diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 692b8299..c4c53182 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,4 @@ testbed/plugins
 testbed/hooks
 node_modules
 testbed/ul_web_hooks/
-.installed
-
-/plugin.xml
-src/ios/BranchNPM.h
\ No newline at end of file
+.installed
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
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index 00000000..91520fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<!--EDIT plugin.template.xml NOT plugin.xml. plugin.xml WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY GULP -->
+
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015 Branch Metrics, Inc.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+-->
+<plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
+        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+        id="io.branch.sdk"
+        version="2.1.10">
+
+    <name>branch-cordova-sdk</name>
+    <description>Branch SDK Plugin</description>
+    <license>Apache 2.0</license>
+    <keywords>cordova,branch</keywords>
+    <repo>https://github.com/BranchMetrics/Cordova-Ionic-PhoneGap-Deferred-Deep-Linking-SDK.git</repo>
+    <issue>https://github.com/BranchMetrics/Cordova-Ionic-PhoneGap-Deferred-Deep-Linking-SDK/issues</issue>
+    
+    <dependency
+      id="es6-promise-plugin"
+      url="https://github.com/vstirbu/PromisesPlugin.git">
+    </dependency>
+
+    <js-module src="www/branch.js" name="Branch">
+        <clobbers target="Branch" />
+    </js-module>
+
+    <preference name="BRANCH_KEY" />
+    <preference name="URI_SCHEME" />
+
+    <!-- Hooks -->
+    <hook src="hooks/afterPrepareHook.js" type="after_prepare" />
+    <hook src="hooks/beforePluginInstallHook.js" type="before_plugin_install" />
+
+    <engines>
+        <engine name="cordova" version=">=3.5.0" />
+    </engines>
+
+    <!-- android -->
+    <platform name="android">
+        <config-file target="config.xml" parent="/*">
+            <feature name="BranchSDK">
+                <param name="android-package" value="io.branch.BranchSDK" />
+                <param name="onload" value="true" />
+            </feature>
+        </config-file>
+        <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/manifest/application">
+            <meta-data android:name="io.branch.sdk.BranchKey" android:value="$BRANCH_KEY" />
+        </config-file>
+        <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/manifest/application/activity">
+            <!-- Non AppLink example -->
+            <intent-filter>
+                <data android:scheme="$URI_SCHEME" />
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </config-file>
+        <source-file src="src/android/io/branch/BranchSDK.java" target-dir="src/io/branch" />
+        <framework src="io.branch.sdk.android:library:1+" />
+    </platform>
+
+    <!-- ios -->
+    <platform name="ios">
+        <config-file target="config.xml" parent="/*">
+            <feature name="BranchSDK">
+                <param name="ios-package" value="BranchSDK" />
+            </feature>
+        </config-file>
+        <config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="branch_key">
+                <string>$BRANCH_KEY</string>
+        </config-file>
+        <config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="CFBundleURLTypes">
+            <array>
+                <dict>
+                    <key>CFBundleURLName</key>
+                    <string>io.branch.sdk</string>
+                    <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
+                    <array>
+                        <string>$URI_SCHEME</string>
+                    </array>
+                </dict>
+            </array>
+        </config-file>
+        <header-file src="src/ios/BranchNPM.h" />
+        <header-file src="src/ios/BranchSDK.h" />
+        <source-file src="src/ios/BranchSDK.m" />
+        <source-file src="src/ios/AppDelegate+BranchSdk.m" />
+        <framework custom="true" src="src/ios/dependencies/Branch.framework" />
+    </platform>
+</plugin>
diff --git a/src/ios/BranchNPM.h b/src/ios/BranchNPM.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90fe1bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ios/BranchNPM.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//empty