Ionic-native: TypeError: Cannot set property 'storeAppURL' of null

[gigocabrera]

Ionic version:
[x] 3.x

I'm submitting a ...
[x] bug report

Current behavior:
I'm getting the error message below
1) In Chrome (Windows) - I get the error
2) In Safari (El Capitan) - I get the error
3) On the iOS device itself - I don't get the error and I'm able to rate the app as expected

Am I missing something or is this a bug?

ERROR Error: Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: Cannot set property 'storeAppURL' of null
TypeError: Cannot set property 'storeAppURL' of null
    at settings.ts:76
    at t.invoke (polyfills.js:3)
    at Object.onInvoke (core.es5.js:4149)
    at t.invoke (polyfills.js:3)
    at r.run (polyfills.js:3)
    at polyfills.js:3
    at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at Object.onInvokeTask (core.es5.js:4140)
    at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at r.runTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at settings.ts:76
    at t.invoke (polyfills.js:3)
    at Object.onInvoke (core.es5.js:4149)
    at t.invoke (polyfills.js:3)
    at r.run (polyfills.js:3)
    at polyfills.js:3
    at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at Object.onInvokeTask (core.es5.js:4140)
    at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at r.runTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at c (polyfills.js:3)
    at polyfills.js:3
    at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at Object.onInvokeTask (core.es5.js:4140)
    at t.invokeTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at r.runTask (polyfills.js:3)
    at o (polyfills.js:3)
    at HTMLAnchorElement.invoke (polyfills.js:3)

Expected behavior:
I expect no errors

Related code:

Please take a look at the code in my repo
https://github.com/gigocabrera/CajaFuerte-app/blob/master/src/pages/settings/settings.ts#L76

Other information:

Ionic info:

PS C:\ionic\CajaFuerte-app> ionic info

global packages:

    @ionic/cli-utils : 1.4.0
    Cordova CLI      : 7.0.1
    Ionic CLI        : 3.4.0

local packages:

    @ionic/app-scripts              : 1.3.7
    @ionic/cli-plugin-cordova       : 1.4.0
    @ionic/cli-plugin-ionic-angular : 1.3.1
    Cordova Platforms               : ios 4.3.1
    Ionic Framework                 : ionic-angular 3.4.2

System:

    Node       : v7.9.0
    OS         : Windows 10
    Xcode      : not installed
    ios-deploy : not installed
    ios-sim    : not installed
    npm        : 3.10.8

[gigocabrera]

I found a workaround for this issue. It's working fine but I'm sure this is a bug.

if (platform.is('cordova')) {
    this.appRate.preferences.storeAppURL = {
        ios: '1206710447'
    }
}

[ihadeed]

It would work fine if you define the whole this.appRate.preferences object. See the second example in here http://ionicframework.com/docs/native/app-rate/

I will take out the first one. I thought I already removed it earlier.

[gigocabrera]

Hi @ihadeed, when you say "See the second example in here..." do you mean this one?

// or, override the whole preferences object
this.appRate.preferences = {
  usesUntilPrompt: 3,
  storeAppURL: {
   ios: '<app_id>',
   android: 'market://details?id=<package_name>',
   windows: 'ms-windows-store://review/?ProductId=<store_id>'
  }
};

[ihadeed]

Yes

[erperejildo]

I'm getting an error @ihadeed when I try that approach:

Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: Cannot read property 'split' of undefined
TypeError: Cannot read property 'split' of undefined
at Function.Locales.getLocale (http://192.168.1.2:8100/plugins/cordova-plugin-apprate/www/locales.js:53:74)
at showDialog (http://192.168.1.2:8100/plugins/cordova-plugin-apprate/www/AppRate.js:91:29)
at Function.AppRate.promptForRating (http://192.168.1.2:8100/plugins/cordova-plugin-apprate/www/AppRate.js:203:7)
at callCordovaPlugin (http://192.168.1.2:8100/build/vendor.js:77234:43)
at http://192.168.1.2:8100/build/vendor.js:77260:28
at http://192.168.1.2:8100/build/vendor.js:58635:17
at new t (http://192.168.1.2:8100/build/polyfills.js:3:20886)
at tryNativePromise (http://192.168.1.2:8100/build/vendor.js:58634:20)
at getPromise (http://192.168.1.2:8100/build/vendor.js:58642:12)
at wrapPromise (http://192.168.1.2:8100/build/vendor.js:77243:78)

[Sampath-Lokuge]

@ihadeed Still I can see the wrong first example on the doc. Hope you'll remove it. Thanks.

[Sugamsm]

@gigocabrera Hello, I don't know if it's too late, but I recently encountered this error and was able to solve it by running the app on a real device. Ionic documentation says that some ionic cordova native plugins are able to run properly only on real devices. This is one of them. Try running it on a real device. And, both the examples of the doc work for me.