Uncaught TypeError: ___browserSync___.io is not a function

[eony]

Browser Sync + Gulp

I am using Browser-sync with Gulp. There was no error so far, everything was good but recently I am getting this error in the console. The server starts and when I change the code I see the "reloading browser" text but it does not reload the page. No idea what to look and change, I really appreciate it if you can guide me to where to change or what could possibly cause this error. And of course tried to search for the same error but couldn't find anything that related to this error.

Here is a ss of error:

Versions

node: v6.9.0
browser-sync:2.17.5,
gulp: 3.9.1

OS: Windows 10

my gulpfile.js

var gulp = require("gulp");
var browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();

var plugins = require("gulp-load-plugins")({
    pattern: ['gulp-*', 'gulp.*', 'browser-sync', 'imagemin-jpeg-recompress', 'imagemin-pngquant'],
    replaceSting: /\bgulp[\-.]/,
    rename: { // Rename/shorten usage for plugin names
        'imagemin-jpeg-recompress': 'imageminJpeg',
        'imagemin-pngquant': 'imageminPng'
    }
});

var reload  = browserSync.reload;

gulp.task('sync', ['js', 'css', 'sass'], function () {
    // Change bold with your project's folder name
    browserSync.init({
        proxy: "localhost/bold/"
    });
});

// Js
// Concat + Minifiy Js Files and move to vendor folder
var jsFiles = ['assets/js/plugins/*.js'];
var jsDest = 'assets/js/';

gulp.task('js', function () {
    return gulp.src(jsFiles)
        .pipe(plugins.order([
            'jquery.min.js',
            'bootstrap.min.js',
            'imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js',
            '*.js',
        ]))
        .pipe(plugins.concat('plugins.js'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(jsDest))
        .pipe(plugins.rename({ suffix:'.min' }))
        .pipe(plugins.uglify())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(jsDest));
});

// Css
// Concat + Minifiy Css Files and move to vendor folder
var cssFiles = 'assets/css/plugins/*.css';
var cssDest = 'assets/css/';

gulp.task('css', function () {
    return gulp.src(cssFiles)
        .pipe(plugins.order([
            'bootstrap.min.css',
            '*.css'
        ]))
        .pipe(plugins.concat('plugins.css'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(cssDest))
        .pipe(plugins.rename({ suffix:'.min' }))
        .pipe(plugins.cssmin({keepSpecialComments : 0 }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(cssDest));
});

// Sass
var sassFile = 'assets/sass/style.scss';
var sassDest = 'assets/css/';
gulp.task('sass', function () {
    return gulp.src(sassFile)
        .pipe(plugins.sass({outputStyle: 'expanded'})) // expanded - compressed - compact - nested
        .pipe(plugins.autoprefixer({
            browsers: ['last 2 versions', 'ie 9'],
            cascade: false
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(sassDest))
        .pipe(browserSync.stream());
});


// call - gulp htmlmin
// Html files minify 
// this will make your html files minified 
// make sure to copy all html files before using this
gulp.task('htmlmin', function () {
    return gulp.src('*.html')
        .pipe(plugins.htmlmin({
            collapseWhitespace: true,
            removeComments: true,
            minifyJS: true, // minify js too
            minifyCSS: true // minify css too
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(''))
});

// Images - Optimize jpeg and png images
gulp.task('imagemin', function () {
    return gulp.src('assets/images/**/*')
        .pipe(plugins.imageminJpeg({loops: 3})())
        .pipe(plugins.imageminPng({quality: '65-80', speed: 4})())
        .pipe(gulp.dest('assets/images'));
});

// Default Task
gulp.task('default', ['js', 'css', 'sass', 'sync'], function() {
    // watch js files
    gulp.watch(jsFiles, ['js']);

    // watch scss files
    gulp.watch(['assets/sass/*.scss', 'assets/sass/*/*.scss'], ['sass']);

    // watch css files
    gulp.watch(cssFiles, ['css']);

    gulp.watch([
        '*.html',
        'assets/js/main.js'
    ]).on('change', reload);
});

[zolotykh]

Also have this problem

[haoss]

backup to 2.14.0 - all works fine

[danielehrhardt]

i have the same Problem and my current workaround is to to go back to 2.14.0 there all is working fine.
Is there a better solution?

[eony]

Mine was affected by retina.js v3. So maybe yours was affected by another plugin. So this wasn't caused by the browsersync.

[danielehrhardt]

okay, but how did you fix this, or workaround it, did you remove the library?
And why do you say it is not caused by browsersync when it's working with a older version?

[eony]

Mine was not working with the older versions too. So I just stop using retina.js. Remove plugins one by one see if it works for you or not. Try to find the problem then you can find a solution after that.

[danielehrhardt]

Yes okay :) Thank you for your help.

[patrickbussmann]

Is there any solution except downgrade?