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.

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