Cordova plugins not working with ionic

Question

I have an Ionic app built with Angular.

I am using is Calendar plugin: https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Calendar-PhoneGap-Plugin

I want to create events through the plugin and save them to the local device's calendar.

I have added the plugin though:

cordova plugin add https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Calendar-PhoneGap-Plugin.git

And I try to use it in my controller:

 ionic.Platform.ready(function(){onError);
    window.plugins.calendar.createEvent(title, location, notes, start, end, onSuccess, onError);
 });

In the browser it says window.plugins is undefined and on the device the error is 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating 'window.plugins.calendar')

I have searched high and low for this, I cant seem to find a solution that works.

Any idea how to use a Cordova plugin with Ionic?

Solution 1

The answer was to add

<script src="cordova.js"></script>

And rebuild the Platforms

If still issue not resolved, remove and add the platforms

Solution 2

Cordova plugins only runs on emulators or real devices.

To test a Cordova app with the browser take a look also to Ripple Emulator (Chrome plugin), but I prefer to test on real devices.

Cheers!