envcheck.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

/**
 * This cordova hook checks to see if the developer is building a release version, 
 * but not in a production environment.
 * 
 * Add this to config.xml
 * <hook src="envcheck.js" type="before_prepare" />
 * <hook src="envcheck.js" type="after_build" />
 */
module.exports = function(ctx) {
    if (ctx.opts.options.release) {
        var fs = ctx.requireCordovaModule('fs'),
        path = ctx.requireCordovaModule('path')
        // Check the environment configuration.
        // THIS WILL NEED TO BE CUSTOMIZED FOR EVERY PROJECT!!
        var configFilePath = path.join(ctx.opts.projectRoot, 'src/js/config.js');
        var configFileContents = fs.readFileSync(configFilePath, 'utf8');
        var buildEnvIsProduction = configFileContents.includes('"env":"production"');

        if (!buildEnvIsProduction) {
            console.error("======================================================================")
            console.error("======================================================================")
            console.error("=============  WARNING: THIS IS NOT A PRODUCTION BUILD!  =============")
            console.error("======================================================================")
            console.error("======================================================================")
        }
    }
}