[CB-12596] cannot use cordova-plugin-file-transfer due to types issue

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 6.4.0, 6.5.0
• Component/s: Ionic
• Labels: plugin-file plugin-file-transfer typescript typings

Environment

Installed platforms:
  android 6.1.2

cordova-plugin-app-event 1.2.0 "Application Events"
cordova-plugin-app-version 0.1.9 "AppVersion"
cordova-plugin-buildinfo 1.1.0 "BuildInfo"
cordova-plugin-compat 1.1.0 "Compat"
cordova-plugin-console 1.0.5 "Console"
cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview 2.3.0 "Crosswalk WebView Engine"
cordova-plugin-device 1.1.4 "Device"
cordova-plugin-file 4.3.2 "File"
cordova-plugin-file-opener2 2.0.8 "File Opener2"
cordova-plugin-file-transfer 1.6.2 "File Transfer"
cordova-plugin-screen-orientation 1.4.2 "Screen Orientation"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 4.0.1 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.1 "Whitelist"
de.appplant.cordova.plugin.local-notification 0.8.4 "LocalNotification"
ionic-plugin-keyboard 2.2.1 "Keyboard"

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jeffrey Milloy
• Created: 22/Mar/17 11:07
• Updated: 22/Nov/17 01:17
• Resolved: 22/Nov/17 01:17

Description

I am using Ionic 2 (2.2.1). Building the app with ionic-app-scripts build fails during transpile with this error:

typescript: plugins/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/types/index.d.ts, line: 
Cannot find type definition file for 'cordova-plugin-file':

 L8:  * @param server            URL of the server to receive the file, as encoded by 
 L9:  * @param successCallback   A callback that is passed a FileUploadResult 
L10:  * @param errorCallback     A callback that executes if an error occurs retrieving the FileUploadResult.

So the file transfer plugin is completely unusable. The build transpiles without errors if I simply deleted line 9 of cordova-plugin-file-transfer/types/index.d.ts

/// <reference types="cordova-plugin-file" />

My typescript version is typescript@2.0.10