Cordova not available when using livereload on CLI 3.8.0

[jayserdny]

After updating to CLI 3.8.0, running in Android device using the command ionic cordova run android -lcs, Cordova plugins does not work. The log shows the following message:

console.warn: Native: tried calling Camera.getPicture, but Cordova is not available. Make sure to include cordova.js or run in a device/simulator

Seems like the issue is when you are trying to run with the livereaload flag. I've tried the following commands:

• ionic cordova run android --livereload
• ionic cordova run android -lcs

Only command working is ionic cordova run android.

Plugins tested:

• Ionic native camera
• Ionic native geolocation

Steps to reproduce:

1. Update to CLI 3.8.0
2. Run your application on Android by using livereload flag
3. Test Cordova function on device.

Ionic info

@ionic/cli-utils  : 1.8.0
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.8.0

global packages:

Cordova CLI : 7.0.1 

local packages:

@ionic/app-scripts : 2.1.3
Cordova Platforms  : android 6.2.3
Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.6.0

System:

Node : v8.2.1
npm  : 5.3.0 
OS   : macOS Sierra

[imhoffd]

Thanks for the thorough bug report, @jayserdny! This one snuck in, unfortunately.

I've published 3.8.1 to fix this issue.

[jayserdny]

@dwieeb Fast and nice work by the way ;) Updating and testing now.

[RakeshKB]

Hi,
What's the command so that I get the consoles on the cli?

[jayserdny]

@RakeshKB What do you mean? To update the CLI?

[RakeshKB]

@jayserdny
Was curious to know if there is a similar command like in ionic v1.x 'ionic run android -lcs' that we can use in ionic 3.x to get the consoles displayed?
However, I downgraded ionic to 1.7.6 and the issue was fixed for me.

[jayserdny]

@RakeshKB It does not worth downgrading from 3.x to 1.7.6. Do you want to get console messages running on device or on local system?

[RakeshKB]

@jayserdny
My app is a 1.x one. However, I migrated to 3.x and was facing few issues of which one was the console messages. I would wan't the consoles to be printed on the terminal so that I can check for issues while the app runs on a real device.

[jayserdny]

@RakeshKB so, you can run your app, ionic run android -l -c -s , then in chrome you can inspect this device to get the logs: chrome://inspect/#devices. Then, select your device and you can see all the logs coming from this device

[RakeshKB]

@jayserdny sure, will do that. Thank you for the quick response :)