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Where is the native code of Ionic Native plugins?

I'm using the Ionic / Native plugin: @ionic-native/camera for an Android device.

On the file: home.ts, I have this line at the begining:

import { Camera } from '@ionic-native/camera';

My questions are:

  • where on the system is located the native code of this plugin?, I mean the java file (compiled or not)

  • at what time is the compilation of that file?

Solution

  • Ionic docs http://ionicframework.com/docs/native/camera/ tells the camera plugin comes from there: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera

    And there you have src/android directory where all the plugin's java files live. After installation on the system it is in plugins/cordova-plugin-camera under your app's directory.

    I think they are compiled together with your app, whenever you trigger the build with ionic build or cordova build command.