So, I was trying to use the Cordova CLI for a real project, using Xcode. As Anis says below, this should not be done. I tried to adjust things to make it more palatable, but having to go back to a console window to 'cordova prepare iOS' every time to copy the files and have it reset my project view got old real fast.
So today I thought I would go back to the 'old' way of things - bin/create (--shared and --arc in my case). I cloned the latest Cordova iOS, cd to bin and do a create command of a test project. Load up the Xcode project file and runs fine. Now the issue: as Anis says below: "You should be creating a native project and using plugman instead". So I cd to my project and try to 'plugman install org.apache.cordova.console' so I can get my console.log working. Problem is that it appears to be designed for the new platform layout, and the bin/create script does not create it that way. So, what is the currently recommended method to add plugins to a bin/create-d native project? It would be great if it worked, but I have a bad feeling... Thank you, Tyler >> >> >> On Sep 26, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> @purplecabbage: I have the same workflow but I think the proposed >>> solution is a step in the right direction. It would allow us to easily >>> develop platform plugins without having to delete project/create >>> project/install plugin/uninstall plugin constantly. The plugin would >>> be packaged (plugin.xml) from day 1 and one can only focus on >>> development. >>> >>> As far as IDEs, the answer is simple. You should not use IDEs and >>> cordova-cli at the same time. Until IDEs are aware of cordova-cli >>> there is no point in creating projects with cordova-cli because >>> everything gets blown on every build. I am not even sure we can make >>> Xcode aware of cordova-cli. We've already talked about this prior to >>> the 3.0 release and that is why we have the create scripts and plugman >>> approach. You should not be using cordova-cli either if you're doing >>> some custom native dev that can't be pluginized (changing the main >>> Activity.java or AppDelegate.m or whatever). If you're using >>> cordova-cli just to create a project and then open an IDE to develop, >>> you're probably doing it wrong. You should be creating a native >>> project and using plugman instead.