Error starting the simulation after updating to VS Code 1.20.0

[weinand]

From @avinashbhalki on February 14, 2018 5:48

Unable to use Simulate Android to Browser after updating the Visual Studio Code to version 1.20.0.
Error:
Launching for android (This may take a while)...
An error occurred while attaching to the debugger. Error starting the simulation
Error starting the simulation

• VSCode Version: 1.20.0
• OS Version: Windows 7

Steps to Reproduce:

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

Copied from original issue: microsoft/vscode#43634

[weinand]

What debugger extension are you using?

[weinand]

From @avinashbhalki on February 14, 2018 7:45

Debugger for Chrome

[weinand]

Please provide more detailed steps so that we can reproduce.
What exact error occurred? Screenshot?
How does your launch config look like?

[weinand]

From @avinashbhalki on February 14, 2018 10:2

{
// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
// For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [

    {
        "name": "Run Android on device",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "android",
        "target": "device",
        "port": 9222,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
        "ionicLiveReload": false
    },
    {
        "name": "Run iOS on device",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "ios",
        "target": "device",
        "port": 9220,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
        "ionicLiveReload": false
    },
    {
        "name": "Attach to running android on device",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "attach",
        "platform": "android",
        "target": "device",
        "port": 9222,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    },
    {
        "name": "Attach to running iOS on device",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "attach",
        "platform": "ios",
        "target": "device",
        "port": 9220,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    },
    {
        "name": "Run Android on emulator",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "android",
        "target": "emulator",
        "port": 9222,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
        "ionicLiveReload": false
    },
    {
        "name": "Run iOS on simulator",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "ios",
        "target": "emulator",
        "port": 9220,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
        "ionicLiveReload": false
    },
    {
        "name": "Attach to running android on emulator",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "attach",
        "platform": "android",
        "target": "emulator",
        "port": 9222,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    },
    {
        "name": "Attach to running iOS on simulator",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "attach",
        "platform": "ios",
        "target": "emulator",
        "port": 9220,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    },
    {
        "name": "Serve to the browser (ionic serve)",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "serve",
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
        "devServerAddress": "localhost",
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "ionicLiveReload": true
    },
    {
        "name": "Simulate Android in browser",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "android",
        "target": "chrome",
        "simulatePort": 8000,
        "livereload": true,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    },
    {
        "name": "Simulate iOS in browser",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "ios",
        "target": "chrome",
        "simulatePort": 8000,
        "livereload": true,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    },
    {
        "name": "Run Browser",
        "type": "cordova",
        "request": "launch",
        "platform": "browser",
        "target": "chrome",
        "simulatePort": 8000,
        "livereload": true,
        "sourceMaps": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
    }
]

}

[avinashbhalki]

Any Help appreciated, Many Thanks...

[sergey-akhalkov]

Hey guys @weinand, @avinashbhalki, could you please take a look at #368 (comment) and let me know if it helps?

[avinashbhalki]

@sergey-akhalkov @weinand It's not working for me...

[jalmansa88]

Same happens here.

[ultimatetag]

Same issue here. My Ionic app scripts is putting Android platform here:

@ ionic/app-scripts/dist/dev-server/serve-config.js:
exports.ANDROID_PLATFORM_PATH = path.join('platforms', 'android', 'app', 'src', 'main', 'assets', 'www');

But I think the simulator expects the folder to be here:
platforms/android/assets/www

Is there any way to pass the expected folder through the launch.json task?

[itoys]

Hi there,
We use cordova-serve under the hood to run simulation.
It has PR to fix this issue.
We will update our dependency as soon as this PR will be merged and new release will be published.

As a workaround you can manually apply patch from a PR in your node_modules

Thanks!

[itoys]

upd. Fixed there apache/cordova-serve#7