Capacitor Version

capacitor 7.0.2

Other API Details

Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

I'm crafting a plugin to use android auto with my app.
To be able to use my app on AA it needed to have this in androidmanifest.xml:

               <meta-data 
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
            android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc" />

then the linked file in /android/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<automotiveApp>
    <uses name="media"/>
</automotiveApp>

After the merge in androidmanifest i have:

               <meta-data 
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
            android:resource="automotive_app_desc" />

and no automotive_app_desc.xml in any location of the project.

To be able to build for android auto I have to manually add after npx cap sync the file in:
/android/src/main/automotive_app_desc.xml

It would be nice to have it auto merged.

Expected Behavior

Merged automatically. in AndroidManifest.xml and related files

Project Reproduction

https://github.com/soundwave12345/capacitor-android-auto/

Additional Information

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