Cannot build... "path must be a string"

[gitito]

With phonegap 6.5.0 and ios 4.3.0, when I run "phonegap build ios", I always get this error: path must be a string

Thanks

[kelvinhokk]

hi gitito, i have not tested with phonegap before, only cordova. In fact, the node scripts I used, reply on a cordova context like:

var path = context.requireCordovaModule('path');

I will try to make it work with phonegap when i get the chance.

[kelvinhokk]

hi gitito,

I wasn't able to reproduce the error on Node 7.9.0, PhoneGap 6.5 and iOS 4.3.0 (I tried using a fresh nvm install of Node 7.8.0 and Node 6.8.0 too). I am running Mac OS X 10.12.4. I have not tried running the plugin on Windows nor Linux. Could it be a OS problem?

I did this:

nvm install 7.9.0
nvm use 7.9.0
npm install -g phonegap@latest
phonegap create phonegap-hello --template hello-world
cd hello-world
...
[copy and mkdir the translations folder with the json files here]
...
phonegap plugin add  cordova-plugin-localization-strings --fetch
phonegap platform add ios@4.3.0
phonegap build ios -d

Basically I was able to build. The phonegap build logs show:

�[36m[phonegap]�[39m executing 'cordova build ios -d ' ...
No scripts found for hook "before_build".


No scripts found for hook "before_prepare".


Checking config.xml for saved platforms that haven't been added to the project


Checking for any plugins added to the project that have not been installed in ios platform


No differences found between plugins added to project and installed in ios platform. Continuing...

Generating platform-specific config.xml from defaults for iOS at /Users/kelvinho/work/phonegap-apps/phonegap-hello/platforms/ios/helloworld/config.xml

Merging project's config.xml into platform-specific iOS config.xml


Merging and updating files from [www, platforms/ios/platform_www] to platforms/ios/www

  copy  platforms/ios/platform_www/cordova_plugins.js platforms/ios/www/cordova_plugins.js (updated file)

Current launch storyboard undefined

Not changing launch storyboard setting.

Wrote out iOS Bundle Identifier "com.phonegap.helloworld" and iOS Bundle Version "1.0.0" to /Users/kelvinho/work/phonegap-apps/phonegap-hello/platforms/ios/helloworld/helloworld-Info.plist


iOS Product Name has not changed (still "helloworld")

Updating icons at platforms/ios/helloworld/Images.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/

Updating splash screens at platforms/ios/helloworld/Images.xcassets/LaunchImage.launchimage/

Prepared iOS project successfully

Executing script found in plugin cordova-plugin-localization-strings for hook "after_prepare": plugins/cordova-plugin-localization-strings/scripts/create_ios_strings.js

Resolving module name for path => path

Resolving module name for q => q

Resolving module name for glob => glob


Resolving module name for q => q

Resolving module name for path => path

Resolving module name for glob => glob

new pbx project written with localization groups

...
[more build logs]
...

[fishkingsin]

I have same problem when using

node 4.4.7
npm 2.15.8

[fishkingsin]

node 4.4.7
filesystem works with file path(string) only

function writeStringFile(plistStringJsonObj, lang, fileName) {
    var lProjPath = getTargetIosDir() + "/Resources/" + lang + ".lproj";
    fs.ensureDir(lProjPath, function (err) {
        if (!err) {
            var stringToWrite = jsonToDotStrings(plistStringJsonObj);
            var buffer = iconv.encode(stringToWrite, 'utf16');
            var filePath = lProjPath + "/" + fileName;
            fs.open(lProjPath + "/" + fileName, 'w', function(err, fd) {
                if(err) throw err;
                fs.writeFileSync(filePath, buffer);
            });
        }
    });
}```

[kelvinhokk]

Hi Fishkingsin,

Thanks for the feedback, I finally reproduced the error in a node 4.x.x environment (even 4.8.3).

I have tested again on several Node environments and found that the minimum requirement for this plugin is:

node 5.0.0
nom 3.3.6
cordova 6.0.0

Perhaps you can install nvm and change node environments and try the plugin again?