Initial commit
diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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+# This file is for unifying the coding style of different editors and IDEs.
+# editorconfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+indent_size = 4
+indent_style = space
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+
+[*.json]
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.iml
+.idea
+.DS_Store
+/node_modules/
diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
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+{
+    "asi": false,
+    "boss": false,
+    "camelcase": true,
+    "curly": true,
+    "eqeqeq": true,
+    "eqnull": false,
+    "es5": false,
+    "evil": false,
+    "expr": false,
+    "forin": true,
+    "funcscope": false,
+    "jasmine": true,
+    "immed": true,
+    "indent": 4,
+    "latedef": true,
+    "loopfunc": false,
+    "maxerr": 7,
+    "newcap": true,
+    "node": true,
+    "nonew": true,
+    "plusplus": false,
+    "quotmark": "single",
+    "shadow": false,
+    "strict": false,
+    "supernew": false,
+    "trailing": true,
+    "undef": true,
+    "white": true
+}
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
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+spec/
+tests/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+<!--
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+-->
+
+cordova-plugin-compat
+------------------------
+
+This repo is for remaining backwards compatible with previous versions of Cordova.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+    "name": "cordova-plugin-compat",
+    "description": "This repo is for remaining backwards compatible with previous versions of Cordova.",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "homepage": "http://github.com/macdonst/cordova-plugin-compat#readme",
+    "repository": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "git://github.com/macdonst/cordova-plugin-compat.git"
+    },
+    "bugs": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/macdonst/cordova-plugin-compat/issues"
+    },
+    "cordova": {
+        "id": "cordova-plugin-compat",
+        "platforms": [
+            "android"
+        ]
+    },
+    "keywords": [
+        "ecosystem:cordova",
+        "ecosystem:phonegap",
+        "cordova-android"
+    ],
+    "engines": [
+        {
+            "name": "cordova",
+            "version": ">=5.0.0"
+        }
+    ],
+    "author": "Adobe PhoneGap Team",
+    "license": "APL"
+}
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+<plugin xmlns="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/plugins/1.0"
+           id="cordova-plugin-compat"
+      version="0.0.1">
+    <name>compat</name>
+
+    <!-- android -->
+    <platform name="android">
+        <source-file src="src/android/PermissionHelper.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova" />
+    </platform>
+
+</plugin>
diff --git a/src/android/PermissionHelper.java b/src/android/PermissionHelper.java
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+/*
+       Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+       or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+       distributed with this work for additional information
+       regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+       to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+       "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+       with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+       software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+       "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+       KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+       specific language governing permissions and limitations
+       under the License.
+*/
+package org.apache.cordova;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.apache.cordova.CordovaInterface;
+import org.apache.cordova.CordovaPlugin;
+import org.apache.cordova.LOG;
+
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides reflective methods for permission requesting and checking so that plugins
+ * written for cordova-android 5.0.0+ can still compile with earlier cordova-android versions.
+ */
+public class PermissionHelper {
+    private static final String LOG_TAG = "CordovaPermissionHelper";
+
+    /**
+     * Requests a "dangerous" permission for the application at runtime. This is a helper method
+     * alternative to cordovaInterface.requestPermission() that does not require the project to be
+     * built with cordova-android 5.0.0+
+     *
+     * @param plugin        The plugin the permission is being requested for
+     * @param requestCode   A requestCode to be passed to the plugin's onRequestPermissionResult()
+     *                      along with the result of the permission request
+     * @param permission    The permission to be requested
+     */
+    public static void requestPermission(CordovaPlugin plugin, int requestCode, String permission) {
+        PermissionHelper.requestPermissions(plugin, requestCode, new String[] {permission});
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Requests "dangerous" permissions for the application at runtime. This is a helper method
+     * alternative to cordovaInterface.requestPermissions() that does not require the project to be
+     * built with cordova-android 5.0.0+
+     *
+     * @param plugin        The plugin the permissions are being requested for
+     * @param requestCode   A requestCode to be passed to the plugin's onRequestPermissionResult()
+     *                      along with the result of the permissions request
+     * @param permissions   The permissions to be requested
+     */
+    public static void requestPermissions(CordovaPlugin plugin, int requestCode, String[] permissions) {
+        try {
+            Method requestPermission = CordovaInterface.class.getDeclaredMethod(
+                    "requestPermissions", CordovaPlugin.class, int.class, String[].class);
+
+            // If there is no exception, then this is cordova-android 5.0.0+
+            requestPermission.invoke(plugin.cordova, plugin, requestCode, permissions);
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException noSuchMethodException) {
+            // cordova-android version is less than 5.0.0, so permission is implicitly granted
+            LOG.d(LOG_TAG, "No need to request permissions " + Arrays.toString(permissions));
+
+            // Notify the plugin that all were granted by using more reflection
+            deliverPermissionResult(plugin, requestCode, permissions);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException illegalAccessException) {
+            // Should never be caught; this is a public method
+            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "IllegalAccessException when requesting permissions " + Arrays.toString(permissions), illegalAccessException);
+        } catch(InvocationTargetException invocationTargetException) {
+            // This method does not throw any exceptions, so this should never be caught
+            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "invocationTargetException when requesting permissions " + Arrays.toString(permissions), invocationTargetException);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks at runtime to see if the application has been granted a permission. This is a helper
+     * method alternative to cordovaInterface.hasPermission() that does not require the project to
+     * be built with cordova-android 5.0.0+
+     *
+     * @param plugin        The plugin the permission is being checked against
+     * @param permission    The permission to be checked
+     *
+     * @return              True if the permission has already been granted and false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean hasPermission(CordovaPlugin plugin, String permission) {
+        try {
+            Method hasPermission = CordovaInterface.class.getDeclaredMethod("hasPermission", String.class);
+
+            // If there is no exception, then this is cordova-android 5.0.0+
+            return (Boolean) hasPermission.invoke(plugin.cordova, permission);
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException noSuchMethodException) {
+            // cordova-android version is less than 5.0.0, so permission is implicitly granted
+            LOG.d(LOG_TAG, "No need to check for permission " + permission);
+            return true;
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException illegalAccessException) {
+            // Should never be caught; this is a public method
+            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "IllegalAccessException when checking permission " + permission, illegalAccessException);
+        } catch(InvocationTargetException invocationTargetException) {
+            // This method does not throw any exceptions, so this should never be caught
+            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "invocationTargetException when checking permission " + permission, invocationTargetException);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static void deliverPermissionResult(CordovaPlugin plugin, int requestCode, String[] permissions) {
+        // Generate the request results
+        int[] requestResults = new int[permissions.length];
+        Arrays.fill(requestResults, PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);
+
+        try {
+            Method onRequestPermissionResult = CordovaPlugin.class.getDeclaredMethod(
+                    "onRequestPermissionResult", int.class, String[].class, int[].class);
+
+            onRequestPermissionResult.invoke(plugin, requestCode, permissions, requestResults);
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException noSuchMethodException) {
+            // Should never be caught since the plugin must be written for cordova-android 5.0.0+ if it
+            // made it to this point
+            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "NoSuchMethodException when delivering permissions results", noSuchMethodException);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException illegalAccessException) {
+            // Should never be caught; this is a public method
+            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "IllegalAccessException when delivering permissions results", illegalAccessException);
+        } catch(InvocationTargetException invocationTargetException) {
+            // This method may throw a JSONException. We are just duplicating cordova-android's
+            // exception handling behavior here; all it does is log the exception in CordovaActivity,
+            // print the stacktrace, and ignore it
+            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "InvocationTargetException when delivering permissions results", invocationTargetException);
+        }
+    }
+}