Document or fix .cordova/config.json

[nofxx]

There's no docs or mention to the file '.cordova/config.json'.

  {"lib":
    {"www":
      {"id":"com.phonegap.hello-world",
       "version":"master",
       "uri":"https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-app-hello-world/archivemaster.tar.gz",
       "link":false}
   },"phonegap":{"id": XXXXXX}
}

Newbie catch: if you start a project with cordova create instead of phonegap:
[error] ENOENT, open '/home/nofxx/.../phonegap_project/.cordova/config.json'

Another catch: If you remove or change the app on build it will miserably fail #122

If it's meant to be a system/runtime file, it should be created accordingly.
Or document and create a example file for the user with what needs to go there.
(Do I need to keep that www: for instance?)

Related to #113

[mwbrooks]

Hi @nofxx,

Thanks for the suggestions.

The .cordova/config.json is generated by Cordova, but also not used by Cordova anymore. It's in a strange place with regards to Cordova's support.

Regardless, the PhoneGap CLI uses .cordova/config.json to store a few preferences and the main one is the PGB app ID. Based on your suggestions, I think we can improve the experience and remove some of the errors that you've referenced.

1. Create .cordova/config.json when it doesn't exist.
2. Remove and recreate the ID when the app is not found.

Also, the lib key is populated the Cordova tooling, yet it is never used. It should be safe to remove.

I'll add this as a task for next week!

[nofxx]

@mwbrooks thanks for the explanation, crystal clear now.

1 & 2 are exactly what I mean, but let me add a suggestion:
Use something like .phonegap.json, .pgbuild or even .phonegap/config.json
So we could just rm -r .cordova, makes it more clear imho.

Thank you.

[si458]

is the any update on this at all?
i managed to get around this by creating a blank config.json with just { } inside it

[ilhanyumer]

@si458 It doesn't help. It leads to other errors. http://imgur.com/a/DHiEa

[syardumi]

I ran into the same problem. I also fixed it with { }. Is there any update?

[muneebtator]

I was facing the same problem. Fixed it by creating .cordova folder and a config.json file inside it with {}

[mwbrooks]

Hi everyone, I believe commit 2c82089 should help to address this issue. It's now available on npm as phonegap@5.2.2.

Thanks for your patients and help in pointing this out!