use plugins non ionic-native in Ionic 2

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I'm using a cordova plugin from github, not available in ionic native.

I have problem. How to use non ionic-native plugins in Ionic 2 ?

I try :

declare var myPlugin: any;

myPlugin.doSomething(...)

and other forum solutions

but I have error :

ReferenceError: myPlugin is not defined
at new HomePage (http://localhost:8100/build/main.js:18762:9)

My config :

Ionic Framework: ^2.0.0-rc.3
Ionic Native: ^2.2.3
Ionic App Scripts: 1.0.0
Angular Core: 2.2.1
Angular Compiler CLI: 2.2.1
Node: 6.9.5
OS Platform: Windows 10
Navigator Platform: Win32
cordova 6.5.0

manpreet 2 years ago

Few things to look:

• Verify if you plugin entry is present in the plugin.xml and package.json files? If not you might need to add an entry as the below example.
• Use the plugin only when the platform is ready.
• Test your app in real device.
• Use "ionic add" instead "cordova add" to add new plugins.

Refer the below thread which might be of some help on editing your plugin.xml file.