. There did not seem to be any change so I checked which files in my project also have this variable after I did a phonegap build android. I found 4 other files:

platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml It still had the old value even though it was modified at the time I did the build

platforms/android/ant-build/AndroidManifest.cordova.xml It still had the old value even though it was modified at the time I did the build

platforms/android/bin/AndroidManifest.xml It had an even older value, and it was not modified

platforms/android/res/xml/config.xml It had the new value

So is this why I didn't see any change in my app? Is this a bug?

I guess the workaround is to delete platforms/android and rebuild it, but I rather know if I am doing something wrong or not.

I am using Phonegap 3.5.0-0.20.4

use ```cordova prepare``` to update the platform projects after you edit the config.xml. — Vlad Stirbu, Aug 25 '14 at 18:03
I am using phonegap and `build` is shorthand for `prepare` and `compile`, so i think I am already doing that... — Sander_P, Aug 26 '14 at 07:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Well, it looks like this is a 'feature':

... how can you edit the AndroidManifest.xml file? Well, it turns out that you can just edit the /platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml file directly - the CLI is smart enough to not erase your customizations when it automatically adds or removes plugin permissions.

Thanks to an answer from @MBillau "Should a phonegap plugin be declared in the config.xml file?"

AndroidManifest.xml doesn't get updated after build

1 Answers1