[CB-11186] "cordova build" fails while "cordova prepare && cordova compile" works

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 6.1.1
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Labels: reproduced triaged

Environment

Ubuntu 15.10

• Assignee: Raphael von der Grün
• Reporter: Lex Mourek
• Created: 02/May/16 12:16
• Updated: 25/Jun/18 20:16

Description

Cordova CLI help says cordova build is just an alias for cordova prepare && cordova compile, but I got two different results:

In confix.xml I have a few <plugin/>'s and <engine/>'s.
Assume I have not built platforms and plugins yet (rm -rf plugins/ platforms/):

$ cordova build
Error: No platforms added to this project. Please use `cordova platform add <platform>`.

$ cordova prepare && cordova compile
Restoring platform android@5.1.1 referenced on config.xml
Adding android project...
Creating Cordova project for the Android platform:
...