ionic cordova build

Use Cordova to build for Android and iOS platform targets

ionic cordova build [options]

Like running cordova build directly, ionic cordova build also builds web assets from ionic build and provides friendly checks for Android and iOS platforms.

To pass additional options to the Cordova CLI, use the -- separator after the Ionic CLI arguments.

The Cordova CLI requires a separator for platform-specific arguments for Android builds, so an additional separator is required for the Ionic CLI, but it is not required for iOS builds. See the example commands for usage with separators. To avoid using flags, consider using --buildConfig with a build.json file.

Examples

$ ionic cordova build android
$ ionic cordova build android --buildConfig=build.json
$ ionic cordova build android --prod --release -- -- --gradleArg=-PcdvBuildMultipleApks=true
$ ionic cordova build android --prod --release -- -- --keystore=filename.keystore --alias=myalias
$ ionic cordova build android --prod --release -- -- --minSdkVersion=21
$ ionic cordova build android --prod --release -- -- --versionCode=55
$ ionic cordova build android --prod --release --buildConfig=build.json
$ ionic cordova build ios
$ ionic cordova build ios --buildConfig=build.json
$ ionic cordova build ios --prod --release
$ ionic cordova build ios --prod --release -- --developmentTeam="ABCD" --codeSignIdentity="iPhone Developer" --packageType="app-store"
$ ionic cordova build ios --prod --release --buildConfig=build.json

Inputs

platform
Description	The platform to build (e.g. android, ios)

Options

--no-build
Description	Do not invoke an Ionic build
--debug
Description	Mark as a debug build
--release
Description	Mark as a release build
--device
Description	Deploy build to a device
--emulator
Description	Deploy build to an emulator
--prod
Description	Flag to use the production configuration

Advanced Options

--buildConfig =<file>
Description	Use the specified build configuration
--configuration =<conf>
Description	Specify the configuration to use.
Aliases	-c
--source-map
Description	Output source maps