cordova-android asset path changed from 6 to 7

[imhoffd]

Source issues/comments:

• Cordova not available when using livereload on CLI 3.8.0 ionic-cli#2634 (comment)
• cordova plugins are not loaded when running the app on external device with --liverload flag #467 (comment)

This path is not accurate for cordova-android 7: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-app-scripts/blob/master/src/dev-server/serve-config.ts#L26

The path changed and we likely need to support both:

platforms/android/assets/www (cordova-android <7)
platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/www (cordova-android 7).

[imhoffd]

Update: Ionic does not officially support Cordova 8. Please use 7 (npm i -g cordova@7).

Cordova 7 will add cordova-android 6, which means the app-scripts livereload asset path in serve-config.ts is still accurate.

If you want things to work with cordova-android 7, please see this solution: #467 (comment)

[Ugur22]

I installed cordova 7 but I'm still getting the same error. Everytime I run the Ionic app on my Android phone it says "Cordova not available".

[filippodicostanzo]

I have the same issue.
I resolve with this fix #467
so waiting for an official update from ionic

[maxpaj]

Is this being merged and published? It's quite a big issue...

[ivanosire]

Same problem for me ("Cordova not available") using Ionic CLI 3.19.1, cordova CLI 8.0.0 and cordova-android 7.0.0.

This Fix by @BritoMatheus resolve it for now...

[vjanssens]

Any update on this issue? Developing on Android is nearly impossible, as native plugins will not work without cordova.js.

[ZaLiTHkA]

@vjanssens, the other day I created a simple node script in my current project to manually change the relevant file path.. basically, this just "automates" the temporary workaround that @ivanosire referenced above. maybe that would help you a bit in the meantime?

[ivanosire]

This is a temporary fix.
But look well that Ionic has officialy published this note. The latest version of the cordova-android platform (7.0.0) is not yet supported by Ionic so for now it's better to use 6.4.0 version