nativescript-environment-variables-hook

Nativescript Environment Variable Hook

This plugin adds a hook to find and replace environment variables within your AndroidManifest.xml, Info.plist and app.entitlements.

Installation

npm install nativescript-environment-variables-hook --save-dev

Predefined Variables

The plugin provides the following tokens automatically:

Token	Description
APP_ID	Application ID as defined in nativescript.config.ts
APP_VERSION	Version taken from package.json
APP_VERSION_CODE	As above but formatted to MMmmpp (Major, Minor, Patch)

Usage

Examples

App_Resources\Android\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
	package="__PACKAGE__"
	android:versionCode="{{APP_VERSION_CODE}}"
	android:versionName="{{APP_VERSION}}">

<activity android:name="org.nativescript.auth0.RedirectActivity" tools:node="replace">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

    <data
      android:host="{{AUTH0_DOMAIN}}"
      android:pathPrefix="/android/{{APP_ID}}/callback"
      android:scheme="{{APP_ID}}" />
  </intent-filter>
</activity>

.env or Environment Variables

AUTH0_DOMAIN = "my.domain.auth0.com"

Additional Templated Files

You can extend the functionality of this hook by adding in additional relative filepaths to you nativescript.config.ts like so

nativescript.config.ts

export default {
  id: 'org.nativescript.example',
  ...
  environmentVariablesHook: {
    additionalPaths: [
      'platforms/android/example.xml',
      'platforms/ios/example.txt'
    ]
  }
} as NativeScriptConfig;