Minimum permissions from user in phongap app - android

I have a phongap app almost ready to be released,
The app gets data from a database (AJAX), shows the users location on google maps and stores a few strings in the users localstorage.
I built my app useing phonegap build and it all works great.
My problem is when I download the APK to my device I am asked for all posible permissions.
I unchecked all unwanted features in the WMAppManifest, and my config.xml shows:
<features>
<feature name="Device">
<param name="wp-package" value="Device" onload="false"/>
<param name="android-package" value="Device" />
</feature>
<feature name="NetworkStatus">
<param name="wp-package" value="NetworkStatus"/>
<param name="android-package" value="NetworkStatus" /></feature>
I'm pretty sure my problem is in the config file but what is it?
Thanks in advance.

You can set the individual permissions in your apps config.xml.
First, disable all permissions.
<preference name="permissions" value="none" />
After that, you can enable the required permissions one by one.
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/network" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/camera" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/notification" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/geolocation" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/media" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/contacts" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/file" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/battery" />
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/device" />
Just insert the feature(s) you need – the others can/should be left out.
Source: PhoneGap Build Documentation (Features section)

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I have an issue I have been trying to solve, none of the solutions online I have seen have helped either.
Very simple, so you think the solution would be as well.
On the Android platform for Cordova build I am using the StatusBar plugin which is set in the config.xml to preference and DISPLAY it...Yes, I am trying to get it to display in the app and not hide. It seems to be hidden every time the app runs.
In my InAppBrowser option string, I also set fullscreen=no so that that won't affect it either.
Running the app in the simulator and on-device both hide it still. Would someone possibly know a solution to FORCE the status bar to show and if not, what are the causes of this?
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Here is my Config.xml file for better supporting information:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.dialogs.Notification" />
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<feature name="InAppBrowser">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser.InAppBrowser" />
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<feature name="NetworkStatus">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.networkinformation.NetworkManager" />
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<feature name="Whitelist">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.whitelist.WhitelistPlugin" />
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<allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
<allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
<allow-intent href="tel:*" />
<allow-intent href="sms:*" />
<allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
<allow-intent href="geo:*" />
<allow-intent href="market:*" />
<preference name="loglevel" value="DEBUG" />
<preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="true" />
<feature name="StatusBar">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.statusbar.StatusBar" />
<param name="onload" value="true" />
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Install statusbar plugin
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-statusbar
If that still doesn't work, try calling show after deviceready event
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Remove
StatusBar.overlaysWebView(true);
Or set it to false
Also remove
<preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="true" />
Or set it to false
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'_self' = open in Cordova window
'_blank' = open in InAppBrowser window
'_system' = open in system browser
The accepted answer didn't work for me
For anyone still facing this,
according to Cordova plugin page
fullscreen: Sets whether the InappBrowser WebView is displayed
fullscreen or not. In fullscreen mode, the status bar is hidden.
Default value is yes.
So, in order to keep status bar visible, pass fullscreen: "no" in options
let browser = this.inAppBrowser.create(
"https://github.com"
"_target",
{ zoom: "no", location: "no", fullscreen: "no" }
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I am writing a Cordova plugin for Android, and it is not registering a JavaScript object to window and I would like to know why.
In the plugin's plugin.xml, I am using <js-module> to register the js object to window object:
<platform name="android">
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...
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The plugin compiles, but when I do window.loader in Chrome debugger, it is undefined. I tried changing the value of target in <clobbers> to window.loader to no avail.
www/Loading.js file is exporting a JavaScript object using module.exports:
function Loading() {
...
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module.exports = new Loading();
Any suggestions?
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I'm currently building an Angular app for Android / iOs (with Cordova).
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On Android (real device on 4.1), if I put the device offline and come back to the app, it alerts me that the app have crashed.
I dont know where I can find any log about what happens, any help would be great :)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<author email="dev#callback.apache.org" href="http://cordova.io">
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http://excellencemagentoblog.com/cordova-3-5-0-update-troubleshooting-android
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The event fires when an application goes offline, and the device is not connected to the Internet.
document.addEventListener("offline", yourCallbackFunction, false);
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Applications typically should use document.addEventListener to attach an event listener once the deviceready event fires.
Example :
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
// Wait for device API libraries to load
//
function onLoad() {
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
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//
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document.addEventListener("offline", onOffline, false);
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//
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Source Link : http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.1.0/cordova_events_events.md.html#offline
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FileTransfer
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I have re-read the media API and there is no mention of a thread pool. I am doing all of my programming in javascript.
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<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.filetransfer.FileTransfer" />
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<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
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Phonegap Build Error "plugin unsupported: splashscreen"

I am Using PhonegapBuild Not eclipse for build my application.
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In Config.xml splash plugin line is same as mentioned in docs and it's as below
For Android:
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For IOS:
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Please help me..
Screenshot is below
I removed all plugin from my config.xml for Android as well IOS also.Then i successfully upload my Zip file for Build and its Build and Working Fine in Device..
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Try using the following for the plugin
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