Manually install Device plugin (and others) into cordova 3.0

Question

Phonegap/Cordova 3.0 has moved into a modular design starting with version 3.0. For example, to call the device.version API, you need to include the Device plug

Answer 1

For Android we just need to create the plugin (Java class extending CordovaPlugin) and then add the item into config.xml (res/xml/..) you are done.

 <feature name="Calendar">
        <param name="android-package" value="com.package.Calendar" />
    </feature>

assume Calendar as your plugin name Also make sure to add link to js file

Thanks

Answer 2

I ran into the same issue.

In fact, the plugin system has not changed much.

I added the date picker plugin for Android just now :

• add classes (.m .h for iphone, .java for android)
• add js files where you want
• add link to js files in your index.html
• edit config.xml (path depends on which OS you used) :

Instead of adding plugins between plugins tags :

<plugin name="DatePickerPlugin" value="com.phonegap.plugins.DatePickerPlugin"/>

You will add a feature (what a revolution !) like this :

<feature name="DatePickerPlugin" >
    <param name="android-package" value="com.phonegap.plugins.DatePickerPlugin"/>
</feature>

And that is it !

If you are not sure about the OS syntax for param name, you can add a default cordova plugin using a command as this one :

cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git

More info there : http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-line%20Interface

Answer 3

You can do it this way, download the plugin locally to your machine then run this code

cordova plugin add <id located in plugin.xml> --searchpath <local path to plugin>

This will install the plugin into your project

Answer 4

I was getting an error when I tried to add a plugin using the following command:

cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git

Although, git clone was working, so I downloaded the plugin into a local folder and added it by using

cordova plugin add my/local/folder