Apache cordova / phonegap how to enable capabilities from config.xml

Question

I have an application that uses some ios capabilities (Keychain sharing, Push notifications, etc)

Every time that it remove the platforms and re-run cordova platform add ios, I have to manually open the XCode and open the settings .xcodeproj and go to the Capabilities tab and enable them manually.

Is there any way to auto enable them automatically every time that I re-run cordova platform add ios?

Thanks

Answer 1

You may not need to do this at all.

Features you mentioned (Keychain sharing, Push notifications) will work without manually enabling the associated capabilities in XCode if the plugins you use add the required entitlements on install.

And most well-developed plugins do just that. For example:

• If you use phonegap/phonegap-plugin-push for push notifications: it adds the required aps-environment key to Entitlements-*.plist automatically
• If you use Telerik-Verified-Plugins/Keychain-Sharing for Keychain sharing: it does too install entitlements via a Cordova hook

Simply make sure you're using a recent-enough version of the plugin in question.