Ionic application : Android --livereload shows cordova not available error

Issue

I am creating an ionic app...

I tried to run the application using ionic serve which shows:

Runtime error: Uncaught(in promise):cordova_not_available

Then I have added browser platform and run using ionic cordova run browser Then I got no error in browser but no action too, in console I found cant open sqlite database.

Then I added Android platform and run using ionic cordova run android Everything works fine...

I thought to reload the application without running every time so I run using ionic cordova run android --livereload then I got the same first error:

Runtime error: Uncaught(in promise):cordova_not_available

So I couldn't figure out what mistake I have exactly done with cordova. Why is it showing a different error each time?

Solution

You should use the following commands in CLI if you want to emulate in Android with console logs and server logs use this:

$ ionic emulate android --livereload --consolelogs --serverlogs

to just run on android use this:

$ ionic run android -l -c -s

First go through this If you want the plugin to work for the browser you should add platform browser and run it:

ionic cordova platform add browser

and run it:

ionic cordova run browser

instead of ionic serve If all these above not works try re-installing cordova by the following command:

npm install -g cordova

and check the installed version using below command:

cordova --version

Answered By - Shiva