went to change the CLI version from 4 to 5 XDK went to upgrade my plugins and I now get this error
I do have this directory and the plugin is there, so I'm thinking that this message is bogus and there is a different issue at foot here.
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Those SDK version numbers being cited by Raymond Xie, the author of this AdMob plugin, in his github repo, are for the version of the AdMob SDK that he is using, not for the version of Xcode required to use the SDK. As far as I can tell, Xcode 7 is not required to use that SDK. Their doc page (which is no guarantee) says the SDK requires Xcode 5.1 or higher (https://developers.google.com/admob/ios/quick-start).
I don't see any mention in their SDK release notes that indicate a need for another version of Xcode: https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/rel-notes#ios
The error message you cite is definitely the source of the problem. I wonder if a few versions back would work. Unfortunately, most of these guys do a lousy job of tagging or publishing releases in their github repos, so you have to guess... I see he changed how the iOS versions of the AdMob SDK was added to the project here: https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro/commit/94a31660d1bb35337e3430e2608b7710ea4d882a#diff-8bf93e7deb9111d18c5b7588733af1ee, in Feb of this year, but all the versions he's posted in NPM are newer than that date, so I would guess that none of the NPM versions will work, but I'm speculating. You might try a few of the older versions to see if you get the same results. Here's the list of versions for both that he publishes on NPM:
$ npm show cordova-plugin-admobpro
{ name: 'cordova-plugin-admobpro',
description: 'Ultimate Cordova Plugin for Google AdMob and DFP to monetize hybrid apps. Show mobile Ad with single line of JavaScript. Compatible with Cordova CLI, PhoneGap Build, Intel XDK/Crosswalk, Google ChromeApp, Ionic, Meteor, etc.',
'dist-tags': { latest: '2.9.9' },
versions:
[ '2.7.7',
'2.7.8',
'2.8.0',
'2.8.1',
'2.8.2',
'2.8.3',
'2.9.0',
'2.9.1',
'2.9.2',
'2.9.3',
'2.9.4',
'2.9.5',
'2.9.6',
'2.9.7',
'2.9.8',
'2.9.9' ],
maintainers: 'floatinghotpot <rjfun.mobile@gmail.com>',
time:
{ modified: '2015-11-02T04:09:17.071Z',
created: '2015-04-23T03:59:26.550Z',
'2.7.5': '2015-04-23T03:59:26.550Z',
'2.7.6': '2015-04-23T04:58:15.857Z',
'2.7.7': '2015-04-25T13:11:53.749Z',
'2.7.8': '2015-06-02T03:05:20.349Z',
'2.8.0': '2015-06-04T10:16:09.271Z',
'2.8.1': '2015-06-09T08:04:36.064Z',
'2.8.2': '2015-06-16T02:30:37.655Z',
'2.8.3': '2015-06-17T03:49:34.296Z',
'2.9.0': '2015-09-04T04:57:48.686Z',
'2.9.1': '2015-09-10T05:35:16.050Z',
'2.9.2': '2015-09-10T06:48:03.713Z',
'2.9.3': '2015-09-27T13:45:44.471Z',
'2.9.4': '2015-09-27T17:06:43.986Z',
'2.9.5': '2015-09-28T03:25:36.041Z',
'2.9.6': '2015-09-28T09:38:44.974Z',
'2.9.7': '2015-09-29T02:20:08.263Z',
'2.9.8': '2015-10-02T14:11:21.397Z',
'2.9.9': '2015-11-02T04:09:17.071Z' },
homepage: 'https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro#readme',
keywords: [ 'cordova', 'ecosystem:cordova', 'ad', 'admob', 'google', 'rjfun' ],
repository:
{ type: 'git',
url: 'git+https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro.git' },
author: 'Liming Xie',
bugs: { url: 'https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro/issues' },
license: 'MIT',
readmeFilename: 'README.md',
users:
{ floatinghotpot: true,
joemdavis: true,
mahnuh: true,
cgomez: true },
version: '2.9.9',
cordova:
{ id: 'cordova-plugin-admobpro',
platforms: [ 'android', 'ios', 'amazon-fireos', 'wp8', 'windows' ] },
gitHead: 'e9f3936480dd018d8ae2b9d9004592bf1e11c3c1',
scripts: {},
dist:
{ shasum: '59545e1d09d6bc6bb49ac642149a91fcf6864860',
tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/cordova-plugin-admobpro/-/cordova-plugin-admobpro-2.9.9.tgz' },
directories: {} }
and
$ npm show cordova-plugin-admob
{ name: 'cordova-plugin-admob',
description: 'Cordova Plugin for Google AdMob and DFP Ads',
'dist-tags': { latest: '2.9.9' },
versions: [ '2.7.7', '2.7.8', '2.8.2', '2.9.0', '2.9.7', '2.9.8', '2.9.9' ],
maintainers: 'floatinghotpot <rjfun.mobile@gmail.com>',
time:
{ modified: '2015-11-02T04:13:00.252Z',
created: '2015-04-24T02:54:45.729Z',
'2.1.7': '2015-04-24T02:54:45.729Z',
'2.1.8': '2015-04-24T03:12:12.643Z',
'2.1.9': '2015-04-24T03:13:33.551Z',
'2.7.6': '2015-04-25T10:49:44.007Z',
'2.7.7': '2015-04-25T11:00:48.844Z',
'2.7.8': '2015-06-02T04:04:26.436Z',
'2.8.2': '2015-06-17T03:15:34.084Z',
'2.9.0': '2015-09-04T04:59:13.459Z',
'2.9.7': '2015-09-29T02:31:47.606Z',
'2.9.8': '2015-10-02T14:12:53.874Z',
'2.9.9': '2015-11-02T04:13:00.252Z' },
homepage: 'https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro#readme',
keywords: [ 'cordova', 'ecosystem:cordova', 'ad', 'admob', 'google', 'rjfun' ],
repository:
{ type: 'git',
url: 'git+https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro.git' },
author: 'Liming Xie',
bugs: { url: 'https://github.com/floatinghotpot/cordova-admob-pro/issues' },
license: 'MIT',
readmeFilename: 'README.md',
version: '2.9.9',
cordova:
{ id: 'cordova-plugin-admob',
platforms: [ 'android', 'ios', 'amazon-fireos', 'wp8', 'windows' ] },
gitHead: '6b68619a1077319693e8e1656e79c55d0a9388f8',
scripts: {},
dist:
{ shasum: '176a968fd83a150a293229dcfb8c0fe40a779294',
tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/cordova-plugin-admob/-/cordova-plugin-admob-2.9.9.tgz' },
directories: {} }
As far as I can tell, from his docs. the second one is meant to deal with differences in Android build systems (ANT versus GRADLE), so the iOS versions of the those plugins may be identical. I would try, for example, the oldest version in those lists, a middle version, etc. to see if you can hit something that builds...
Otherwise, there are others, try this search and you'll see: https://cordova.apache.org/plugins/?q=admob You can add them as third-party plugins from the Cordova registry. For example, if you wanted to try this one > https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-admob (I have no idea if it is any good):
Be sure to remove the existing AdMob plugin from your project before adding this one.
