bug: Whenever I run an Android emulator, AndroidManifest.xml get changed

[npearson72]

Description:

I am using Ionic 6 with React. I run the following command to start up Android emulator:

ionic cap run android -l --external --target Pixel_5_API_33

The emulator starts up, but right away the AndroidManifest.xml file get updated and an AndroidManifest.xml.org file is added.

When I shut the emulator down, everything goes back to normal. In other words, the changes to the AndroidManifest.xml are reverted and the AndroidManifest.xml.org is deleted.

I’ve not seen any equivalent behavior with iOS.

Steps to Reproduce:

You can reproduce this by creating a new project ionic start photo-gallery tabs --type=react --capacitor

Then add android to the project ionic cap add android

Then start up an emulator: ionic cap run android -l --external --target Pixel_5_API_33

Output:

My ionic info:

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI : 6.20.1 (/Users/nathan/.local/share/yarn/global/node_modules/@ionic/cli)

Capacitor:

   Capacitor CLI      : 4.0.1
   @capacitor/android : 4.0.1
   @capacitor/core    : 4.0.1
   @capacitor/ios     : 4.0.1

Utility:

   cordova-res : not installed globally
   native-run  : not installed globally

System:

   NodeJS : v16.15.1 (/Users/nathan/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.15.1/bin/node)
   npm    : 8.11.0
   OS     : macOS Monterey

Other Information:

The settings (i.e. data) in the file does not change. Only the formatting. It changes from:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="dev.todos.mobile">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <activity
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|uiMode"
            android:name="dev.todos.mobile.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_main"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBarLaunch"
            android:launchMode="singleTask"
            android:screenOrientation="fullSensor"
            android:exported="true">

            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

        <provider
            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
            android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/file_paths"></meta-data>
        </provider>
    </application>

    <!-- Permissions -->

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>

To:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<manifest package="dev.todos.mobile" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
        <activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|uiMode" android:exported="true" android:label="@string/title_activity_main" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:name="dev.todos.mobile.MainActivity" android:screenOrientation="fullSensor" android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBarLaunch">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <provider android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true" android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider">
            <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
        </provider>
    </application>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>