Phonegap doesn't copy plugin files to ios platforms directory during build - ios

Question

rm -rf plugins/*
rm -rf platforms/*
phonegap build ios //this works
phonegap local plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git
phonegap build ios
Building for ios after adding a plugin fails. Here is the error:
** BUILD FAILED **
The following build commands failed:
CompileC build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphoneos/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/armv7/CDVDevice.o PondMD/Plugins/org.apache.cordova.device/CDVDevice.m normal armv7 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler
(1 failure)
2014-01-16 10:32:15.055 xcodebuild[69605:1007] [MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID 37B30044-3B14-46BA-ABAA-F01000C27B63 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/XCode4_beginning_of_line.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
2014-01-16 10:32:16.630 xcodebuild[69605:4203] DVTAssertions: Warning in /SourceCache/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport-3575/Xcode3Sources/XcodeIDE/Frameworks/DevToolsBase/pbxcore/SpecificationTypes/XCGccMakefileDependencies.m:78
Details: Failed to load dependencies output contents from ``/Users/william/working/PhonegapPondMD/platforms/ios/build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVDevice.d''. Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “CDVDevice.d” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo=0x7fe7a57a7440 {NSFilePath=/Users/william/working/PhonegapPondMD/platforms/ios/build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVDevice.d, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe7a57aaed0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory"}. User info: {
NSFilePath = "/Users/william/working/PhonegapPondMD/platforms/ios/build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVDevice.d";
NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 \"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. No such file or directory\"";
}.
Function: void XCGccMakefileDependenciesParsePathsFromRuleFile(NSString *__strong, F) [F = <lambda at /SourceCache/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport-3575/Xcode3Sources/XcodeIDE/Frameworks/DevToolsBase/pbxcore/SpecificationTypes/XCGccMakefileDependencies.m:168:73>]
Thread: <NSThread: 0x7fe7a57ab420>{name = (null), num = 7}
Please file a bug at http://bugreport.apple.com with this warning message and any useful information you can provide.
The issue seems to be that phonegap is not copying the objective-c classes and headers into /platforms/ios/
william-macbook-pro:PhonegapPondMD william$ ls -l plugins/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 william staff 296 Jan 16 10:32 ios.json
drwxr-xr-x 11 william staff 374 Jan 16 10:30 org.apache.cordova.device
william-macbook-pro:PhonegapPondMD william$ ls -l platforms/ios/PondMD/Plugins/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 william staff 890 Jan 16 10:30 README
william-macbook-pro:PhonegapPondMD william$ phonegap -v
3.3.0-0.18.0

Answer 1

I had the same problem, and I solved It creating the project with uppercase in the first letter of project name. Yes, it seems incredible, but this was the solution.

Answer 2

I ran into the same issue and solved it by using the instructions here: Cordova 3.2 ios add plugin "Which config.xml? Where is it?"
To summarize, I did the following steps:
1. Removed ios platform via: cordova platform remove ios
2. Re-installed the plugin
3. (Re-)Added the ios platform via: cordova platform add ios
4. Built the project again
After this, it built just fine.

Answer 3

When I added the plugin using cordova plugin add command, it puts the plugin code inside a plugins folder.
When you inspect the plugin folder inside the ios platform, you would see the plugin is not available.
So I created a folder with the same name as the plugin name and copied the files from the plugin src/ directory into this. After this the project built correctly.
I also found it useful to open the native project in xcode to inspect the project closer.

Answer 4

I went with the solution to copy the plugin files from ./plugins/.. to the ios platform plugin directory. Whoever needs it, here is a little helper for gulp.
(npm install gulp gulp-rename)
(gulpfile.js)
var gulp = require("gulp");
var rename = require("gulp-rename");
gulp.task("cp-plugins-ios", function(){
gulp.src(["./plugins/*/src/ios/*"],{base: 'ios'}).pipe(rename(function(path){
var myDir = path.dirname.replace("src/ios","");
path.dirname = myDir;
})).pipe(gulp.dest("./platforms/ios/projectName/Plugins/"));
});