config resource-file is copied to the wrong target

[DavidWiesner]

Bug Report

Problem

when defining a <resource-file src="example.xml" target="res/values/example.xml" /> see cordova documentation config.xml the src-file is not copied into the application-resources folder <platform-dir>/app/src/main/, but instead to the <project-dir>. In contrast when defining the same <resource-file /> in a plugin.xml, the file will be copied to the right destination see

cordova-android/lib/pluginHandlers.js

Line 61 in e61e271

const dest = path.join('app', 'src', 'main', obj.target);

What is expected to happen?

The defined src should be copied within the application-resource folder <platform-dir>/app/src/main/

What does actually happen?

The src-file will be copied to the <project-dir>

Information

Command or Code

Environment, Platform, Device

Version information

Cordova Packages:

cli: 12.0.0
    common: 5.0.0
    create: 5.0.0
    lib: 12.0.1
        common: 5.0.0
        fetch: 4.0.0
        serve: 4.0.1

Project Installed Platforms:

android: 12.0.1

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 7.1.1

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• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
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[jcesarmobile]

I feel like the config.xml behavior is the correct behavior, since you might want to add files to other folders, not just to app/src/main.
In example a common case of usage for resource-file is to copy the google-services.json file, which needs to be inside app folder, not in app/src/main folder.
But changing the behavior for plugins at this point will break a lot of plugins, so I think we should document the difference of behavior when using it in config.xml vs plugin.xml