Wrong version of cordova-ios when auto-adding ios platform

[ccoenraets]

With the latest CLIs, doing:

cordova create test
cordova platforms add ios
cd test
cordova platforms

shows cordova-ios 3.9.2

However:

ionic start test
cd test
ionic platforms

shows cordova-ios 3.8.0

You can then update to 3.9.2 with:

ionic platforms update ios

or...

ionic platforms remove ios
ionic platforms add ios

also gives me 3.9.2

When auto-adding iOS, is there a reason the ionic CLI doesn't default to the latest version of cordova-ios?

[mirkonasato]

Similar issue here. And with the auto-added ios platform the icon and splash screen images are the Cordova ones instead of the Ionic ones, and the app name sometimes appear as HelloCordova instead of the project name.

$ ionic start my-app blank
Adding in iOS application by default
$ cd my-app
$ ionic platform list
Installed platforms: ios 3.8.0

Removing and re-adding the platform seems to fix everything.

$ ionic platform rm ios
$ ionic platform add ios
$ ionic platform list
Installed platforms: ios 4.0.1

and the images are the Ionic ones.

To be honest I'm not sure why ios is added by default when android is not, it's inconsistent. I would rather have no platforms by default.

Full versions:

$ ionic info

Your system information:

Cordova CLI: 6.0.0
Gulp version:  CLI version 3.9.0
Gulp local:
Ionic Version: 1.2.4
Ionic CLI Version: 1.7.14
Ionic App Lib Version: 0.7.0
ios-deploy version: 1.8.4
ios-sim version: 5.0.6
OS: Mac OS X El Capitan
Node Version: v4.2.6
Xcode version: Xcode 7.2 Build version 7C68

[redfox05]

@mirkonasato I agree, IOS should not be added by default. Otherwise, why not android.
But im concerned if you have an issue with the ios auto adding. Does this mean it could also not properly remove ios using "ionic platform remove ios"

Basically, we need just an android app, so have no need for ios. In fact right now, we just want a Cordova webview wrapper. So neither Android or IOS.

I have created another issue specifically to removing the IOS by default behaviour: #799

[mirkonasato]

Removing with ionic platform rm ios works fine, and if you re-add it with ionic platform add ios then everything works as expected. It's only when the ios platform is auto-added on project creation that it behaves oddly.

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