Ionic-cli: Ionic Error: Platform ios already added. but when running resources, says no platform added

[jgw96]

_From @LydiaMontagnese on June 11, 2016 22:39_

Short description of the problem:

When I run 'ionic platform add ios', I am getting this error:
Error: Platform ios already added.

But when running 'ionic resources', it says no platform added.

Here's the output:

Lydias-MBP:ionic-basic lydia$ ionic resources
No platforms have been added.
Please add a platform, for example: ionic platform add ios
Or provide a platform name, for example: ionic resources android

Lydias-MBP:ionic-basic lydia$ ionic platform add ios
✗ (node:51934) fs: re-evaluating native module sources is not supported. If you are using the graceful-fs module, please update it to a more recent version.
Updated the hooks directory to have execute permissions
Error: Platform ios already added.

Lydias-MBP:ionic-basic lydia$

_Copied from original issue: driftyco/ionic#6868_

[jgw96]

Hello, thanks for opening an issue with us! Since this issue is an issue with the Ionic CLI and not the framework I will be moving this issue to the correct repo. Thanks for using Ionic!

[34r7h]

+1 having the same issue

[LydiaMontagnese]

@irthos I think I fixed my issue by deleting any node-modules or ionic-related files I had in my home (your username) directory. It appears my app thought I already had the platform added because it was added in a project in that directory.

[tuongaz]

There may be a 'platform' folder above your current directory,

[cyrinearbi]

Hi,I have the same problem !!!
$ sudo cordova platform add ios --save
Using cordova-fetch for cordova-ios@^4.4.0
Error: Platform ios already added.

[SanjayYadav90]

I am working on ionic 3-
There was same issue with me, this caused because I changed app name in config file.
I used these commands-

    cordova plugin save
    cordova platform rm ios
    cordova platform add ios

but error remain same.
I open app/platform/, and saw there was ios file then here is what I did-

1. Removed ios file (Manually).
2. Run sudo cordova platform add ios --save
3. ios platform added for me.

[luisabarca]

This worked for me.

1. Go to your app folder
2. Create the platforms folder
3. Run the command again

cd yourapp

mkdir platforms

ionic cordova platform add ios