How to use a forked version of cordova-android-CodePudding

There's a problem with the current version of cordova-android that doesn't allow you to have a "&" symbol in the name of your app.

I forked a fix of a pull request I found on the repo.

I changed my package.json from

"cordova-android": "^10.1.1",

"cordova-android":https://github.com/fitdegree/cordova-android.git",

but now when I run cordova platform add android

I get the following error message:

cordova platform add android
Using cordova-fetch for cordova-android@https://github.com/fitdegree/cordova-android.git
Failed to fetch platform cordova-android@https://github.com/fitdegree/cordova-android.git
Probably this is either a connection problem, or platform spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and platform name/version/URL.
CordovaError: Error: npm: Command failed with exit code 127 Error output:

any ideas on how I can use my forked version?

CodePudding user response：

Read its guides:

After creating app as usual, link the forked android platform using:

cordova platform add --link /path/to/cordova-android

Down the forked release via this link

CodePudding user response：

cordova platform add uses NPM behind the scenes, so any valid npm install package will work.

cordova platform add <git url>

e.g: cordova platform add https://github.com/apache/cordova-android.git

cordova platform add ../local-path

e.g: cordova platform add ../path/to/my-cordova-android-fork

cordova platform add cordova-android.tgz

Pack up the cordova-android package using npm pack, which produces a tgz file. Then use cordova platform add my-cordova-android.tgz