Trying to add a 3rd party local plugin but getting an error

[Nick_F_2]

I'm trying to add a 3rd party plugin. I have downloaded locally but get an error trying to load it.

The error is An unknown issue occurred during the plugin operation:{}

The plugin is in a folder called Flashlight-PhoneGap-Plugin-master in my plugins folder.

I'm using XDK 2496

Also try the Github versions using the URL and get this error

Plugin Version Not Found

https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Flashlight-PhoneGap-Plugin.git#nl.x-services.plugins.flashlight

https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Flashlight-PhoneGap-Plugin.git

[Gary_H_2]

With the latest XDK you can put plugins you downloaded manually at the same level as www. When you tell XDK about them it copies them into the plugins folder itself.

[Nick_F_2]

I have also tried downloading from the cordova plugin repository with nl.x-services.plugins.flashlight and XDK just sits there saying please be patient fetching your plugin, fetch plugin contents.

Its been downloading for 10 mins now and nothing.

[Gary_H_2]

Yeah, did that for me on one of my plugins when I upgraded to this version of the XDK. After about 30 mins of being patient I wasn't and killed the XDK. On a restart it seemed to have loaded ok anyway although I got a few of those dialogs where you have to choose between project and directory versions of the plugins.

[Amrita_C_Intel]

Hello,

Did you try to add plugin locally after you downloaded?  

I tried to add this plugin through git repo option under third party plugin. Before building  I changed the Cordova CLI  version from 4.1.2 to 5.1.1. And it worked for me.

[Nick_F_2]

Did the same as Gary H above, seems this version struggles to load plugins and a kill and restart seems the only way to sort out the problem when a dialog appears after the restart to choose between project and directory versions of the plugins.

[Rakshith_K_Intel]

@Nick which version of Cordova CLI are you using to build the app?  "Project settings - > Build settings"

I added this plugin with git URL and was able to build with CLI v 4.1.2, but failed with 5.1.1; I think this plugin is not compatible with CLI v 5.x maybe.

[Gary_H_2]

My local plugins won't build anymore with CLI 5.1.1 so that's not an option for me.

[Gary_H_2]

My plugins only build with CLI 4.1.2 and Crosswalk 12. Before CLI 3.5 went away they used to build with Crosswalk 14 but not anymore.

[PaulF_IntelCorp]

Please see this note, it might be consistent with your issue: https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-xdk/topic/594401