I\'m using the latest ionic and have a simple select tag.
Although this is a late answer, I'm sure more people will end up here while searching for a solution to this issue.
By default in your app.js in .run() the hideKeyboardAccessoryBar is set to true, so just find
if (window.cordova && window.cordova.plugins.Keyboard) {
window.cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(true);
}
and change it to
if (window.cordova && window.cordova.plugins.Keyboard) {
window.cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(false);
}