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John Brunner
John Brunner

Reputation: 2872

error: project directory could not be found - with PhoneGap

I want to use the PhoneGap Developer App for my project. I updated my PhoneGap version on my Mac to the newest version with the following command:

sudo npm install -g phonegap

Then I cded to my project folder (root folder) and entered the command phonegap serve, but everything I get is an [error] project directory could not be found. When I create a completely new project, than everything works fine, but why can't I use that Developer App with my current project?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 11202

Answers (5)

Casey
Casey

Reputation: 2045

Installing the sample project with version 5.0.0-0.27.1 did not create the .cordova directory, so I didn't add one to my project.

Renaming the project asset directory to www fixed the issue for me.

Upvotes: 1

Tyler Collier
Tyler Collier

Reputation: 11990

I've already come back with this question twice so I'll add my own answer that's slightly faster for me than creating another solution and copying the .cordova directory.

From your project root:

  1. mkdir .cordova

  2. Create a file called config.json with the following contents

    {
    "lib": {
        "www": {
            "id": "com.phonegap.helloworld",
            "version": "3.5.0",
            "uri": "https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-app-hello-world/archive/3.5.0.tar.gz"
        }
    }
}

**You don't even have to modify the contents of the file.

$ phonegap serve now works.

For the 'right' answer though that's more likely to work with future versions of cordova/phonegap, follow the answer of BZMWillemsen.

Upvotes: 2

Trevorbest
Trevorbest

Reputation: 59

I had the same but the project that it couldn't find was the default "hello world", it re-downloaded it when I created a new project as per Dawson's answer. After that my original project worked fine.

Upvotes: -1

bzmw
bzmw

Reputation: 5983

The phonegap commands create a hidden directory at the root of the app called /.cordova

You can move this directory into your existing app created with cordova to enable phonegap serve

mv /app-created-with-phone-gap/.cordova /app-create-with-cordova/

Upvotes: 6

Dawson Loudon
Dawson Loudon

Reputation: 6029

If the project was created with cordova it will be easiest to create a new project with phonegap and then copy over the www and config.xml from the existing project. You will also have to add the plugins to this new project but still use cordova plugin add to do so.

Upvotes: 4

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