Phonegap run from CLI with --release and self-signed app requires me to patch cordova.js

Question

I suppose I\'m doing something wrong but I had to patch https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap/blob/master/lib/android/bin/templates/cordova/lib/cordova.js#L313 this way (add

Answer 1

Make sure before you run your build that you generate the right keys.

Example:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore CHANGETHIS.keystore -alias CHANGETHIS -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

Now run your build command

Example:

cordova build android --release