title: Unable to open asset URL: file:///android_asset/www/cordova_plugins.json error android
body: <p>i am trying to create an android application using cordova. i followed the steps given in the documentation creating an android application using cordova but when i build, i get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Unable to open asset URL: file:///android_asset/www/cordova_plugins.json
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my config.xml file is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;widget xmlns     = "http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"
          id        = "io.cordova.helloCordova"
          version   = "2.0.0"&gt;
      &lt;name&gt;Hello Cordova&lt;/name&gt;
  
      &lt;description&gt;
          A sample Apache Cordova application that responds to the deviceready event.
      &lt;/description&gt;
  
      &lt;content src="index.html" /&gt;
  
      &lt;preference name="loglevel" value="DEBUG" /&gt;
      &lt;!--
        &lt;preference name="splashscreen" value="resourceName" /&gt;
        &lt;preference name="backgroundColor" value="0xFFF" /&gt;
        &lt;preference name="loadUrlTimeoutValue" value="20000" /&gt;
        &lt;preference name="InAppBrowserStorageEnabled" value="true" /&gt;
        &lt;preference name="disallowOverscroll" value="true" /&gt;
      --&gt;
  
      &lt;feature name="App"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.App"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Geolocation"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.GeoBroker"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Device"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Device"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Accelerometer"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.AccelListener"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Compass"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.CompassListener"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Media"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.AudioHandler"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Camera"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.CameraLauncher"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Contacts"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.ContactManager"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="File"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.FileUtils"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="NetworkStatus"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.NetworkManager"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Notification"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Notification"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Storage"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Storage"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="FileTransfer"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.FileTransfer"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Capture"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Capture"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Battery"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.BatteryListener"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="SplashScreen"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.SplashScreen"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Echo"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Echo"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="Globalization"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Globalization"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;feature name="InAppBrowser"&gt;
        &lt;param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.InAppBrowser"/&gt;
      &lt;/feature&gt;
      &lt;!-- Deprecated plugins element. Remove in 3.0 --&gt;
      &lt;plugins&gt;
          &lt;plugin name="PushPlugin" value="com.plugin.gcm.PushPlugin" /&gt;
          &lt;plugin name="HttpRequest" value="com.packagename.HttpRequestPlugin" /&gt;
      &lt;/plugins&gt;
  &lt;/widget&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>what may be the issue for this?</p>