bug: Plugins stop working after re-compilation

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

npx cap doctor output: 💊 Capacitor Doctor 💊

Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 2.0.2

@capacitor/core: 2.0.2

@capacitor/android: 2.0.2

@capacitor/electron: 2.0.2

@capacitor/ios: 2.0.2

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/electron not installed

@capacitor/cli 2.0.0

@capacitor/android 2.0.0

@capacitor/ios 2.0.0

@capacitor/core 2.0.0

Affected Platform(s)

• Android
• iOS
• Electron
• Web

Current Behavior

Whenever I re-compile my app ionic capacitor copy there is a ~40% chance that all my plugins stop working. The Plugins I’m currently using are [Device, PushNotifications, Storage, SplashScreen, and AdMob].

When I say stop working, there are two specific cases in mind:

1. For PushNotifications, no callbacks are ever fired, I call PushNotifications.register();, but PushNotifications.addListener('registration') nor any other listener fire.
2. More on PushNotifications, if the register callback is triggered, sometimes both foreground and background notifications continue to work, other times only background notifications work.
3. For Storage, I call Storage.set() and it never even saves the value to memory.

I specifically notice this starts getting buggy when I install new npm packages or clear the cache of XCode or Android Studio.

Expected Behavior

After successfully confirming Plugins like PushNotifications and Storage work in iOS/Android… rebuilding the project with ionic capacitor copy should not stop Plugins from working.

If I clear my cache in XCode or Android Studio, I’d expect running npx cap sync && cd ios/app && pod install && cd ../../ && ionic capacitor copy should get everything re-synced and working again.

I’d even optionally add: rm -rf ./node_modules && npm install before the commands above, but that still seems to be flaky.

Sample Code or Sample Application Repo

Reproduction Steps

I made a Github Repo where you can clone an MVP of testing device, storage, and push-notification plugins. The README has all steps to setup and test.

In this demo repo:

• Device plugin works in web + iOS + Android
• Storage plugin only works in web
• Push Notification plugin doesn’t work on iOS (register callback never triggered)

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 6.11.3 node --version output: v12.11.1 pod --version output (iOS issues only): 1.9.1

Other Information

[ryantinker]

Okay I think I found the problem. It was something with my APNs certificates/keys.

I believe the certificate being used in my iOS app was not the same certificate that Firebase was using (Firebase uses keys).

I re-created some keys and certificates, reuploaded them all, and it finally works.

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