cordova_plugins.js is missing

Question

I keep getting the following error when I try to launch an inappbrowser:

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) http://localhost:8000/cordova_plugins.js

When I look for "cordova/platforms/android/assets/www/cordova_plugins.js" the file is indeed missing.

The strange thing is that I see:

Writing out cordova_plugins.js...

My build process looks like this:

cordova create cordova com.myapp.mobile myapp
cd cordova
cordova platform add android
cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser.git
cordova build
cordova serve android

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '18 at 16:01

Since I use the same environment to produce multiple apps (with different names and skins) I often run rm -rf /platform/{platform} to remove my old platform project.

To start a fresh project using my config.xml I run cordova build {platform} the project will recreate this directory and the project will compile successfully although cordova_plugins is not created in /platform/{platform}/platform_www.

To solve this issue, I started by running cordova platform add {platform}.

Then cordova prepare {platform} to copy www assets into that folder

Last but not least cordova build {plaftorm}!

Hope this helps someone facing the same issue.

`build = prepare+compile` thus your sentence does not make sense — João Pimentel Ferreira, Jan 03 '21 at 15:19
found it: I had to delete also the dir `plugins/`. Plugins info are reloaded with `cordova build ` — João Pimentel Ferreira, Jan 03 '21 at 15:41

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 03 '22 at 16:20

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run cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-device

edited Jan 03 '22 at 16:20

Petter Friberg

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answered Dec 28 '21 at 17:24

Awoyemi-Patrick

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Welcome to StackOverflow. Thanks for the contribution. Your answer could be improved by adding some context and being more explicit about how to do what you are suggesting. – wwkudu Dec 31 '21 at 08:57
This answer fixed the error for me. – Vanity Slug - codidact.com Jan 23 '23 at 21:48

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 24 '18 at 21:51

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try cordova prepare, that will show the specific error, mainly the error is missing plugins added to plugin.xml but not installed yet

answered Dec 24 '18 at 21:51

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Tim Croydon · Answer 4 · 2013-09-23T07:37:25.373

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I think this might be a bug in Cordova (I'm running 3.0.6). I am experiencing the same problem. The file gets generated fine (check after the cordova build line) but gets deleted when I run the cordova serve android line.

update:

As a workaround, running the server in the background and then building seems to make the file available again.

It seems that the problem is the www folder gets replaced by the 'serve' action. Had a quick flick through the source code but nothing jumped out :(

edited Sep 23 '13 at 07:37

answered Sep 20 '13 at 17:01

Tim Croydon

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which server did you run in background? – vic Oct 22 '13 at 21:56
On Mac/Linux I just run `cordova serve&` to leave it running continuously and then doing `cordova build` refreshes the files. – Tim Croydon Oct 22 '13 at 22:30

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 03 '15 at 10:50

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As of cordova 5.1.1 this file is at \platforms\platform_name\assets\www\

answered Sep 03 '15 at 10:50

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Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND cordova_plugins.js ... do i need to include this in my index.html – shrw Jan 07 '16 at 14:45
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No, you don't need to. – Nishikant Jan 20 '16 at 12:27

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 07 '18 at 06:30

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I downgraded to Cordova version 7.1.0 (from 8.0.0):

sudo npm i -g cordova@7.1.0

I also removed the Android platform and added it again:

ionic cordova platform rm android
ionic cordova platform add android@6.4.0

This worked for me.

edited Sep 07 '18 at 06:30

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answered Sep 06 '18 at 22:56

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 03 '18 at 09:02

I would re-generate the android folder by deleting /platforms/android, run cordova platform add android and check if there are any warning/error messages in the console. This will give you a clue to what went wrong. For me, it was because my Windows>System Environment Variables>ANDROID_HOME was not set correctly.

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 16 '18 at 01:43

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I faced the same problem. So I uninstalled cordova and installed again globally.

npm install -g cordova

Now it's working fine for me.

edited Sep 16 '18 at 01:43

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answered Sep 15 '18 at 16:40

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What does this answer add more than what has been already proposed by @AbdelkrimIssam on Sep 6 at 22:56? – scopchanov Sep 15 '18 at 17:03

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 24 '19 at 10:29

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In my case, when I was trying to remove one of my plugins this error was coming, downgrading my cordova version to 8.0.0 version did the trick for me

npm install -g cordova@8.0.0

answered Jun 24 '19 at 10:29

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cordova_plugins.js is missing

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