diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index d413e2460..469ac67c6 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 	</engines>
 
 	<platform name="android">
-		<hook type="after_prepare" src="scripts/android/after_prepare.js" />
 		<hook type="after_plugin_install" src="scripts/android/after_plugin_install.js" />
 		<hook type="before_plugin_uninstall" src="scripts/android/before_plugin_uninstall.js" />
 
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 	</platform>
 
 	<platform name="ios">
-		<hook type="after_prepare" src="scripts/ios/after_prepare.js" />
 		<hook type="after_plugin_install" src="scripts/ios/after_plugin_install.js" />
 		<hook type="before_plugin_uninstall" src="scripts/ios/before_plugin_uninstall.js" />
 
@@ -118,4 +116,6 @@ xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 			<clobbers target="FirebasePlugin" />
 		</js-module>
 	</platform>
+
+	<hook type="after_prepare" src="scripts/after_prepare.js" />
 </plugin>
diff --git a/scripts/ios/after_prepare.js b/scripts/after_prepare.js
similarity index 58%
rename from scripts/ios/after_prepare.js
rename to scripts/after_prepare.js
index 81b7470f3..9e3111164 100644
--- a/scripts/ios/after_prepare.js
+++ b/scripts/after_prepare.js
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
  */
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
-var utilities = require("../lib/utilities");
+var utilities = require("./lib/utilities");
 
 var config = fs.readFileSync('config.xml').toString();
 var name = utilities.getValue(config, 'name');
 
 var IOS_DIR = 'platforms/ios';
+var ANDROID_DIR = 'platforms/android';
 
 var PLATFORM = {
   IOS: {
@@ -27,13 +28,31 @@ var PLATFORM = {
       IOS_DIR + '/www/GoogleService-Info.plist',
       'www/GoogleService-Info.plist'
     ]
+  },
+  ANDROID: {
+    dest: [
+      ANDROID_DIR + '/google-services.json',
+      ANDROID_DIR + '/app/google-services.json'
+    ],
+    src: [
+      'google-services.json',
+      ANDROID_DIR + '/assets/www/google-services.json',
+      'www/google-services.json',
+      ANDROID_DIR + '/app/src/main/google-services.json'
+    ],
   }
 };
 
 module.exports = function (context) {
+  //get platform from the context supplied by cordova
+  var platforms = context.opts.platforms;
   // Copy key files to their platform specific folders
-  if (utilities.directoryExists(IOS_DIR)) {
+  if (platforms.indexOf('ios') !== -1 && utilities.directoryExists(IOS_DIR)) {
     console.log('Preparing Firebase on iOS');
     utilities.copyKey(PLATFORM.IOS);
   }
+  if (platforms.indexOf('android') !== -1 && utilities.directoryExists(ANDROID_DIR)) {
+    console.log('Preparing Firebase on Android');
+    utilities.copyKey(PLATFORM.ANDROID);
+  }
 };
diff --git a/scripts/android/after_prepare.js b/scripts/android/after_prepare.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fe8cd137..000000000
--- a/scripts/android/after_prepare.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-'use strict';
-
-/**
- * This hook makes sure projects using [cordova-plugin-firebase](https://github.com/arnesson/cordova-plugin-firebase)
- * will build properly and have the required key files copied to the proper destinations when the app is build on Ionic Cloud using the package command.
- * Credits: https://github.com/arnesson.
- */
-var fs = require('fs');
-var path = require('path');
-var utilities = require("../lib/utilities");
-
-var config = fs.readFileSync('config.xml').toString();
-var name = utilities.getValue(config, 'name');
-
-var ANDROID_DIR = 'platforms/android';
-
-var PLATFORM = {
-  ANDROID: {
-    dest: [
-      ANDROID_DIR + '/google-services.json',
-      ANDROID_DIR + '/app/google-services.json'
-    ],
-    src: [
-      'google-services.json',
-      ANDROID_DIR + '/assets/www/google-services.json',
-      'www/google-services.json',
-      ANDROID_DIR + '/app/src/main/google-services.json'
-    ],
-  }
-};
-
-module.exports = function (context) {
-  if (utilities.directoryExists(ANDROID_DIR)) {
-    console.log('Preparing Firebase on Android');
-    utilities.copyKey(PLATFORM.ANDROID);
-  }
-};
diff --git a/scripts/lib/utilities.js b/scripts/lib/utilities.js
index 1a5ba0791..7154f60d4 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/utilities.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/utilities.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ fs.ensureDirSync = function (dir) {
 };
 
 module.exports = {
-
   /**
      * Used to get the name of the application as defined in the config.xml.
      *