Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-app-preferences': Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory

[nghtstr]

Issue: Every time I try to install this plugin, I keep getting these errors. Here is one snippet of what I keep on getting:

Plugin "cordova-plugin-app-preferences" already installed on android. Installing "cordova-plugin-app-preferences" for browser unhandled exception { Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' errno: -2, code: 'ENOENT', syscall: 'open', path: 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' } Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-app-preferences': Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' (node:8160) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' (node:8160) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

After deleting it manually, I try doing a clean install of it:

Installing "cordova-plugin-app-preferences" for android Android Studio project detected unhandled exception { Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' errno: -2, code: 'ENOENT', syscall: 'open', path: 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' } Failed to install 'cordova-plugin-app-preferences': Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' (node:8196) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'platforms/android/src/me/apla/cordova/AppPreferencesActivity.java' (node:8196) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

As you can see, there is no difference of when I try to install this, or reinstall this.

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Please specify your environment

Plugin version:

• released version: 0.99.3
• repository master

Toolchain:

• Cordova cli
• Phonegap cli
• Phonegap cloud
• Ionic
• Other: _____

Platforms affected:

• Android
• iOS/macOS
• LocalStorage fallback for browser and blackberry
• Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 and later
• Windows Phone 8 and earlier (deprecated)

What the scope of your problem:

• General functionality (store/fetch/remove/clearAll)
• Suites
• Cloud synchronization and events
• Preferences pane generation and display
• Installation

[dkijkuit]

Having the same issue here, any ideas?

[iamjoyce]

What is your cordova version? My initial suspicion is that the cordova version is 7.0.0 or 8.0.0 - The cordova version affected few other plugins as well. Downgrading should help.

[dkijkuit]

@iamjoyce yes version is indeed 7.0.0, I wasn't aware that these versions weren't supported yet.

[Story5]

I having the same issue,blow is my ionic info

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

    @ionic/cli-utils  : 1.19.1
    ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.19.1

global packages:

    cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0 

local packages:

    @ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.2
    Cordova Platforms  : android 7.0.0 ios 4.5.4
    Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.9.2

System:

    Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1
    ios-deploy        : 1.9.2 
    ios-sim           : 6.1.2 
    Node              : v8.9.4
    npm               : 5.6.0 
    OS                : macOS High Sierra
    Xcode             : Xcode 9.2 Build version 9C40b 

Environment Variables:

    ANDROID_HOME : /Users/Story5/Library/Android/sdk

Misc:

    backend : pro

[fabiocaccamo]

Any news about this issue?

[nkCreation]

Hi. Any news of this ?

[mapicard]

Having the same issue here. How can we get an updated version of the plugin?

[jacobg]

The forked version at https://github.com/vash15/me.apla.cordova.app-preferences fixes the issue. Please merge it in.

[mapicard]

Thanks for the reply, but pretty much of a newbie here.
I know how to manage/merge my git but how do I "merge it in" ?
Do I just download and copy all the files from this fork ?
Do I install the plugin from this git-repo ?
Something else ?
Thanks again
mp

[jacobg]

:) I'm asking the owner of this repository to merge it in.

[unstableair]

@mapicard to install the patched version use:

cordova plugin add https://github.com/vash15/me.apla.cordova.app-preferences

[fdambrosio]

thanks @unstableair this works

[virtualvishwam]

@owner please patch this... Its been too long and I am just waiting for this plugin to work ( not able to migrate to Cordova 8.0.0).
@jacobg lemme try the patch... Thanks in advance...

[jamescodesthings]

@jacobg Because of the reverse domain naming convention in the repository name plugman kept giving me 'Could not fetch from registry' errors. This caused trouble when installing from scratch on our CI server.

To fix this I've re-hosted your fork here: https://bitbucket.org/packt-internal/cordova-plugin-app-preferences/src/master/

With the same repo-name as the plugin name, that tends to work, if anyone has the same trouble when reinstalling platforms or running cordova prepare then use this hosted copy with:

cordova plugin add https://bitbucket.org/packt-internal/cordova-plugin-app-preferences.git

Thanks for sorting out Cordova 7+ support.

[fdambrosio]

thanks @jamescodesthings

[gwynjudd]

@jacobg please submit a PR for your fixes

[borgogelli]

Same problem for me

[rejhgadellaabsl]

+1 here. Is this project still maintained? I assume @jacobg did PR his fix?

[mamzellejuu]

+1 thanks @jacobg

[theCrius]

Issue is still there:

Ionic 3.9, cordova 7.1

had to use @jamescodesthings source to have it working

[mayursofbang4]

I am able to open the app preferences in IOS via Cordova plugin add https://github.com/myieye/me.apla.cordova.app-preferences but not working in android. Can anyone have a solution for this issue?

We are getting an error while clicking on the app preference icon - Class me.apla.cordova.AppPreferencesActivity not found. Please run preference generator.

cordova plugin add https://github.com/myieye/me.apla.cordova.app-preferences

[josepoma]

I have the same problem that you report @mayursofbang4