Android: custom-preference isn't doing anything, no error given

[distinctdan]

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Bug report

Hi, I'm trying to use custom-preference to set my app's orientation, but it's not having any effect on my AndroidManifest.xml. Here is the relevant chunk from my config.xml:

<platform name="android">
    <custom-preference name="android-manifest/application/activity[@android:name='MainActivity']/@android:screenOrientation"
                       value="landscape" />
</platform>

Is there a way to debug why it's not working?

Environment information

• Cordova CLI version: 9.0.0
• Cordova platform version: Android 8.0.0
• Plugins & versions installed in project (including this plugin)

  cordova-fabric-plugin 1.1.14-dev "cordova-fabric-plugin"
  cordova-ios-plugin-no-export-compliance 0.0.5 "iOS No Export Compliance"
  cordova-plugin-device 2.0.2 "Device"
  cordova-plugin-file 6.0.1 "File"
  cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 3.0.0 "InAppBrowser"
  cordova-plugin-inapppurchase-fixed 1.1.0 "In App Purchase"
  cordova-plugin-insomnia 4.3.0 "Insomnia (prevent screen sleep)"
  cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.3 "Whitelist"
  cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine 1.1.4 "Cordova WKWebView Engine"
  cordova-plugin-wkwebview-file-xhr 2.1.1 "Cordova WKWebView File XHR Plugin"
  es6-promise-plugin 4.2.2 "Promise"

• Dev machine OS and version, e.g.
  • OSX 10.14.4

Android build issue:

• Node JS version: v11.12.0
• Gradle version: I see directories for 4.10.1 and 4.10.3
• Target Android SDK version: 28
• Android SDK details

  Installed packages:=====================] 100% Computing updates...             
  Path                                                | Version | Description                                     | Location                                            
  -------                                             | ------- | -------                                         | -------                                             
  build-tools;28.0.3                                  | 28.0.3  | Android SDK Build-Tools 28.0.3                  | build-tools/28.0.3/                                 
  emulator                                            | 28.0.25 | Android Emulator                                | emulator/                                           
  extras;android;m2repository                         | 47.0.0  | Android Support Repository                      | extras/android/m2repository/                        
  extras;google;m2repository                          | 58      | Google Repository                               | extras/google/m2repository/                         
  extras;intel;Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager | 7.3.2   | Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer) | extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager/
  patcher;v4                                          | 1       | SDK Patch Applier v4                            | patcher/v4/                                         
  platform-tools                                      | 28.0.2  | Android SDK Platform-Tools                      | platform-tools/                                     
  platforms;android-27                                | 3       | Android SDK Platform 27                         | platforms/android-27/                               
  platforms;android-28                                | 6       | Android SDK Platform 28                         | platforms/android-28/                               
  sources;android-27                                  | 1       | Sources for Android 27                          | sources/android-27/                                 
  sources;android-28                                  | 1       | Sources for Android 28                          | sources/android-28/                                 
  system-images;android-28;google_apis_playstore;x86  | 8       | Google Play Intel x86 Atom System Image         | system-images/android-28/google_apis_playstore/x86/ 
  tools                                               | 26.1.1  | Android SDK Tools                               | tools/                                              

[distinctdan]

Sooo, turns out I'm an idiot here. I was rereading my issue, and realized custom-config wasn't listed in my plugins list. In all my fiddling, I must have removed it at some point and forgot to re-add it. Works perfectly now!