Bug: Cordova does not set minSdkVersion according to preference in config.xml

[JonatanWigstrom]

Bug Report

Problem

After setting the android-minSdkVersion preference in config.xml, the APK is built with a higher minSdkVersion than specified.

What is expected to happen?

The APK should be built with minSdkVersion set to 24

What does actually happen?

The APK is built with minSdkVersion set to 26

Information

Command or Code

Config.xml (Irrelevant sections excluded):

<widget android-versionCode="10001" defaultlocale="sv-SE" id="*" version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:android="schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:vs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2014/htmlapps">
  <platform name="android">
    <allow-intent href="market:*" />
  </platform>
  <platform name="android">
    <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="24" />
    <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
      <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" />
    </edit-config>
  </platform>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" version="1.3.3" />
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera" version="3.0.0" />
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-inappbrowser" version="1.2.1" />
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" version="3.1.0" />
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-geolocation" version="2.1.0" />
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-vs-taco-support" version="0.2.3" />
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-customurlscheme" src="https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Custom-URL-scheme" version="4.3.0">
    <variable name="URL_SCHEME" value="iol" />
  </plugin>
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-qrscanner" spec="^2.6.0" />
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-insomnia" src="https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Insomnia-PhoneGap-Plugin" version="4.3.0" />
  <engine name="android" spec="^8.0.0" /> 
</widget>

Environment, Platform, Device

Platform: Android

Version information

Cordova-android: 8.0.0
Cordova-cli: 9.0.0
Cordova-plugins:

• cordova-plugin-whitelist: 1.3.3
• cordova-plugin-camera: 3.0.0
• cordova-plugin-inappbrowser: 1.2.1
• cordova-plugin-splashscreen: 3.1.0
• cordova-plugin-geolocation: 2.1.0
• cordova-plugin-vs-taco-support: 0.2.3
• cordova-plugin-customurlscheme: 4.3.0
• cordova-plugin-insomnia: 4.3.0
• cordova-plugin-qrscanner: 2.6.0

OS: Windows 10
IDE: Visual Studio 2017

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[timbru31]

This is a duplicate of #599