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Ionic Codepush Cordova not available after sync

i'm trying to implement Code-Push from AppCenter into my Ionic v4 App. (ref)
I'm stuck on the following Problem: I can update the App, but when i close the App after that and open again it is the old Version again and it says:
Updade ignored, because it was rollbacked
So somehow the update is rolled back after i close the App. After searching for this problem i found that i have to run
this.codePush.notifyApplicationReady()
on application start. I added this to my code, but it doesn't work either. If i run the Application on a Android Emulator and open the Logs, AFTER the Update it says:
cordova_not_available
So it makes sense that the notifyApplicationReady doesn't work, but why is cordova unavailable?
initializeApp() {
this.platform.ready().then(() => {
this.statusBar.styleDefault();
this.codePush.notifyApplicationReady().then(value => {
console.log(value);
});
this.codePush.sync({
deploymentKey: 'MY_KEY',
installMode: InstallMode.IMMEDIATE
}).subscribe(status => {
console.log(status);
});
this.splashScreen.hide();
});
}

Do u use command ionic build --prod ? this conmand will not include cordova.js,so if app installed this package the cordova will not available, in ionic4 i use ionic cordova build android --prod to include the cordova.js and then release the www file to code push serve.it wokrs!

How to launch external app from an ionic4 app

My app is under Ionic 4 for android and I have to open/run/launch external app (for exemple com.google.android.youtube or com.sygic.truck) -> for instance, any installed app.
I tested many options without any success :
InAppBrowserModule (using application://my.package.name).
Cordova plugin lampaa (I didn't find any ways to use it under angular/ts app type).
I tried also webIntent using package option and action option calling the main Activity.
For InAppBrowserModule, i'm stuck with the http:// protocole appended before my app url.
For Lampaa, i'm stuck with the undefined startApp (even after following other threads suggestions).
And for webIntent, I don't think that it's relevent for my issue.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks in advance !
[EDIT]
I finally make it works !
You can use one of those 2 lines :
this.iab.create('android-app://com.google.android.youtube',"_system");
window.open('android-app://com.google.android.youtube',"_system");
You can replace com.google.android.youtube by any application package name !

You can check if the user is on Android, have the app installed and later open it as follow:
constructor(
private platform: Platform, // from 'ionic-angular'
private appAvailability: AppAvailability, // from '#ionic-native/app-availability'
private iab: InAppBrowser, // from '#ionic-native/in-app-browser'
) {}
openYoutube() {
const package = "com.google.android.youtube"
if(this.platform.is('android')) {
this.appAvailability.check(package)
.then(()=> {
this.iab.create('android-app://'+package, '_system', 'location=yes')
})
.catch(()=> {
// not installed
)
} else {
// not on Android
}
}

For ionic 4 we can use
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-app-launcher
npm install #ionic-native/app-launcher

You can use the following cordova plugin to check if other apps are installed and launch them.
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-app-launcher
npm install #ionic-native/app-launcher
Simple Cordova plugin to see if other apps are installed and launch them.

cordova.plugins.locationManager.enableBluetooth() Not working in android

I am trying to enable my phone bluetooth via ionic app. I am calling something like this:
cordova.plugins.locationManager.enableBluetooth()
But not enabling and making any error also. Following is my app.js code. Please help out.
import {App, Platform} from 'ionic-framework/ionic';
import {TabsPage} from './pages/tabs/tabs';
#App({
template: '<ion-nav [root]="rootPage"></ion-nav>',
config: {} // http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/api/config/Config/
})
export class MyApp {
static get parameters() {
return [[Platform]];
}
constructor(platform) {
this.rootPage = TabsPage;
platform.ready().then(() => {
StatusBar.backgroundColorByName('red');
console.log("App starting.");
cordova.plugins.locationManager.enableBluetooth();
});
}
}
Is there anything I am missing. My phone is One Plus One.
UPDATE:
Is there any particular configuration I have to in device to achieve
this in develop mode
App technical info
Ionic 2 & Angular 2
Plugin : com.unarin.cordova.beacon (Link)

I resolved this myself. Seems to be issue was with petermetz/cordova-plugin-ibeacon, I was using 25days older plugin.
First removed the existing plugin by running by going into project root folder:
sudo cordova plugin rm com.unarin.cordova.beacon
Then again added the plugin (basically I updated my plugin):
sudo cordova plugin add https://github.com/petermetz/cordova-plugin-ibeacon.git
After that everything started working fine.
Thanks.

Initialization Android In App Billing using cordova plugin

In My ionic Cordova Application, I am using In App Purchase Plugin: https://github.com/j3k0/cordova-plugin-purchase
Here is the method that I use to initialise store:
storekit.init({
debug: true, // Enable IAP messages on the console
ready: service.IAP.onReady,
purchase: service.IAP.onPurchase,
restore: service.IAP.onRestore,
error: service.IAP.onError
});
This Initialization works fine with iOS and all the products loading fine as well, But Android device does not load In Purchase.
I guess, For android there is a different initialization method.
I have added plugin in app:
cordova plugin add cc.fovea.cordova.purchase --variable BILLING_KEY="<BILLING_KEY>"
Please help.

Firstly, when I was using it, the npm version was a little buggy on android. Try removing it and adding it from Git.
cordova plugin add https://github.com/j3k0/cordova-plugin-purchase.git --variable BILLING_KEY="MIIB...AQAB"
Secondly, it looks like you are maybe using some older syntax. The doco for this plugin doesnt really have very good version control. There are different versions of doco all over the net. I think this is the latest version.
This is my initialisation code. See if it works for you too.
products = ["my.test.product"];
for (var i = 0; i < products.length; i++) {
if (window.store) {
store.register({
id: products[i],
alias: 'alias '+i,
type: store.NON_CONSUMABLE
});
}
}
// When everything goes as expected, it's time to celebrate!
if (window.store) store.ready(function() {
console.log("\\o/ STORE READY \\o/");
});
// After we've done our setup, we tell the store to do
// it's first refresh. Nothing will happen if we do not call store.refresh()
if (window.store) store.refresh();
You can also send the store object to console.log to have a good look at it in chrome debugger.
Oh, and if you have more than one app, make sure you are using the correct BILLING_KEY by removing and readding the plugin.
Good Luck!

cordova 3.5 w/ notification.prompt on android 2.3.3

The navigator.notification.prompt is not working on android v2.3.3 (tested on motorola droid2 global). The code runs without throwing an error, but the prompt does not appear on the screen. The same app code runs fine on v4.1.2 (tested on samsung sch-1200). Any thoughts what could be preventing the prompt under v2.3.3?
I have checked cordova.apache.org docs and there is no mention of being version specific. I've also tried the other notification methods without luck.
Here is my code:
console.log('before notification prompt');
try {
navigator.notification.prompt(
'Enter the new Category', // message
onNewCategory, // callback
'Categories', // title
['Save', 'Cancel'], // buttons
'' // default text
);
}
catch (e) {
console.error(e.message);
}
console.log('after notification prompt');
The console output shows that it ran normally with no error.
'Cordova plugin ls' shows the plugin is successfully installed.
Thanks for your help.

This noted issue with the dialogs plugin has now been fixed and merged on to the dialogs repository. Hopefully this should be available in the next release of the plugin.
A possible workaround until this is released would be to replace the contents of Notification.java in platforms\android\src\org\apache\cordova\dialogs\ with this commit contents.