Limiting permission requests using preferences

[NXTAdmin]

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Bug report

Current behavior:

I am trying to use the "Specify Modules" feature to limit the modules however it appears that the permission request texts are still added to the IOS plist.

My question is: can I specify modules using Phonegap Build?

snippet from my config.xml file:

<preference name="cordova.plugins.diagnostic.modules" value="LOCATION BLUETOOTH WIFI NOTIFICATIONS" /> 
<gap:plugin name="cordova.plugins.diagnostic"     source="npm" version="4.0.12" />

snippet from resulting plist showing camera which was not included:
NSCameraUsageDescription
This app requires camera access to function properly.

snippet from the Phonegap build log showing inclusion from npm:
Fetching plugin "cordova.plugins.diagnostic@4.0.12" via npm
Installing "cordova.plugins.diagnostic" at "4.0.12" for ios
5dca859ee01d3e97f4797c0ded29de2820a47670

Environment information
Using cloud based Phonegap Build

[dpa99c]

This plugin uses a nodejs script executed via the npm-scripts postinstall hook to comment out modules not specified by the preference in config.xml, including iOS plist entries.

I have tried a test build on Phonegap Build and can confirm I'm able reproduce the same outcome: despite the preference in the config.xml specifying none but the default module, I still see the plist entries for all modules appear in the compiled IPA.

So my conclusion is that Phonegap Build doesn't support npm-scripts hooks and therefore the postinstall script on which this plugin relies to comment out unwanted modules is not being executed in the Phonegap Build environment.

Therefore without completely reworking the module selection functionality in this plugin, it will not be possible to support module selection in the Phonegap Build environment.
I will update the documentation to make this explicitly clear.

If you'd like to request that they add support for npm-scripts hooks, I would suggest opening a new issue against Phonegap Build.

Note that Phonegap Build also doesn't support Cordova hooks, so any plugins which rely on these will also not function correctly.

[NXTAdmin]

Thanks for the quick response and thorough explanation.

[NXTAdmin]

A follow up question: I am using 2 features of this plugin:

1. isLocationAvailable()
2. isLocationEnabled()
   Can you recommend another plugin that supports these 2 features?
   Thanks