Should a phonegap plugin be declared in the config.xml file?

Question

I am a newbie in phonegap development so I have a couple of questions:

1) I am using the accelerometer plug-in. I read in the manual that i need to declare the plugi

Answer 1

Since Cordova 5.0, yes.

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Mass saving plugins on an existing project :

$ cordova plugin save

On a fresh install (or after a clean), you can add all plugins with :

$ cordova prepare

Adding / updating / removing can also be done via cli :

$ cordova plugin add ] | directory | git_url> --save
$ cordova plugin update ] | directory | git_url> --save
$ cordova plugin remove  --save

There is no mass update for the moment. You can remove plugins directory then run a $cordova prepare.

Sources :

• http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.1.1/platform_plugin_versioning_ref_index.md.html
• https://cordova.apache.org/news/2015/04/21/tools-release.html