An error occurred when I was running "ionic cordova platform add ios"

Question

An error occurred when I was running ionic cordova platform add ios.It noticed me with the information

[ERROR] Cordova encountered an error. You may get more insight by running the Cordova command above directly.

[ERROR] An error occurred while running cordova platform add ios --save (exit code 1):

    Using cordova-fetch for cordova-ios@^4.4.0
    Adding zone.js project...
    Error: Your zone.js platform does not have Api.js”

I had tried to update the version of ionic / cordova and also reinstalled node.js and npm.But It still no worked.

Who can tell me how to resolve this problem。Thank you.

user_10767878 · Answer

If you are on linux or mac run the command with sudo. Problem solved.

Command-Example: sudo ionic cordova platform add android

OUTPUT:

$ sudo ionic cordova platform add android
> cordova platform add android --save

You have been opted out of telemetry. To change this, run: cordova telemetry on.
Using cordova-fetch for cordova-android@~7.1.1
Adding android project...
Creating Cordova project for the Android platform:
    Path: platforms/android
    Package: io.ionic.starter
    Name: MyApp
    Activity: MainActivity
    Android target: android-27
Android project created with cordova-android@7.1.4
Android Studio project detected
Android Studio project detected
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-whitelist" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-whitelist" for android

               This plugin is only applicable for versions of cordova-android greater than 4.0. If you have a previous platform version, you do *not* need this plugin since the whitelist will be built in.

Adding cordova-plugin-whitelist to package.json
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-whitelist" to config.xml
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-statusbar" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-statusbar" for android
Adding cordova-plugin-statusbar to package.json
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-statusbar" to config.xml
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-device" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-device" for android
Adding cordova-plugin-device to package.json
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-device" to config.xml
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-splashscreen" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-splashscreen" for android
Adding cordova-plugin-splashscreen to package.json
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-splashscreen" to config.xml
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" for android
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Subproject Path: app
Adding cordova-plugin-ionic-webview to package.json
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" to config.xml
Discovered plugin "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
Installing "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" for android
Adding cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard to package.json
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" to config.xml
--save flag or autosave detected
Saving android@~7.1.4 into config.xml file ...
> ionic cordova resources android --force
✔ Collecting resource configuration and source images - done!
✔ Filtering out image resources that do not need regeneration - done!
✔ Uploading source images to prepare for transformations: 2 / 2 complete - done!
✔ Generating platform resources: 18 / 18 complete - done!
✔ Modifying config.xml to add new image resources - done!

System Description:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Ionic 4.5.0

Cordova 8.1.2

Node v8.14.0

user_12283564 · Answer

try to modify ..//config.xml header


MyApp
An awesome Ionic/Cordova app.
Ionic Framework Team

then run

ionic cordova platform add ios 
ionic cordova platform add android

An error occurred when I was running "ionic cordova platform add ios"

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