Ngx-translate build prod issues in IONIC 4

Issue

I'm using ngx translate for translation in my ionic 4 project. But when i try to run:

ionic cordova build android -prod

Throws this error:

ERROR in Illegal State: referring to a type without a variable {"filePath":"C:/XXX/XXX/XXX/XXX/PROJECTNAME/node_modules/@ngx-translate/core/ngx-translate-core.d.ts","name":"TranslatePipe","members":[]}

[ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess ng

My ionic info:

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 5.2.7 (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic) Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 4.9.0 @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.801.3 @angular-devkit/schematics : 8.1.3 @angular/cli : 8.1.3 @ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.0.0

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1) Cordova Platforms : not available Cordova Plugins : not available

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.6.0 native-run : 0.2.8

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk) NodeJS : v12.5.0 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe) npm : 6.9.0 OS : Windows 10

Please help!!!

Solution

you do not need to write -prod because it converts the file into minified version so device to hard to read. u just need run without -prod

ionic cordova build android

if you want a release APK just run

ionic cordova build android --release

after that, u do not face any issue.

Answered By - Hassan Ali