Cordova error: Using “requireCordovaModule” to load non-cordova module “q” is not supported

Question

I noticed that the builds on our CI started to fail because of the following error:

Discovered plugin \"cordova-plugin-app-version\" in config.xml. Adding it         


        

Answer 1

I also get this error after updating to 9.0.0. In my case I fixed it doing a clean up and rebuilding my app. You can try the following steps.

First of all

1. Update Cordova: npm install -g cordova
2. Update SDK, ex: ./android/tools/bin/sdkmanager "build-tools;28.0.3" "platforms;android-28"
3. Add SDK path to your system (1), ex: in bashrc export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=~/android

(1) ANDROID_HOME is deprecated but still working

In your Cordova Project

1. Remove node_modules, platforms and plugins folders
2. Remove package.json and package-lock.json
3. Remove from config.xml plugins/platforms/engine
4. Add your platform, ex: cordova platform add android
5. Add your plugins updated, ex: cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-whitelist
6. Build: cordova build

You can check a resume of your app with: cordova info

If you want to see a list of your plugin you can use: cordova plugins ls

Hope this help or at least point someone to the right direction :)