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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+-->
+<widget xmlns     = "http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"
+        id        = "io.cordova.helloCordova"
+        version   = "2.0.0">
+
+    <!-- Preferences for Android -->
+    <preference name="loglevel" value="DEBUG" />
+
+    <!-- This is required for native Android hooks -->
+    <feature name="App">
+        <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.App" />
+    </feature>
+</widget>