Ionic / bower / cordova - ignore files for build

Question

My project structure is the following:

MyApp
  - hooks
  - platforms
     - android
     - ios
  - www
    - js / css / templates..
    - lib (including all bowe         


        

Answer 1

According to Cordova workflow you can add a hook script that removes unnecessary files. A detailed example of a cleanup script can be found here: https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/2015/01/hooks-apache-cordova-mobile-applications/

But to give a quick step by step summary:

Add to the after_prepare hook folder (/hooks/after_prepare) a script (01_junk_cleanup.js - 01 to be run first, the rest whatever you want) and in the file specify the files and folders you want to delete. For example, here is how you can delete a test folder and relevant files just change to you lib directory and to the files there. Note that this example is a bit different from the example in the link i gave earlier so you might want to take a look there as well.

01_junk_cleanup.js:

#!/usr/bin/env node

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');

var foldersToProcess = [
    "js",
    "css"

];

var foldersToDelete = [
    "test"
];

var filesToDelete = [
    "karmaOnBrowser.conf.js",
    "karmaOnEmulators.conf.js",
    "SpecRunner.html"
];

var iosPlatformsDir = "platforms/ios/www/";
var androidPlatformsDir = "platforms/android/assets/www/";

filesToDelete.forEach(function(file) {
    var filePathIOS = iosPlatformsDir + file;
    var filePathAndroid = androidPlatformsDir + file;
    if(fs.existsSync(filePathIOS)){
        fs.unlinkSync(filePathIOS);
    };
    if(fs.existsSync(filePathAndroid)){
        fs.unlinkSync(filePathAndroid);
    };
});

foldersToProcess.forEach(function(folder) {
    processFiles(iosPlatformsDir + folder);
    processFiles(androidPlatformsDir + folder);
});

foldersToDelete.forEach(function(folder) {
    deleteFolderRecursive(iosPlatformsDir + folder);
    deleteFolderRecursive(androidPlatformsDir + folder);
});

function deleteFolderRecursive(path){
    if( fs.existsSync(path) ) {
         fs.readdirSync(path).forEach(function(file,index){
             var curPath = path + "/" + file;
             if(fs.lstatSync(curPath).isDirectory()) { // recurse
                deleteFolderRecursive(curPath);
             } else { // delete file
                fs.unlinkSync(curPath);
             }
         });
         fs.rmdirSync(path);
    }
}

function processFiles(dir) {
    fs.readdir(dir, function(err, list) {
        if(err) {
            console.log('processFiles err: ' + err);
            return;
        }
        list.forEach(function(file) {
            file = dir + '/' + file;
            fs.stat(file, function(err, stat) {
                if(!stat.isDirectory()) {
                    switch(path.basename(file)) {
                        case ".DS_Store":
                            fs.unlink(file, function(error) {
                                console.log("Removed file " + file);
                            });
                            break;
                        case "Thumbs.db":
                            fs.unlink(file, function(error) {
                                console.log("Removed file " + file);
                            });
                            break;
                        default:
                            console.log("Skipping file " + file);
                            break;
                    }
                }
            });
        });
    });
}

Aside to above, A bit more obvious but I feel worth mentioning anyhow, After having the www/lib bloat as well I always try to keep the folder lean and add only libraries required for deployment, the other dev. dependencies such as jasmine I either hold in the 'node_modules' folder or 'bower_components' as I only install today through them.

Hope this helps, Good luck