Ionic-native: Ionic v1: "Module 'ionic.native' is not available"

[Fmstrat]

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Current behavior:

When installing ionic-native in ionic v1 and trying to incorporate given the (very spread out) directions, the following error manifests:

Uncaught Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module app due to:
Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module ionic.native due to:
Error: [$injector:nomod] Module 'ionic.native' is not available! You either misspelled the module name or forgot to load it. If registering a module ensure that you specify the dependencies as the second argument.
http://errors.angularjs.org/1.5.3/$injector/nomod?p0=ionic.native
    at http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:13443:12
    at http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:15409:17
    at ensure (http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:15333:38)
    at module (http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:15407:14)
    at http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:17899:22
    at forEach (http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:13696:20)
    at loadModules (http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:17883:5)
    at http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:17900:40
    at forEach (http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:13696:20)
    at loadModules (http://localhost:8100/lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js:17883:5)

Expected behavior:

App would run.

Steps to reproduce:

Following directions from documentation:

npm install @ionic-native/core --save # From https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-advanced-http # Next two from https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/http/
npm install --save @ionic-native/http

Then, based on https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-native/blob/v2.x/README.md updating www/js/app.js from:

angular.module('app', ['ionic', 'app.controllers', 'app.routes', 'app.directives','app.services',])

to:

angular.module('app', ['ionic', 'ionic.native', 'app.controllers', 'app.routes', 'app.directives','app.services',])

Related code:
n/a

Other information:
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Ionic info: (run ionic info from a terminal/cmd prompt and paste output below):

cli packages: (/usr/local/lib/node_modules)

    @ionic/cli-utils  : 1.19.2
    ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.20.0

global packages:

    cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0 
    Gulp CLI              : CLI version 3.9.1 Local version 3.9.1

local packages:

    Cordova Platforms : android 7.0.0 ios 4.5.4
    Ionic Framework   : ionic1 1.3.3

System:

    ios-deploy : 1.9.2 
    Node       : v10.3.0
    npm        : 6.2.0 
    OS         : macOS High Sierra
    Xcode      : Xcode 9.3 Build version 9E145 

Environment Variables:

    ANDROID_HOME : not set

Misc:

    backend : pro

[Fmstrat]

It appears that the directions for v1 are incomplete (unless they are hidden somewhere not easily found). To install ionic-native in a v1 project, you should use:

npm install ionic-native --save --prefix www/lib

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46190149/925452

Notice the prefix flag. This is the only way a v1 project can see the js file. Then the instructions should state somewhere that the index.html file will need the below line added before the ionic.js include:

<script src="lib/node_modules/ionic-native/dist/ionic.native.min.js"></script>

[Fmstrat]

Spoke too soon, sorry. In emulator when trying to access $cordovaHTTP I get:

ionic.native.js:17021 Native: tried calling HTTP.post, but Cordova is not available. Make sure to include cordova.js or run in a device/simulator

Relevant section of index.html:

                <title></title>
                <script src="lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js"></script>
                <script src="cordova.js"></script>
                <script src="lib/node_modules/ionic-native/dist/ionic.native.js"></script>

I have a feeling this is more an issue with documentation than with ionic-native overall, but either way it doesn't seem possible to execute given the existing setup methodologies.

And when running on a device, from adb logcat (since the above may be expected when running emulate):

07-30 15:44:35.374  4583  4583 I chromium: [INFO:CONSOLE(17012)] "Install the HTTP plugin: 'ionic plugin add cordova-plugin-http'", source: file:///android_asset/www/lib/node_modules/ionic-native/dist/ionic.native.js (17012)

I also tried

npm install --save @ionic-native/http --prefix www/lib

with no luck.

[ebellumat]

Cool, but, how can i do this in app.js in Ionic V1?

https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/clevertap

import { CleverTap } from '@ionic-native/clevertap/ngx';

constructor(private clevertap: CleverTap) { }  

What would be equivalent?

[chrisgriffith]

For Ionic v1, you would have to use an older version of Ionic Native, as the 'ngx' version uses a later version of Angular.

[ebellumat]

Sure, but, how to import in app.js?

[chrisgriffith]

See this: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-native/tree/v2.x#angular-1

You will probably want to reference the v4 of Ionic Native. You will need to change your npm installs to reference that version.

[ebellumat]

Thanks! I'm triying to use CleverTap Cordova in Ionic V1. This implementation Hurts haha

[gustavoborboleta]

Does anyone have the solution? ionic native 5 claims to have support for ng1, but I followed the doc and got the same error.

[awquadros]

Hey @gustavoborboleta I answered that question on stackoverflow.