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

A clone of Steve-e-b's answer for those who are more comfortable with python. It assumes the file will be located under something like hooks/after_prepare/123_remove_permissions.py and be executable.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os

script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
project_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(script_dir, '../..'))

bad_permissions = [
    'WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE',
    'RECORD_AUDIO',
    'MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS',
]

android_manifest = os.path.join(project_dir, 'platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml')

with open(android_manifest, 'r') as fr:
    lines = fr.readlines()

new_lines = [line for line in lines if not [perm for perm in bad_permissions if perm in line]]

with open(android_manifest, 'w') as fw:
    fw.writelines(new_lines)