Installation error on cordova-android@7 (latest), due to hook scripts

[brody4hire]

Issue:

As reported in https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/issues/547#issuecomment-438325344:

If I would do the following in a new Cordova project:

• cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-app-preferences
• cordova platform add cordova-android@latest

Then I get the following output with an error message:

Using cordova-fetch for cordova-android@latest
Adding android project...
Creating Cordova project for the Android platform:
	Path: platforms/android
	Package: io.cordova.hellocordova
	Name: HelloCordova
	Activity: MainActivity
	Android target: android-27
Android project created with [email protected]
Android Studio project detected
Android Studio project detected
Installing "cordova-plugin-app-preferences" for android
app-settings.json not found: creating a sample file
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-whitelist" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-whitelist" for android

               This plugin is only applicable for versions of cordova-android greater than 4.0. If you have a previous platform version, you do *not* need this plugin since the whitelist will be built in.
          
Adding cordova-plugin-whitelist to package.json
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-whitelist" to config.xml
will push strings array {"name":"lang","titles":["English (US)","English (UK)"],"values":["en-us","en-gb"]}
unhandled exception { [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir 'platforms/android/res/xml']
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'mkdir',
  path: 'platforms/android/res/xml' }
ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir 'platforms/android/res/xml'

I can install and build on cordova-android@latest (7.1.2) if I do the following steps:

• Comment hooks scripts out of plugin.xml in https://github.com/brodybits/me.apla.cordova.app-preferences/tree/test1
• do cordova plugin add https://github.com/brodybits/me.apla.cordova.app-preferences#test1
• do cordova platform add cordova-android@latest
• do cordova build android

I can think of the following possible options:

• get rid of hook scripts
• update hook scripts to work with new cordova-android project structure
• improved support by the Cordova framework

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Please specify your environment

Plugin version:

• [x] released version: 0.99.3 (latest)
• [ ] repository master

Toolchain:

• [x] Cordova cli
• [ ] Phonegap cli
• [ ] Phonegap cloud
• [ ] Ionic
• [ ] Other: _____

Platforms affected:

• [x] Android
• [ ] iOS/macOS
• [ ] LocalStorage fallback for browser and blackberry
• [ ] Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 and later
• [ ] Windows Phone 8 and earlier (deprecated)

What the scope of your problem:

• [x] General functionality ~~(store/fetch/remove/clearAll)~~ installation with cordova-android@7 fails
• [ ] Suites
• [ ] Cloud synchronization and events
• [ ] Preferences pane generation and display