Strip Extra WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

stripExtraWriteExternalStoragePerm.js

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/*
Install via `after_prepare` hook:
<hook type="after_prepare" src="hooks/stripExtraWritePerm.js" />
*/

const FS = require('fs');
const Path = require('path');

let path = Path.resolve('platforms/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml');

let manifest = FS.readFileSync(path, {
    encoding: 'utf-8'
});

// Strips ALL occurrences of <uses-permission android:name="androoid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
// If you have several conflicts (of different maxSDKVersion, or in different formats) then the regex
// may need to be adjusted, or repeated for each format.
manifest = manifest.replace(/^(\s)+<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" \/>$/gm, '');

FS.writeFileSync(path, manifest);