Cannot read property 'find' of null - Cordova 11

Bug Report

Problem

Using Cordova 11 to target Android 12 fails to build.

What is expected to happen?

The app should compile.

What does actually happen?

Build crashes during the platform add android@11 with the following error:

Cannot read property 'find' of null
TypeError: Cannot read property 'find' of null
    at C:\Jenkins\workspace\REDACTEDPROJECTNAME\node_modules\cordova-android\lib\prepare.js:387:49
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at updateProjectSplashScreen (C:\Jenkins\workspace\REDACTEDPROJECTNAME\node_modules\cordova-android\lib\prepare.js:384:7)
    at updateProjectAccordingTo (C:\Jenkins\workspace\REDACTEDPROJECTNAME\node_modules\cordova-android\lib\prepare.js:269:5)
    at C:\Jenkins\workspace\REDACTEDPROJECTNAME\node_modules\cordova-android\lib\prepare.js:67:21
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
[ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess cordova.
        
        cordova platform add android@11 --verbose --save exited with exit code 1.
        
        Re-running this command with the --verbose flag may provide more information.

Information

config.xml:

<widget id="com.COMPANY.CLIENTNAMEmobiledev" version="0.6.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
    <name>CLIENTNAME-DEV</name>
    <description>CLIENTNAME-DEV</description>
    <author email="[e-mail]" href="https://www.COMPANY.com/">COMPANY</author>
    <content src="index.html" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
    <allow-intent href="tel:*" />
    <allow-intent href="sms:*" />
    <allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
    <allow-intent href="geo:*" />
    <preference name="ScrollEnabled" value="false" />
    <preference name="AndroidXEnabled" value="true" />
    <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="23" />
    <preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="32" />
    <preference name="BackupWebStorage" value="none" />
    <preference name="SplashMaintainAspectRatio" value="true" />
    <preference name="FadeSplashScreenDuration" value="300" />
    <preference name="SplashShowOnlyFirstTime" value="false" />
    <preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
    <preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="3000" />
    <preference name="KeyboardResizeMode" value="ionic" />
    <hook src="hooks/after_prepare.js" type="after_prepare"/>
    <platform name="android">
        <resource-file src="firebase-services-dev.json" target="app/google-services.json" />
        <resource-file src="www/icon.png" target="app/src/main/res/drawable/icon.png" />
        <allow-intent href="market:*" />
        <edit-config file="AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application/activity">
            <activity android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" android:exported="true" />
        </edit-config>
        <icon density="ldpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-ldpi-icon.png" />
        <icon density="mdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-mdpi-icon.png" />
        <icon density="hdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-hdpi-icon.png" />
        <icon density="xhdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-xhdpi-icon.png" />
        <icon density="xxhdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-xxhdpi-icon.png" />
        <icon density="xxxhdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-xxxhdpi-icon.png" />
        <preference name="AndroidWindowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon" value="resources/android/splash/drawable-port-xxxhdpi-screen.png" />
    </platform>
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera" spec="^4.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-filechooser" spec="^1.0.1" />
    <plugin name="com-badrit-base64" spec="^0.2.0" />
    <plugin name="com.telerik.plugins.nativepagetransitions" spec="^0.6.5" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-filepath" spec="^1.2.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-document-viewer" spec="^0.9.9" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-datepicker" spec="^0.9.3" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file-opener2" spec="^2.0.19" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing" spec="^5.4.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-actionsheet" spec="^2.3.3" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="^5.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-screen-orientation" spec="^3.0.1" />
    <plugin name="mx.ferreyra.callnumber" spec="~0.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-email-composer" spec="^0.8.15" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" spec="^4.0.1">
        <variable name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_ANNOTATIONS_VERSION" value="27.+" />
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" spec="4.0.1">
        <variable name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_ANNOTATIONS_VERSION" value="27.+" />
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-keychain-touch-id" spec="3.2.1" />
    <preference name="GOOGLE_MAPS_ANDROID_API_KEY" value="REDACTED" />
    <preference name="GOOGLE_MAPS_IOS_API_KEY" value="REDACTED" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-file" spec="6.0.2" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-filepicker" spec="^1.1.6" />
</widget>

Command or Code

cordova platform add android@11 --verbose

Environment, Platform, Device

Building an Ionic 3.9 app on Windows for Android 12 with Cordova 11.

Version information

` Cordova Packages:

cli: 11.0.0
    common: 4.0.2
    create: 4.0.0
    lib: 11.0.0
        common: 4.0.2
        fetch: 3.0.1
        serve: 4.0.0
        `

` Environment:

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Business 10.0.19042 (19042) (Windows 10.0.19042) x64
Node: v14.18.1
npm: 6.14.15
`

Checklist

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

I had the same error and detected it was due to a plugin saving a themes.xml file to the res folder. I changed the plugin to save the file as themesother.xml and then I could add the android@11 platform ok.

[jhonnathanH]

thx