Testing Ionic 4 - Cannot find type definition file for 'cordova'

Description:

Steps to Reproduce: Delete node-modules Upgrade to 4.0.0-alpha.4 npm i

Output:

C:\Users\peter>cd C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu

C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu>npm i

> node-sass@4.9.0 install C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu\node_modules\node-sass
> node scripts/install.js

Cached binary found at C:\Users\peter\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\node-sass\4.9.0\win32-x64-57_binding.node

> node-sass@4.9.0 postinstall C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu\node_modules\node-sass
> node scripts/build.js

Binary found at C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu\node_modules\node-sass\vendor\win32-x64-57\binding.node
Testing binary
Binary is fine

> @angular/cli@6.0.0 postinstall C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu\node_modules\@angular\cli
> node ./bin/ng-update-message.js

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.3 (node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

added 1087 packages from 1271 contributors in 46.066s

C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu>ionic s
> ng serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8100

[INFO] Development server running!

       Local: http://localhost:8100
       External: http://192.168.1.67:8100
       DevApp: aemenu@8100 on Merry-Christmas

[INFO] Browser window opened to http://localhost:8100!

[ng] i ｢wdm｣: wait until bundle finished: /
[ng] Date: 2018-05-10T05:34:35.695Z
[ng] Hash: 742c44f0cc752f330449
[ng] Time: 9526ms
[ng] chunk {main} main.js, main.js.map (main) 1.9 kB [initial] [rendered]
[ng] chunk {polyfills} polyfills.js, polyfills.js.map (polyfills) 669 bytes [initial] [rendered]
[ng] chunk {runtime} runtime.js, runtime.js.map (runtime) 5.4 kB [entry] [rendered]
[ng] chunk {styles} styles.js, styles.js.map (styles) 20.1 kB [initial] [rendered]
[ng] chunk {vendor} vendor.js, vendor.js.map (vendor) 325 kB [initial] [rendered]
[ng]
[ng] ERROR in node_modules/@ionic-native/core/decorators/common.d.ts(1,23): error TS2688: Cannot find type definition file for 'cordova'.
[ng]
[ng] i ｢wdm｣: Failed to compile.

My ionic info:

C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu>ionic info
cli packages: (C:\Users\peter\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules)

   @ionic/cli-utils  : 2.0.0-rc.6
   ionic (Ionic CLI) : 4.0.0-rc.6

global packages:

   cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0

local packages:

   @angular-devkit/core       : 0.6.0
   @angular-devkit/schematics : 0.6.0
   @angular/cli               : 6.0.0
   @ionic/schematics-angular  : 1.0.0-rc.6
   Cordova Platforms          : none
   Ionic Framework            : @ionic/angular 4.0.0-alpha.4

System:

   NodeJS : v8.11.1
   npm    : 6.0.0
   OS     : Windows 10

Environment Variables:

   ANDROID_HOME : not set


C:\ae\adaept.com\aemenu>

Other Information:

[mpaland]

Deleting the node_modules folder and the package-lock.json and then a clean npm install fixed the problem. Seems just to be some kind of minor update dependency problem. Nothing to worry about. Thanx for pointing this out, @dwieeb .

[peterennis]

I will do it this evening when I am on that machine again.