Phonegap - unable to open resource URL: file: ///android_asset/www/cordova_plugins.json

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Phonegap - unable to open resource URL: file: ///android_asset/www/cordova_plugins.json

I'm going to create a phonegap project and would like to create a small welcome application to make sure that the phonegap application is working fine. To do this, I print out information about some devices. Here is my JavaScript code:

 function onDeviceReady(){
     document.getElementById("name").innerHTML      = device.name; // undefined
     document.getElementById("phonegap").innerHTML  = device.phonegap; // undefined
     document.getElementById("platform").innerHTML  = device.platform; // Android
     document.getElementById("version").innerHTML   = device.version; // 4.4.2
     document.getElementById("uuid").innerHTML      = device.uuid; // 1dafa426...
   }

   /** Called at the bodys onLoad event */
   function init(){
      document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
   }

As soon as I run this code, I get the following error message:

Unable to open resource url: file: ///android_asset/www/cordova_plugins.json

I tried to comment out the lines of device.name and device.phonegap, but this could not be fixed.

Any ideas to fix this? I am using Cordova 2.9.0 and have included both the config.xml file and my full error log.

config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<widget xmlns     = "..."
        id        = "io.cordova.helloCordova"
        version   = "2.0.0">
    <name>Hello Cordova</name>

    <description>
        A sample Apache Cordova application that responds to the deviceready event.
    </description>

    <author href="..." email="dev@cordova.apache.org">
        Apache Cordova Team
    </author>

    <access origin="*"/>

    <!-- <content src="..." /> for external pages -->
    <content src="index.html" />

    <preference name="loglevel" value="DEBUG" />
    <!--
      <preference name="splashscreen" value="resourceName" />
      <preference name="backgroundColor" value="0xFFF" />
      <preference name="loadUrlTimeoutValue" value="20000" />
      <preference name="InAppBrowserStorageEnabled" value="true" />
      <preference name="disallowOverscroll" value="true" />
    -->

    <feature name="App">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.App"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Geolocation">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.GeoBroker"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Device">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Device"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Accelerometer">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.AccelListener"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Compass">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.CompassListener"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Media">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.AudioHandler"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Camera">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.CameraLauncher"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Contacts">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.ContactManager"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="File">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.FileUtils"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="NetworkStatus">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.NetworkManager"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Notification">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Notification"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Storage">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Storage"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="FileTransfer">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.FileTransfer"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Capture">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Capture"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Battery">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.BatteryListener"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="SplashScreen">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.SplashScreen"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Echo">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Echo"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="Globalization">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Globalization"/>
    </feature>
    <feature name="InAppBrowser">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.InAppBrowser"/>
    </feature>
    <!-- Deprecated plugins element. Remove in 3.0 -->
    <plugins>
    </plugins>
</widget>

CatLog:

D/CordovaWebView(8703): CordovaWebView is running on device made by: LGE
D/JsMessageQueue(8703): Set native->JS mode to 2
D/CordovaActivity(8703): CordovaActivity.init()
D/CordovaWebView(8703): >>> loadUrl(file:///android_asset/www/index.html)
D/PluginManager(8703): init()
D/CordovaWebView(8703): >>> loadUrlNow()
D/Config(8703): Unlimited access to network resources
I/CordovaLog(8703): Found start page location: index.html
I/CordovaLog(8703): Changing log level to DEBUG(3)
D/CordovaActivity(8703): Resuming the App
D/CordovaActivity(8703): CB-3064: The errorUrl is null
D/CordovaActivity(8703): onMessage(onPageStarted,file:///android_asset/www/index.html)
I/ActivityManager(770): Displayed sample/.HelloPhonegap: +254ms
E/AndroidProtocolHandler(8703): Unable to open asset URL: file:///android_asset/www/cordova_plugins.json
D/Cordova(8703): onPageFinished(file:///android_asset/www/index.html)
D/CordovaActivity(8703): onMessage(onPageFinished,file:///android_asset/www/index.html)
E/AndroidProtocolHandler(8703): Unable to open asset URL: file:///android_asset/www/cordova_plugins.js