Hi Cordova devs, while writing my first cordova plugin for Windows Phone I noticed the missing support for <lib-file> for the WP7/WP8 Platforms. The solution is so damn easy and I would be glad if you take my solution into the cordova code. The implementation for <lib-file> for WP is very similar to the implementation of <source-file>. The only difference is the invocation of addReference instead of addSourceFile (and removeReference instead of removeSourceFile).
FILE: plugman\src\platforms\wp8.js OLD CODE: "lib-file": { install:function(source_el, plugin_dir, project_dir, plugin_id) { require('../../plugman').emit('verbose', 'lib-file.install is not supported for wp8'); }, uninstall:function(source_el, project_dir, plugin_id) { require('../../plugman').emit('verbose', 'lib-file.uninstall is not supported for wp8'); } } NEW CODE: "lib-file": { install:function(lib_el, plugin_dir, project_dir, plugin_id, project_file) { var dest = path.join('Plugins', plugin_id, lib_el.attrib['target-dir'] ? lib_el.attrib['target-dir'] : '', path.basename(lib_el.attrib['src'])); var target_path = common.resolveTargetPath(project_dir, dest); if (fs.existsSync(target_path)) throw new Error('"' + target_path + '" already exists!'); common.copyFile(plugin_dir, lib_el.attrib['src'], project_dir, dest); // add reference to this file to csproj. project_file.addReference(dest); }, uninstall:function(lib_el, project_dir, plugin_id, project_file) { var dest = path.join('Plugins', plugin_id, lib_el.attrib['target-dir'] ? lib_el.attrib['target-dir'] : '', path.basename(lib_el.attrib['src'])); common.removeFile(project_dir, dest); // remove reference to this file from csproj. project_file.removeReference(dest); } } The implementation for WP7 is exactly the same as for WP8. Greetings from Germany, Tobias Jamin