Cordova build hook script for displaying build version in your app

#!/usr/bin/env node
 
// This plugin replaces text in a file with the app version from config.xml.

var wwwFileToReplace = "js/build.js";
 
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
 
var rootdir = process.argv[2];
 
function loadConfigXMLDoc(filePath) {
    var fs = require('fs');
    var xml2js = require('xml2js');
    var json = "";
    try {
        var fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'ascii');
        var parser = new xml2js.Parser();
        parser.parseString(fileData.substring(0, fileData.length), function (err, result) {
            //console.log("config.xml as JSON", JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
            json = result;
        });
        console.log("File '" + filePath + "' was successfully read.");
        return json;
    } catch (ex) {
        console.log(ex)
    }
}
 
function replace_string_in_file(filename, to_replace, replace_with) {
    var data = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
 
    var result = data.replace(new RegExp(to_replace, "g"), replace_with);
    fs.writeFileSync(filename, result, 'utf8');
}
 
var configXMLPath = "config.xml";
var rawJSON = loadConfigXMLDoc(configXMLPath);
var version = rawJSON.widget.$.version;
console.log("Version:", version);
 
var rootdir = process.argv[2];
 
var currentBuildPlatforms = process.env.CORDOVA_PLATFORMS.split(",");
console.log("Current build platforms: ", currentBuildPlatforms);
 
if (rootdir) {
    currentBuildPlatforms.forEach(function(val, index, array) {
        var wwwPath = "";
        switch(val) {
            case "ios":
                wwwPath = "platforms/ios/www/";
                break;
            case "android":
                wwwPath = "platforms/android/assets/www/";
                break;
            default:
                console.log("Unknown build platform: " + val);
        }
        var fullfilename = path.join(rootdir, wwwPath + wwwFileToReplace);
        if (fs.existsSync(fullfilename)) {
            replace_string_in_file(fullfilename, "%%VERSION%%", version);
            console.log("Replaced version in file: " + fullfilename);
        }
    });
}

Essentially it string-replaces %%VERSION%% in js/build.js (or any file you want) with version as specified in config.xml. To use it in your app make it available in a constant which you then inject as a dependency where needed:

// js/build.js
angular.module('equipmentShare').constant('BUILD', {
    VERSION: "%%VERSION%%" // %%VERSION%% will be replaced with the actual version from config.xml
});

// appController.js
angular.module('equipmentShare').controller('AppController', function ($scope, BUILD) {
    $scope.appVersion = BUILD.VERSION;
});

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