Cordova adds unwanted permission to AndroidManifest.xml when building from CLI

Question

I use CLI to build my Cordova app, and I have added the Media plugin.

\'cordova build\' automatically adds the android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO to my AndroidManifest.

Answer 1

To keep plugins from re-adding unnecessary permissions edit platforms/android/android.json.

Locate these lines and remove them:

{
    "xml": "",
    "count": 1
}

Please note that this is a "dirty" solution. After adding/updating plugins, you'll probably have to repeat this.