Phonegap doesn't copy plugin files to ios platforms directory during build

Question

rm -rf plugins/*
rm -rf platforms/*

phonegap build ios //this works

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

phonegap build ios

Building for ios after adding a plugin fails. Here is the error:

** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
    CompileC build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphoneos/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/armv7/CDVDevice.o PondMD/Plugins/org.apache.cordova.device/CDVDevice.m normal armv7 objective-c com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0.compiler
(1 failure)
2014-01-16 10:32:15.055 xcodebuild[69605:1007] [MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID 37B30044-3B14-46BA-ABAA-F01000C27B63 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/XCode4_beginning_of_line.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
2014-01-16 10:32:16.630 xcodebuild[69605:4203]  DVTAssertions: Warning in /SourceCache/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport-3575/Xcode3Sources/XcodeIDE/Frameworks/DevToolsBase/pbxcore/SpecificationTypes/XCGccMakefileDependencies.m:78
Details:  Failed to load dependencies output contents from ``/Users/william/working/PhonegapPondMD/platforms/ios/build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVDevice.d''. Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “CDVDevice.d” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo=0x7fe7a57a7440 {NSFilePath=/Users/william/working/PhonegapPondMD/platforms/ios/build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVDevice.d, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe7a57aaed0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory"}. User info: {
    NSFilePath = "/Users/william/working/PhonegapPondMD/platforms/ios/build/PondMD.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/PondMD.build/Objects-normal/i386/CDVDevice.d";
    NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 \"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. No such file or directory\"";
}.
Function: void XCGccMakefileDependenciesParsePathsFromRuleFile(NSString *__strong, F) [F = <lambda at /SourceCache/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport/IDEXcode3ProjectSupport-3575/Xcode3Sources/XcodeIDE/Frameworks/DevToolsBase/pbxcore/SpecificationTypes/XCGccMakefileDependencies.m:168:73>]
Thread:   <NSThread: 0x7fe7a57ab420>{name = (null), num = 7}
Please file a bug at http://bugreport.apple.com with this warning message and any useful information you can provide.

The issue seems to be that phonegap is not copying the objective-c classes and headers into /platforms/ios/

william-macbook-pro:PhonegapPondMD william$ ls -l plugins/
total 8
-rw-r--r--   1 william  staff  296 Jan 16 10:32 ios.json
drwxr-xr-x  11 william  staff  374 Jan 16 10:30 org.apache.cordova.device

william-macbook-pro:PhonegapPondMD william$ ls -l platforms/ios/PondMD/Plugins/
total 8
-rw-r--r--  1 william  staff  890 Jan 16 10:30 README

william-macbook-pro:PhonegapPondMD william$ phonegap -v
3.3.0-0.18.0

Answer 1

I had the same problem, and I solved It creating the project with uppercase in the first letter of project name. Yes, it seems incredible, but this was the solution.

Answer 2

I ran into the same issue and solved it by using the instructions here: Cordova 3.2 ios add plugin "Which config.xml? Where is it?"

To summarize, I did the following steps:
1. Removed ios platform via: cordova platform remove ios
2. Re-installed the plugin
3. (Re-)Added the ios platform via: cordova platform add ios
4. Built the project again

After this, it built just fine.