Allow Info.plist and AndroidManifest.xml files to be placed in App_Resources

[tjvantoll]

To customize my iOS apps I frequently need to alter my Info.plist the file. If I place an appName-Info.plist file in App_Resources/iOS, the file gets copied to platforms/ios/appName/Resources, but it needs to be copied to platforms/ios/appName.

Can this be supported?

[tjvantoll]

Actually I believe AndroidManifest.xml has the same problem.

[jlooper]

+1, this would be extremely helpful for both iOS and Android

[sitefinitysteve]

+1 it's painful to maintain important files in a volatile folder

[dapriett]

Support for custom Android build.gradle and iOS Podfiles would be nice too.

[toddanglin]

+1

I used XCode today to set a number of project settings (supported orientations, iOS devices, etc), so it would be great if these settings were more "durable" and easier to persist in source control (since the "platforms" folder is usually ignored). Especially when so many debugging/troubleshooting steps include "Delete your platforms ios/android directories." :)

[fritzvd]

It's interesting that it does work when a plugin uses permissions such as @dapriett's https://github.com/dapriett/nativescript-google-maps-sdk

https://github.com/dapriett/nativescript-google-maps-sdk/blob/master/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml

These permissions do get added. Is there way to incorporate that same mechanism for the regular App_Resources files?

The merge of an xml (for android) is being handled in the plugin service..
https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/blob/master/lib/services/plugins-service.ts#L293

[ligaz]

The support for Android has landed in 1.5. This means that if you have an AndroidManifest.xml in App_Resources/Android it will be merged. The same goes for any resources in the App_Resources/Android/res.

[sitefinitysteve]

+10 for iOS support

[jlooper]

When can we expect this for iOS, please?

[sect2k]

Android support seems to be broken as well in 1.5.0. Adding AndroidManifest.xml to App_Resources, brakes the build step.

[ligaz]

@sect2k Maybe NativeScript/android#294 is the issue you have hit?

[sect2k]

@ligaz it seems the problem was this issue here NativeScript/android@cd51a51. After fixing the comma problem the build step runs fine, and seems to work.

[PanayotCankov]

The #1369 just landed. With the next version of the CLI release an Info.plist will be created upon build or upon creating a new project in app/App_Resources/iOS/Info.plist and it will be merged with the Info.plist of the installed plugins. You can keep there build numbers and configure launch images, icons etc.

[speigg]

Great. Is the Info.plist in app/App_Resources/iOS guaranteed to be merged last (after the info.plist of the installed plugins)? This is important for overriding settings that are provided by plugins (e.g., the nativescript-geolocation plugin).

[dragGH102]

+1 for plist merging for iOS

[PanayotCankov]

@speigg: Yes, except for the bundle identifier that comes from the package.json.

[Daxito]

+1 for iOS support