ConfigFIle.js for iOS Info.plist when the CocoaPods version is 1.6.* or later about cordova-common

[codinronan]

@knight9999 damn... after 2 days of hunting the specific issue here is the bug in all its glory. Ran into this as well, actually ran through the entire alphabet to realize that any letter after 'P' was a problem and was totally stumped why that would be the case but I did realize that it had something to do with CocoaPods.

Ok so now that knight has done all the hard work of figuring out why it happens here's the solution:

diff --git a/node_modules/cordova-common/src/ConfigChanges/ConfigFile.js b/node_modules/cordova-common/src/ConfigChanges/ConfigFile.js
index be8f78e..20340fe 100644
--- a/node_modules/cordova-common/src/ConfigChanges/ConfigFile.js
+++ b/node_modules/cordova-common/src/ConfigChanges/ConfigFile.js 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function resolveConfigFilePath (project_dir, platform, file) {
 
         // [CB-5989] multiple Info.plist files may exist. default to $PROJECT_NAME-Info.plist
         if (matches.length > 1 && file.includes('-Info.plist')) {
-            var plistName = getIOSProjectname(project_dir) + '-Info.plist';
+            var plistName = '/' + getIOSProjectname(project_dir) + '-Info.plist';
             for (var i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
                 if (matches[i].includes(plistName)) {
                     filepath = matches[i];

Just throw that change into patch-package and you are golden (make sure to get your local project node-modules AND the global npm node-modules). This change ensures that the only matching filename MUST begin with the forward slash (which excludes any Pods path) without accidentally excluding app names that might start with the word "Pods".

I'd open a PR for this but... I've actually spent 5 days hunting this down (it started when I realized none of the plugins had any of their variables). Time to catch up on lost time.

[dpogue]

One thing worth noting is that in newly-created Xcode projects, the plist filename is just Info.plist without the app name prefix. Unfortunately we can't rename ours to match without breaking every plugin.xml or config.xml that tries to edit it 😕

[Armanio]

@codinronan, @knight9999 thx for yours effort. 🥇

[knight9999]

Thanks @dpogue .
You are right. I have just confirmed it by creating a new project by Xcode 10.3 with using a default ios Single View App template. The created file name is Info.plist.

If we can't rename ours [App Name]-Info.plist filename in cordova-ios,
I think we'd better update the logic to find *-Info.plist in ConfigFile.js.

[edwinofsakh]

I have a same problem. Is there a solution without changing the name of the application?

[knight9999]

@codinronan Thanks for the great work. Please open your PR!