Cordova Hook And Access To Build Settings

During a hook for Cordova on for example before_build/before_prepare: cordova build -> before prepare hook -> prepare -> after prepare hook -> before build hook -> b

Solution 1:

Yes it is possible exactly like mentioned in the documentation. Your hook(-function) gets passed a context object which contains all the information you need. Example context:

{
  "hook": "before_plugin_install",
  "scriptLocation": "c:\\script\\full\\path\\appBeforePluginInstall.js",
  "cmdLine": "The\\exact\\command\\cordova\\run\\with arguments",
  "opts": {
    "projectRoot":"C:\\path\\to\\the\\project",
    "cordova": {
      "platforms": ["android"],
      "plugins": ["plugin-withhooks"],
      "version": "0.21.7-dev"
    },
    "plugin": {
      "id": "plugin-withhooks",
      "pluginInfo": {
        ...
      },
      "platform": "android",
      "dir": "C:\\path\\to\\the\\project\\plugins\\plugin-withhooks"
    }
  },
  "cordova": {...}
}

Especially the cmdLine property will be of interest for you to check if a --release flag was passed and to detect which platform was built.