I am basically doing the following:
cordova plugin add pluginA
cordova plugin add pluginC
cordova plugin add pluginX
cordova platform add android
This installs the plugins and [email protected] which is there in node modules along with pluginA, pluginB and pluginC once the add completes. I then do:-
cordova platform add ios@5
Installs cordova-ios, but removes cordova-android module and all the plugin modules from node_modules. Doesn't remove the platform, just the node modules.
With npm timing turned on, I can see it running the following npm command, and that npm command removes cordova-android and the plugins
1 verbose cli [
1 verbose cli '/usr/local/bin/node',
1 verbose cli '/usr/local/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli 'install',
1 verbose cli 'cordova-ios@5',
1 verbose cli '--production',
1 verbose cli '--save-exact'
1 verbose cli ]
I have managed to reproduce the issue with a basic project setup, based on my real project cut to the bone:
mkdir issue && cd issue && {
mkdir www
echo '{}' > build.json
cat >config.xml <<-EOF
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.example.mobile.test" version="0.0.1" android-versionCode="1"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<name>Test Client</name>
<description>Test Client</description>
<author email="[email protected]" href="http://www.yourcompany.com">Your Company</author>
<content src="index.html" />
<engine name="ios" spec="5" />
</widget>
EOF
cordova --verbose platform add --save android
cordova --verbose platform add --save ios@5
test ! -d node_modules/cordova-android \
&& echo "cordova-android has been removed"
}
From ~/.npm/_logs I can see the following npm commands are executed:
/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm view cordova-custom-config --json
/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm install cordova-custom-config --production --save
/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm install cordova-android@^8.0.0 --production --save-exact
/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm install cordova-ios@5 --production --save-exact
And from the npm log for the install cordova-ios@5 can see that npm decided to uninstall cordova-android
97 silly diffTrees remove [email protected]
98 silly diffTrees remove [email protected]
NPM Version Information:
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
Also, for reference, using these commands to enable npm logging:
npm config set timing true
npm config set logs-max 10000
The behaviour is triggered by having a single <engine/> node in config.xml. Specifying both engines, or no engines at all, the modules are not removed when adding a second platform.
<engine name="ios" spec="5" />
<engine name="android" spec="8" />
The following config.xml works.
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.example.mobile.test" version="0.0.1" android-versionCode="1"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<name>Test Client</name>
<description>Test Client</description>
<author email="[email protected]" href="http://www.yourcompany.com">Your Company</author>
<content src="index.html" />
</widget>
Quite why the <engine/> node is influencing npm to remove those modules I have no idea.
The following script works, leaving both the plugins and cordova platforms intact.
mkdir issue && cd issue && {
mkdir www
echo "{}" >build.json
cat >config.xml <<-EOF
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.example.mobile.test" version="0.0.1" android-versionCode="1"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<name>Test Client</name>
<description>Test Client</description>
<author email="[email protected]" href="http://www.yourcompany.com">Your Company</author>
<content src="index.html" />
</widget>
EOF
cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config
cordova platform add --save android
cordova platform add --save ios@5
}