The lib folder is getting cached, or something

[tjvantoll]

Ok I have a weird one. When I updated versions of UI for {N} I kept having this issue where my TelerikUI.framework was out of sync. I tried everything—deleting platforms/ios, rebuilding node_modules, praying to the iOS gods, etc—and nothing worked. UNTIL I tried deleting the lib folder, and then building everything again from scratch. That totally worked.

Soooooo, I’m not sure about this, but it seems like the CLI’s prepare step is caching lib, or it doesn’t update it when plugins get updated, or something. Here’s how you can recreate the problem:

git clone https://github.com/NativeScript/sample-Groceries.git
cd sample-Groceries
git checkout c0e9e42b3b68b35a1552dfbff70d79c2d2973d1e

Open the project’s package.json and update the "nativescript-telerik-ui" dependency to "0.2.3". Then:

tns install
tns run ios --emulator

A couple of people reported this issue on our Google Group, so it’s not just me that hit this problem. Also, shout out to @karaahmed for helping me track down this one.

[NathanaelA]

@tjvantoll - Yeah I've seen this happen before and it is reported at NativeScript/android#284 ...

It is a pain because it really leaves you wondering what is going on. So if I get any weird issues my second step is to kill the lib folder.

[MiroValchev]

+1 Lost a day wondering what's going on. Removing and adding again a local plugin did not refresh the lib folder.

[MiroValchev]

OK, so it's not just about lib folder and iOS. This happens on Android too. If you have a local plugin and change the .aar file, the only way for the change to propagate is to remove android from platforms and add it again.

[enchev]

Hey folks,

Do you still have such problems?

[NathanaelA]

@enchev last time I looked, the lib folder is still being used by iOS -- so this issue might still be valid on iOS. Not sure about Android anymore; seems like everything on android is now kept in the platforms folder. I would guess that the android team could confirm if lib is no longer used by the android runtimes.

[enchev]

Hey @jasssonpet @slavchev can you check this and confirm if still valid?

[slavchev]

On Android everything is kept in platforms.

I would guess that the android team could confirm if lib is no longer used by the android runtimes.

We don't use lib folder anymore.

[jasssonpet]

Following the issue guidelines it does seem that the problem is still reproducible for iOS.