Not working when build IPA file by command line [IOS]

[dangthanhnhat]

I'm using command line build IPA file "cordova build ios --device" and I can't open app by link in email. However if I using xcode and build directly on my Iphone it's working. Can anyone know how to make it work with command line build ?

[haiquangtran]

I have a similar problem too. I am using TACO remotebuild to do a build from my local Windows machine onto my Mac which then sends back an .ipa file. When I do this remotebuild the universal links do not work, however, when I build it directly from Xcode onto an iPhone this solves the problem.

I think the problem is within the associated domains and the generation of the .entitlements file that the plugin generates in the resource folder. I think the issue is the same as this one: https://github.com/BranchMetrics/cordova-ionic-phonegap-branch-deep-linking/issues/299 and this looks similar: https://github.com/nordnet/cordova-universal-links-plugin/issues/8.

Mainly the line "When plugins modify the value of CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS for their own purposes and point to Resources/{appName}.entitlements, they dont merge with the capabilities or other config thats already set in Cordova's Entitlements-debug.plist or Entitlements-release.plist files. This messes up Cordovas automatic release/export through the CLI because now you're required to manually change capabilities before building/releasing. This is a problem for people who use the Cordova CLI as intended to where you shouldnt even need to open Xcode and can do Continuous integration builds."

Please help

[haiquangtran]

The problem is the entitlements file generated by this plugin.

"Cordova now uses build.xcconfig to set: CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = $(PROJECT_DIR)/$(PROJECT_NAME)/Entitlements-$(CONFIGURATION).plist

This overrides the entitlements file set by this plugin, and associated domains are not appearing in the new Entitlements-Debug.plist / Entitlements-Release.plist" See Issue: https://github.com/nordnet/cordova-universal-links-plugin/issues/89.

@chancezeus has created a fork. I found that the changes in the fork fixed the deeplinking entitlements problem. See https://github.com/chancezeus/cordova-universal-links-plugin/commit/9e313aa63d13fbdc91c3a10d17f006f5367dcf90.

@nikDemyankov Can we please get the changes into this plugin?

[mikew]

After that patch working, it looks like things have broken again:

** BUILD FAILED **

The following build commands failed:
    CpResource MyApp/Resources/MyApp.entitlements build/emulator/MyApp.app/MyApp.entitlements
(1 failure)
Error: Error code 65 for command: xcodebuild with args: -xcconfig,/Users/mike/Work/sst/MyApp/platforms/ios/cordova/build-debug.xcconfig,-workspace,MyApp.xcworkspace,-scheme,MyApp,-configuration,Debug,-sdk,iphonesimulator,-destination,platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone SE,build,CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/mike/Work/sst/MyApp/platforms/ios/build/emulator,SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR=/Users/mike/Work/sst/MyApp/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch

Could we please get some updates to this repository? Or just some acknowledgement that it is abandoned.

[alexstanbury]

I'm having the same issue, just spent hours checking and rechecking everything to try and work out why it wasn't working on iOS, at least now I know I had it set up correctly and this was the problem!

[nordnet-deprecation-bot]

👋 Hi! Thank you for your interest in this repo.

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