Phonegap 3 doesn't copy plugins to platforms folder

Question

I'm using Phonegap3 http://phonegap.com/install/ but I'm facing an issue with plugins:

After creating project using

phonegap create my-app

phonegap local build android

then I added a camera plugin using

phonegap local plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-camera.git

http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/cordova_camera_camera.md.html#Camera

then build project using phonegap local build android

it was working fine but suddenly it stopped working, after investgating the issue I found that plugins are not copied to the android project although I can list all plugins using

phonegap local plugin list

Answer 1

It is fixed now, the issue was that add plugin command adds to plugin files to platforms project too, so the build command not copying these files during the build phase, so all I had to do is to remove plugins/ folder content and platforms/ content then I did those steps:

• phonegap local build android
• phonegap local plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-camera.git

After all the add plugins commands should run only after all your platforms are added.

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Answer 2

I ran into the same issue building an iOS app. I've discovered that you won't have this issue if your project name starts with an uppercase letter. As long as the project name starts with an uppercase letter when you create it, you will be able to add plugins later.