Capacitor: `npx cap add ios` on Windows

Created on 1 Mar 2018 · 7Comments · Source: ionic-team/capacitor

Right now one unfortunately gets this error message when running npx cap add ios on Windows:

λ npx cap add ios
C:\Projects\...\node_modules\@capacitor\cli\bin\capacitor
[error] Not running Mac OS X, can't add ios platform

That's pretty unfortunate, as one should be able to do everything but actually build the platform on Windows.

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janpio

All 7 comments

Buy a mac 💻

Yeah, we can probably let users add the platform and get the Xcode project despite they can't open it. I see no harm.

If you have ruby, CocoaPods and node, shouldn't be a problem.

jcesarmobile on 1 Mar 2018

I have a few Mac but they are all 💩

Are ruby, CocoaPods and node needed just to add the platform?

janpio on 1 Mar 2018

Yeah, when you add the platform, sync is also executed, and sync execute update which requires CocoaPods, and CocoaPods require Ruby. But not really sure if CocoaPods will work fine on windows.

If you don't have node then capacitor won't work, we can assume they have it already, and it's mentioned in the docs.

jcesarmobile on 1 Mar 2018

👍1

Without node, they will have a bad time using npm and making their project to begin with :rofl:

IT-MikeS on 1 Mar 2018

Added this, it just skips the sync and adds the template content.

mlynch on 4 Mar 2018

👍1

I am still getting this error in alpha.37 on Windows:

[error] Not running Mac OS X, can't add ios platform

More context: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-cli/issues/3129#issuecomment-388603972

dwieeb on 14 May 2018

👍1

Me too. Still prints [error] Not running Mac OS X, can't add ios platform when I try generating project files. @mlynch care to reopen it, or shall I create a new issue?