Ionic-framework: Platform.is('cordova') is not working properly.

[thruthesky]

Ionic version: (check one with "x")
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Current behavior:
this.platform.is('cordova') returns false in Genymotion.

Expected behavior:
this.platform.is('cordova') should return true in Genymotion.

Steps to reproduce:

Just compile the code below and do 'livereload' in GenyMotion.

````

this.platform.ready().then( () => {
  if ( this.platform.is('cordova') ) console.log("Cordova");
  else console.log("NOT Cordova");
});

````

[biesbjerg]

Out of curiosity, what is the command you use to run app in genymotion?

I'm seeing the same thing when I enable livereload (ionic run ios -l --device for example)

[thruthesky]

I found out it works on 'ionic run android'.
But it does not work on 'ionic run android -l'.

[gabrielmuresan]

A "quick" fix for the ones that want to work until a proper fix is done:

1. clone this project
2. replace the line here with

app.use('/', express.static(path.join(config.rootDir, 'platforms', '<platform>', 'platform_www')));

where <platform> changes to whatever you are working on at the moment (android, ios)

1. at the cloned location of ionic-app-scripts run npm run build
2. in your project remove dev dependency of "@ionic/app-scripts"
3. in your project run npm install /path/to/ionic-app-scripts --save-dev
   5.1. if invalid remove node_modules folder and run npm install
4. run with livereload

This is just a hardcoded hack so I am able to continue developing what I was doing until a fix is out. Maybe it helps someone.

[aces-tm]

Is there a fix for this or we need to wait for RC5 or final version?

I am using RC4. When I run ionic run android everything works fun but it takes 16-18s to get device ready. If I run in production mode (ionic run android --prod) it says following although plugin is correctly installed:

Native: tried accessing the SQLite plugin but it's not installed.
Install the SQLite plugin: 'ionic plugin add cordova-sqlite-storage'
deviceready has not fired after 5 seconds.
Channel not fired: onFileSystemPathsReady
Native: deviceready did not fire within 2000ms. This can happen when plugins are in an inconsistent state. Try removing plugins from plugins/ and reinstalling them.

Thanks.

[samastur]

I get a long wait and deviceready has not fired after 5 seconds message with RC4 when built normally or with production flag. Reported messages:

main.js:28753 Native: deviceready did not fire within 2000ms. This can happen when plugins are in an inconsistent state. Try removing plugins from plugins/ and reinstalling them.
2017-01-11 18:02:08.907 cordova.js:1185 deviceready has not fired after 5 seconds.
2017-01-11 18:02:08.908 main.js:28748 DEVICE READY FIRED AFTER 5323 ms

Functionality of all plugins seems to work so are unlikely the cause of this delay.

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