Phonegap 3.0 IOS plugins not found

Question

I´m getting this error in XCode:

2013-08-23 14:36:18.284 Tell The DJ[14955:c07] ERROR: Plugin \'Device\' not found, or is not a CDVPlugin. Check your plugin          


        

Answer 1

When this happens, it seems the xcode npm package responsible for making changes to the pbxproj file sometimes leaves references to plugin files that have been removed. I have not tracked down under what exact circumstances this occurs, but it appears to happen from frequent plugin remove/add operations (to update a plugin for example).

I suspect that when a plugin is removed and the xcode npm package fails at its job, it is only able to remove the plugin file references from the PBXBuildFile section but no other sections, leaving the pbxproj in a broken state.

When the xcode npm package attempts to add the plugin file references again, it first checks if the references are already in pbxproj. It looks in the PBXFileReference section, and since it finds references to the plugin in there, aborts further processing, getting us nowhere.

My solution, albeit a hack when it comes down to it, is to force the xcode npm package to check the PBXBuildFile section instead. That section will be missing the references and in turn the plugin will be re-installed correctly.

Change pbxFileReferenceSection to pbxBuildFileSection on this line: https://github.com/alunny/node-xcode/blob/master/lib/pbxProject.js#L620

Re-install your plugins, and you should be good to go.