plugin_not_installed

Trying to use the plugin, but when running on android device it says that the plugin is not installed

Your Environment

• Plugin version: 3.0.1
• Platform: Android
• OS version: 8.0.0
• Device manufacturer and model:

• Running in Simulator:
• Cordova version (cordova -v):
• Cordova platform version (cordova platform ls):
• Plugin configuration options:
• Link to your project:

Context

Building a Ionic 3 application, I have followed the steps to use the plugin:

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-mauron85-background-geolocation@alpha npm install --save @ionic-native/background-geolocation@4

and when trying to run the app in an Android device, message error plugin_not_installed is shown

Expected Behavior

Show an alert with the BackgroundGeolocationResponse

Actual Behavior

plugin_not_intalled error message

Possible Fix

I am trying other versions of the plugins and the new plugin @mauron85/cordova-plugin-background-geolocation

Steps to Reproduce

Context

Debug logs

[mauron85]

Try installing exact version with:

cordova plugin add @mauron85/cordova-plugin-background-geolocation@^3.1.0

[mauron85]

Also I believe there is still issue with scoped packages in cordova. Meaning that when you create platform with cordova platform add it may install also non scoped package cordova-plugin-background-geolocation. It’s different package, so beware and remove it from package.json.

The best way to avoid this, is to add plugin in config.xml with spec declaration. Check https://github.com/mauron85/cordova-plugin-background-geolocation-example/blob/96b0497013f56515c2ab84a16eacceeb4826c31a/config.xml#L50