The following is what I did to setup Ionic in Chrome App for Mobile:
cca create projectname
It sounds like you're not running this as an actual build -- are you using CADT? Even if you're testing with CADT on a device you will still NOT get window.cordova.plugins
. Once you build the project with cca build
and then install the apk on a device then the window.cordova.plugins
will be defined.
Hatzlacha