Error: Can't resolve 'cordova/exec' when using Cordova plugin

I am trying to use cordova-plugin-mauron85-background-geolocation so I can collect geolocation data while the app is in the background (see #516).

However following these instructions ends up giving me a build error: Error: Can't resolve 'cordova/exec'. I believe this is the offending line, however running npm install cordova does not fix the issue.

Is there something really obvious I’m missing?

[diachedelic]

For anyone else wanting to use the cordova-plugin-mauron85-background-geolocation plugin, this is what I ended up doing to get it working on Android:

1. npm install cordova-plugin-mauron85-background-geolocation
2. npm install cordova-android-play-services-gradle-release (optional, fixes compatibility with Capacitor’s PushNotification plugin)
3. npx cap copy
4. Add suitable values to android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml:

    <string name="mauron85_bgloc_content_authority">com.bundle.id</string>
    <string name="mauron85_bgloc_account_type">com.bundle.id.account</string>
    <string name="mauron85_bgloc_account_name">My App</string>

1. Use in script like so:

    const { BackgroundGeolocation } = window

    BackgroundGeolocation.on('location', function(location) {
      // {
      //   accuracy: 21
      //   altitude: 15
      //   bearing: 0
      //   id: 3
      //   isFromMockProvider: false
      //   latitude: -33.95674337167293
      //   locationProvider: 0
      //   longitude: 150.98079233430326
      //   mockLocationsEnabled: false
      //   provider: "gps"
      //   speed: 0.14999999105930328
      //   time: 1543912755527
      // }

      const {
        latitude,
        longitude,
        altitude,
        accuracy,
      } = location

      this.accuracy = accuracy

      this.path.features[0].geometry.coordinates.push([
        longitude,
        latitude,
        altitude,
      ])
    })

    
    BackgroundGeolocation.start()

[seanfisher]

This worked for me, based on this snippet from @mauron85:

import { BackgroundGeolocationPlugin }  from '@mauron85/cordova-plugin-background-geolocation';
declare const BackgroundGeolocation: BackgroundGeolocationPlugin;

// ... Usage
BackgroundGeolocation.configure({...});