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

Seems to be an issue with cordova 9.0.0, see this issue ticket.

Looks like it is already fixed and will be included in the next (9.0.1?) release.

Answer 2

That's it, I found it. It comes from an update to cordova cli @9.0.0 and it's append on existing projects.
The issue come from cordova-android-support-gradle-release and fixed in version latest.

So in any case, what you need to do is:
cordova plugin rm cordova-android-support-gradle-release
cordova plugin add cordova-android-support-gradle-release@latest

Answer 3

As the error says, you need to require the q. Go to npmInstall.js (Search the requireCordovaModule in your project then you will see the npmInstall.js ).

Then, add these lines;

var q = require('q');
var npmModule = require('npm');

and replace: var Q = context.requireCordovaModule('q'); with

var Q = context.q;

and replace: var npm = context.requireCordovaModule('npm'); with

var npm = context.npmModule;

Answer 4

Simple:

Replace the requireCordovaModule to require :

requireCordovaModule("q") to require("q")

Answer 5

I ran into this also. In my case, I needed to remove a problematic plugin cordova-plugin-camera-preview which lists "cordova": "*" as a dependency. This would install cordova 9.0.0 during ionic cordova build

Answer 6

I have returned to the previous version: 8.1.2.

npm install -g cordova@8.1.2

Now, it's working again.

If you want to stay on the latest version of cordova, go to the following instructions:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/58956882/9536897