BTW: android_res and android_assets are special Android URIs that access the APK directly. They are read-only directories, and they basically are used to access static files. They also tend to be buggy as all hell, so YMMV.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: > Can't you just use an XHR to this URI: > file://android_res/xml/config.xml? > > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: >> They seem to be in the root iOS, android, and windows phone. >> >> NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"config" ofType: >> @"xml"]; >> >> int id = action.getResources().getIdentifier("config", "xml", action. >> getClass().getPackage().getName()); >> >> *StreamResourceInfo streamInfo = Application.GetResourceStream(new >> Uri("config.xml", UriKind.Relative));* >> >> >> >> @purplecabbage >> risingj.com >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> config.xml isn't in the www/ on all platforms. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > function readConfig() { >>> > var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); >>> > xhr.addEventListener("load", function () { >>> > var parser = new DOMParser(); >>> > var doc = parser.parseFromString(xhr.responseText, >>> > "application/xml"); >>> > alert("Description : " + >>> > doc.getElementsByTagName("description").item(0).textContent); >>> > }); >>> > xhr.open("get", "../config.xml", true); >>> > xhr.send(); >>> > } >>> > >>> > @purplecabbage >>> > risingj.com >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Michal Mocny <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Now that I look a bit deeper, that plugin I only returns <preferences> >>> > > specifically, not the entire contents of config.xml (name is not a >>> > > <preference>). >>> > > >>> > > It also does not currently implement a way to inspect all preferences, >>> > just >>> > > has a way to get the value for a specific one. >>> > > >>> > > I do think it would be a good idea to just have one core plugin >>> (perhaps >>> > > extend that one I linked) to include all config file values. >>> > > >>> > > Filed: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6139 >>> > > >>> > > -Michal >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Michal Mocny <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> > > >>> > > > David already wrote a plugin for this a few months ago for us to use >>> in >>> > > > the test harness: >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > >>> https://github.com/apache/cordova-labs/tree/cdvtest/cordova-plugin-appsettings >>> > > > >>> > > > I think he planned on proposing it for core but there was never >>> really >>> > a >>> > > > reason for it. I guess now's a good time to get that going. >>> > > > >>> > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Andrew Grieve <[email protected] >>> > > >wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > >> Certainly a reasonable thing to want to do, but there's no way >>> > currently >>> > > >> short of writing a custom plugin, or a post-prepare hook. >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Axel Nennker < >>> [email protected]> >>> > > >> wrote: >>> > > >> >>> > > >> > Hi, >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > I fear this is a stupid question but I could not find the answer >>> in >>> > > the >>> > > >> > cordova docs or on the net or reading the source (Luke). >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > As an app developer and cordova user how do I get data from >>> > > config.xml? >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > We want to add an "about" page to an cordova app and could not >>> find >>> > a >>> > > >> > simple javascript way to get to things like author, id, version, >>> > name >>> > > or >>> > > >> > description from config.xml. >>> > > >> > Writing a plugin seems to be overkill. Using the file or >>> > file-transfer >>> > > >> > plugins is heavy lifting too. >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > Shouldn't there be a way to write cordova.config.name to get the >>> > > >> contents >>> > > >> > of the name element in config.xml? >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > Someone added "metadata" to cordova_plugins.js. >>> > > >> > Maybe we could add something similar to cordova.js too? >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > Does this make sense? >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> > Thanks >>> > > >> > Axel >>> > > >> > >>> > > >> >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > >>>
