[CB-11082] iOS plugins not copied from root plugins folder to platform specific plugin folder

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.3, 6.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 6.1.0
• Component/s: cordova-cli, cordova-ios
• Labels: ios plugins

Environment

Cordova 6.1 + App with iOS custom plugins

• Flags: Important
• External issue URL: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36599219/redundancy-issues-in-my-cordova-ios-plugins
• Assignee: Vladimir Kotikov
• Reporter: Andrea Tino
• Created: 14/Apr/16 07:17
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:56
• Resolved: 19/Apr/16 08:31

Description

I do not understand how Cordova (latest version 6.1) deals with plugins. I have the following project for my app:

    myapp (only relevant folders and files shown)
    +-config.xml
    +-platforms
    | +-ios
    |   +-CordovaLib
    |   +-MyApp
    |     +-Plugins
    |       +-com-myproj-myplugin
    |         |-myplugin.h
    |         |-myplugin.m
    +-plugins
    | +-com-myproj-myplugin
    |   |-plugin.xml
    |   +-src
    |     +-ios
    |       |-myplugin.h
    |       |-myplugin.m
    +-www

As you can see, this project has a plugin myplugin which resides in 2 directories:

• The root plugins folder - Here file myapp\plugins\com-myproj-myplugin\src\ios\myplugin.m does not contain any code implementation (just signatures and empty content in functions).
• The iOS application specific Plugins folder - Here file myapp\platforms\ios\MyApp\Plugins\com-myproj-myplugin\myplugin.m actually contains the implementation.

1. 1. Where is the redundancy?
      I thought that the model was as follows:

1. I call `cordova build ios`.
2. Cordova will copy resources from myapp\plugins into specific platform plugin folders in myapp\platforms\...\Plugins

But turns out this is not the case. No copy is performed from the general `plugins` folder into platform specific `Plugins` folders.

*My question* How am I supposed to develop the plugin in order to avoid this redundancy? Should the code be placed only in platform specific Plugins folder? But how about plugin.xml which is placed in the generic plugins folder?