From 9c589a3b6c3230aa9ae32a17634c7b0bc114981d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jcesarmobile <jcesarmobile@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:16:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): properly merge non application config-file (#2478)

---
 cli/src/cordova.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cli/src/cordova.ts b/cli/src/cordova.ts
index 33eba05881..93418c444b 100644
--- a/cli/src/cordova.ts
+++ b/cli/src/cordova.ts
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ export async function writeCordovaAndroidManifest(cordovaPlugins: Plugin[], conf
             const pathParts = getPathParts(configElement.$.parent || configElement.$.target);
             if (pathParts.length > 1) {
               if (pathParts.pop() === 'application') {
-                if (configElement.$.mode && configElement.$.mode === 'merge') {
+                if (configElement.$.mode && configElement.$.mode === 'merge' && xmlElement.startsWith('<application')) {
                   Object.keys(e.$).map((ek: any) => {
                     applicationXMLAttributes.push(`${ek}="${e.$[ek]}"`);
                   });