Cordova plugin addition and removal fails when config.xml is in a linked folder ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-18711 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-18711 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Bug Components: aerogear-hybrid Affects Versions: 4.2.0.Final Environment: Oracle JDK 1.8.0_05, Mac OS X Mavericks Reporter: Vineet Reynolds Assignee: Gorkem Ercan Fix For: 4.2.3.Beta1, 4.3.0.Alpha1 When config.xml is present in an Eclipse Linked folder (not in a symbolic link), then attempting to add or remove plugins (and possibly other operations on config.xml) fails with a spurious NullPointerException (without a stacktrace). This pretty much means that the Hybrid Mobile application project with a linked folder for 'www' is in a read-only state for plugin addition/removal. If any plugin should be added or removed, the linked folder must be dropped, converted to an ordinary folder (or symbolic link), and then re-created after modifications. To verify 1. create a new project 2. copy www folder to an alternate location 3. remove www folder 4.add www folder from alternate location as a linked folder (New Folder > Advanced> Link to alternate location) 5. add cordova plugins to the project. [Check they are added]