[CB-11589] Missing plugins in PlatformJson after restore

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.0
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Labels: prepare reproduced restore triaged
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Darryl Pogue
• Created: 15/Jul/16 18:22
• Updated: 03/May/17 07:18
• Resolved: 19/Jul/16 06:28

Description

My project has both Android and iOS platforms, and sometimes when I run cordova prepare it installs everything properly for Android, and installs the plugin files for iOS but leaves the ios.json file mostly empty.

It turns out we're incredibly inefficient with restoring platforms and plugins. The entire process looks something like this:

Cordova Prepare
  restore Android
    Android install new plugins
    Android prepare
  restore iOS
    iOS install new plugins
    iOS prepare
  prepare Android
  prepare iOS
  restore Plugins
    add plugin
    add plugin
    ...

Rather than preparing when we add the platform and then preparing again after all the platforms are added, it would be ideal to add the platforms and then do a single prepare at the end.

Issue Links

• breaks: CB-11698 Plugin is not installed into platform during restore
• is cloned by: CB-11519 Prepare for ios no longer populates ios.json
• relates to: CB-11680 Plugin preference is not added on first prepare
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #464