Get cordova package name from javascript hook - node.js

Question

I am writing a cordova plugin with a node hook to run after_prepare .
This is for Android only.
From within this hook I need to get the cordova package name, so I can copy a file to the src/com/example/myproject folder (if the package is com.example.myproject).
If I know the package name I can make this path. I have it working hardcoded now but I need this to work with two different package names.
Is there a way to get the package name from within this code in the plugin hook?
module.exports = function(ctx){
var fs = ctx.requireCordovaModule('fs');
var path = ctx.requireCordovaModule('path');
var deferral = ctx.requireCordovaModule('q').defer();
//get package name here
//do other stuff
}
I have done a lot of research but have not been able to find this.
Thanks.

Answer 1

It doesn't look like it is available off of the context object, but you could try to parse the config.xml.
module.exports = function(context) {
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var config_xml = path.join(context.opts.projectRoot, 'config.xml');
var et = context.requireCordovaModule('elementtree');
var data = fs.readFileSync(config_xml).toString();
var etree = et.parse(data);
console.log(etree.getroot().attrib.id);
};
The local-webserver plugin uses a similar strategy for reading config properties.

Answer 2

Here my compilation from different answers that works in 2021.
I use it to update some parameters in Xcode project for plugins compilation.
You can see that I am getting here app id and name from config.xml
And you can add it to after_prepare hook:
<hook src="scripts/addBuildSettingsToXcode.js" type="after_prepare" />
#!/usr/bin/env node
let fs = require('fs');
let xcode = require('xcode');
let path = require('path');
let et = require('elementtree');
module.exports = function (context) {
//console.log(context);
function addBuildPropertyToDebugAndRelease(prop, value) {
console.log('Xcode Adding ' + prop + '=' + value);
myProj.addBuildProperty(prop, value, 'Debug');
myProj.addBuildProperty(prop, value, 'Release');
}
function updateBuildPropertyToDebugAndRelease(prop, value) {
console.log('Xcode Updating ' + prop + '=' + value );
myProj.updateBuildProperty(prop, value, 'Debug');
myProj.updateBuildProperty(prop, value, 'Release');
}
// Getting app id and name from config.xml
let config_xml = path.join(context.opts.projectRoot, 'config.xml');
let data = fs.readFileSync(config_xml).toString();
let etree = et.parse(data);
let appId = etree.getroot().attrib.id ;
let appName = etree.getroot().find('name')['text'];
// Building project path
let projectPath = 'platforms/ios/' + appName + '.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj';
// Opening Xcode project and parsing it
myProj = xcode.project(projectPath);
myProj = myProj.parseSync();
// Common properties
addBuildPropertyToDebugAndRelease('DEVELOPMENT_TEAM', 'CGXXXXXXX');
addBuildPropertyToDebugAndRelease('CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY', '"Apple Development"');
// Compilation properties
addBuildPropertyToDebugAndRelease('ALWAYS_EMBED_SWIFT_STANDARD_LIBRARIES', 'YES');
// Save project file
fs.writeFileSync(projectPath, myProj.writeSync());
};