[CB-10136] error in cordova prepare (Platform API)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-ios
• Labels: PlatformApi cordova-ios-4.0.x
• Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
• Reporter: Shazron Abdullah
• Created: 04/Dec/15 12:05
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:08
• Resolved: 04/Dec/15 12:39

Description

Add this in config.xml:

    <platform name="ios">
      <!-- ios restrictions -->
      <preference name="target-device" value="universal" />
    </platform>	

Then run `cordova prepare`.

You will get an error:
"Error: Arguments to path.resolve must be strings"

Log:

$ cordova prepare --verbose
Executing "before_prepare"  hook for all plugins.
Searching PlatformJson files for differences between project vs. platform installed plugins
No differences found between project and ios platform. Continuing...
Generating config.xml from defaults for platform "ios"
Wrote out iOS Bundle Identifier to "s.one"
Wrote out iOS Bundle Version to "0.0.1"
Error: TypeError: Arguments to path.resolve must be strings
    at Object.posix.resolve (path.js:439:13)
    at new pbxProject (/Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/node_modules/xcode/lib/pbxProject.js:17:26)
    at handleBuildSettings (/Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/lib/prepare.js:237:16)
    at updateProject (/Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/lib/prepare.js:163:12)
    at /Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/lib/prepare.js:47:16
    at _fulfilled (/Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:787:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:816:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:749:13)
    at /Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:509:49
    at flush (/Users/shazron/Desktop/s/platforms/ios/cordova/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17)