Norman Breau

> Either way, would it be possible to add your tests to the main [cordova-plugin-file](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file) repo? I'm also not sure if this would be accepted... I'm a TS user myself...

> > I think this would be considered a breaking change for anybody using TypeScript with this plugin, thus merging will have to wait until Apache starts preparing a major...

> Regarding the suggestion to stop maintaining d.ts files for the plugin, I wouldn't mind at all if d.ts files would be moved to DefinitivelyTyped, but I should note that...

> @breautek why reading a file with this plugin needs to be so painful ;) ? The plugins that Apache maintains for the most part aims to follow the W3C...

> But don't you agree that these abstraction layers serve exactly to maintain the API stable over the time as W3C spec change, since the end user would be faced...

I'm not really an iOS expert but based on [cordova docs](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file#ios-file-system-layout) and [apple docs](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/FileSystemOverview/FileSystemOverview.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010672-CH2-SW2) It appears iOS apps are sandbox and has very limiting restrictions where the filesystem APIs only...

The Android & iOS tests can be ignored because there are existing issues present that is causing them to fail, and that's been happening to some time. We know it's...

> why is this "closed", since following all the "current"? documentation in https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/12.x/guide/cli/index.html causes this, and it's not "just a warning" as you get `** ARCHIVE FAILED **` - so...

Can you try the formal v7 release? It would have contained a rebased version of the Android 13 support PR which I believe had additional fixes applied. You can install...

`platforms/android/app/src/main/xml/camera_provider_paths.xml` should exist. If it doesn't can you try again but with `--verbose` ? ``` cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-camera cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera@7 --verbose ```