console.log not working in an iOS PhoneGap 3.0 app

Question

I am upgrading an app from PhoneGap 1.9 to PhoneGap 3.0. The console.log() function is not working anymore. Previously, the ouput was written in the XCode console. What\'s t

Answer 1

Besides adding the Console plugin I have another assumption why it might not work:

console.log in Phonegap is called asynchronously thus if a future call fails, the whole function fails and all log calls within are swallowed.

  receivedEvent = function( id ) {
    alert( 'This message is displayed because alert is called synchronously ')
    console.log( 'This will not be displayed in Phonegap only in browser' )
    callingAFunctionWhichDoesNotExist()
    console.log( 'This will neither be displayed in Phonegap nor in browser' )
  }