Ionic 2 RC0 Pre-Populated databases

[jgw96]

From @iursevla on October 9, 2016 8:40

In ionic beta 11 i would put the pre-populated database on /www folder and use cordova-sqlite-ext plugin with options:

let options = { name: 'myDatabase.db', existingDatabase: true };

Now in RC0, it won't work because everytime we run (ionic run...) the www folder is overwritten.
I tried to put it on /src OR in /src/assets but with no luck in both cases.

So, where should i put pre-populated databases in ionic 2 RC0 ?

Copied from original issue: ionic-team/ionic-framework#8583

[jgw96]

From @stellasoft-charlie on October 10, 2016 8:40

Ionic supports writing custom config files - https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-app-scripts#custom-config-files .
This will let you write your own js file where you can declare everything you would like to copy over into the www directory.
create a file along side your package.json called for example, copy.config.js , inside this add the following:

module.exports = {
include: [
{
src: 'src/assets/',
dest: 'www/assets/'
},
{
src: 'src/index.html',
dest: 'www/index.html'
},
{
src: 'src/uki.db',
dest: 'www/uki.db'
},
{
src: 'src/service-worker.js',
dest: 'www/service-worker.js'
},
{
src: 'node_modules/ionic-angular/polyfills/polyfills.js',
dest: 'www/build/polyfills.js'
},
{
src: 'node_modules/ionicons/dist/fonts/',
dest: 'www/assets/fonts/'
},
]
};
`

Then in your package.json add a config option with the following.

"config": {
"ionic_copy": "./copy.config.js"
},

Put the pre-populated DB in the src folder and it will copy it over along with the rest of the files

[jgw96]

Hello! Thanks for opening an issue with us! As this seems like more of a support question i will urge that you ask this question on our forum and take a look at the app-scripts docs. Thanks for using Ionic!

[jgw96]

Hello! I am going to reopen this issue and move it to the app-scripts repo. We are reviewing the current setup where www is treated as a throw away directory and I will use this issue to post our findings. Thanks!

[iursevla]

Hello! Thanks for opening an issue with us! As this seems like more of a support question i will urge that you ask this question on our forum and take a look at the app-scripts docs. Thanks for using Ionic!

I did ask the question on ionic forum but did not get any reply. So after waiting some time i decided to create an issue here.

Hello! I am going to reopen this issue and move it to the app-scripts repo. We are reviewing the current setup where www is treated as a throw away directory and I will use this issue to post our findings. Thanks!

Thanks for taking your time to review this issue.

[danbucholtz]

We have changed the behavior here. Only the www/build directory will be deleted now, so putting it in some location within www should work.

Please let me know if this solves your problem. I'll re-open the issue if needed.

Thanks,
Dan

[iursevla]

Yes it won't remove the database now, it solves the problem. I can't make it work(my database request) but i guess is something to do with cordova-sqlite-ext plugin.

[brandyscarney]

This issue was moved to ionic-team/ionic-framework#12879

[brandyscarney]

Sorry, wrong issue moved!