I have been trying to use the ionic-native plugins provided by Ionic 3. When I read the install instructions, there are always 2 command lines instead of one.
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera
npm install --save @ionic-native/camera
If my memory serves me right, only a single command similar to ionic plugin add somepluginhere will get the job done in the old days.
What are the differences here?
The difference is they are different packages.
This command will download the cordova plugin - in this case, camera and set the config.xml , package.json, save in plugins folder and set it for each of your platforms. Ionic leverages the cordova CLI to do this.
Ionic Native is simply a wrapper to the corresponding plugin.
npm install --save @ionic-native/camera
It installs the package @ionic-native/camera to your node-modules folder and sets that in package.json and nothing more.
This wrapper allows you to inject the corresponding cordova plugin as an Angular provider wherever you need instead of trying to declare the global variable and other workarounds.
