cordovahybrid-mobile-appios9-today-widget

How to add today view extension for a Cordova app for iOS9? [Swift]


I followed this tutorial for creating a today view extension. It works for a native Xcode 7.3 iOS 9 based app but when I try to follow the same steps for Cordova app. I get build error.

/Users/MAC/Desktop/RWS/RAD/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]/platforms/ios/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]/Bridging-Header.h:28:9: note: in file included from /Users/MAC/Desktop/RWS/RAD/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]/platforms/ios/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]/Bridging-Header.h:28:
#import <Cordova/CDV.h>
        ^
/Users/MAC/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]-ggabeceockqrdjbqfzogiakufhxo/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/include/Cordova/CDV.h:20:9: note: in file included from /Users/MAC/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]-ggabeceockqrdjbqfzogiakufhxo/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/include/Cordova/CDV.h:20:
#import "CDVAvailability.h"
        ^
/Users/MAC/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]-ggabeceockqrdjbqfzogiakufhxo/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/include/Cordova/CDVAvailability.h:20:9: error: 'CDVAvailabilityDeprecated.h' file not found
#import "CDVAvailabilityDeprecated.h"
        ^
<unknown>:0: error: failed to import bridging header '/Users/MAC/Desktop/RWS/RAD/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]/platforms/ios/[CORDOVA_APP_NAME]/Bridging-Header.h'

Solution

  • I recently solved this by creating a cordova-plugin which adds a (already implemented) today widget to the cordova-ios project: see my answer here