Cordova 5 build command is deleting iOS device direction settings

#!/usr/bin/env node

// Set support for all orienations in iOS .plist-workaround for this cordova bug: https ://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8953
var platforms = process.env.CORDOVA_PLATFORMS.split(',');
platforms.forEach(function(p) {< br /> if (p == "ios") {
 var fs = require('fs'),
 plist = require('plist'),
 xmlParser = new require(' xml2js').Parser(),
 plistPath ='',
 configPath ='config.xml';
 // Construct plist path.
 if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
 var configContent = fs.readFileSync(configPath);
 // Callback is synchronous.
 xmlParser.parseString(configContent, function (err, result) {
 var name = result.widget.name;
 plistPath ='platforms/ios/' + name +'/' + name +'-Info.plist';
 });
 }
 // Change plist and write.
 if (fs.existsSync(plistPath)) {
 var pl = plist.parseFileSync(plistPath);
 configure(pl);
 fs.writeFileSync(plistPath, plist.build(pl).toString());
 }
 process.exit();
 }
});
function configure(plist) {
 var iPhoneOrientations = [
'UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft',< br />'UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight',
'UIInterfaceOrien tationPortrait',
'UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown'
 ];
 var iPadOrientations = [
'UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft',
'UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight',
'UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait',
'UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown'
 ];
 plist["UISupportedInterfaceOrientations"] = iPhoneOrientations;
 plist["UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad"] = iPadOrientations;
}

When using Cordova 5.1.1, when executing “cordova build ios”, the previous Any device orientation settings selected in the XCode project will be deleted, and the orientation setting check box is not checked.

Although the “Orientation” configuration preference may provide a method to force positioning, I need Ability to set different orientation preferences for iPad and iPhone.

All previous Cordova versions (below 5) respect these settings. Any ideas?

Use XCode 6.3.2.

Edit:

According to @Abhinav Gujjar, fixed The problem that caused cordova to prepare to overwrite the manual changes made to the orientation settings in the .plist. However, AFAIK there is still no way to set different orientation preferences for iPad and iPhone in config.xml, so the answer below is that.

Update:

I created the plug-in cordova-custom-config, which contains the following hooks, which means that platform-specific custom configuration blocks (such as these Direction setting). So you can use the plugin without manually creating the hook below.

This was introduced in Cordova 5.0.0 CLI – see here.

At the same time , I have been using the after_prepare hook as a solution. Just put the following in /hooks/after_prepare/some_file.js, and change the orientation setting as needed:

< pre>#!/usr/bin/env node

// Set support for all orienations in iOS .plist-workaround for this cordova bug: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse /CB-8953
var platforms = process.env.CORDOVA_PLATFORMS.split(‘,’);
platforms.forEach(function(p) {
if (p == “ios”) {
var fs = require(‘fs’),
plist = require(‘plist’),
xmlParser = new require(‘xml2js’).Parser(),
plistPath =”,
configPath =’config.xml’;
// Construct plist path.
if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
var configContent = fs.readFileSync(configPath);
// Callback is synchronous.
xmlParser.parseString(configContent , function (err, result) {
var name = result.widget.name;
plistPath =’platforms/ios/’ + name +’/’ + name +’-Info.plist’;< br /> });
}
// Change plist and write.
if (fs.existsSync(plistPath)) {
var pl = plist.parseFileSync(plistPath);
configure(pl);
fs.writeFileSync(plistPath, plist.build(pl).toString());
}
process.exit();
}
});
function configure(plist) {
var iPhoneOrientations = [
‘UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft’,
‘UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight’,
‘UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait’,
‘UIInterfaceOrientationPortra itUpsideDown’
];
var iPadOrientations = [
‘UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft’,
‘UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight’,
‘UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait’,
‘UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown’
];
plist[“UISupportedInterfaceOrientations”] = iPhoneOrientations;
plist[“UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad”] = iPadOrientations;
}

Note: If you don’t have a plist yet And xml2js node modules, you need to install them.