Cannot find type definition file for '@types'

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hi,

I am trying to build my app with the --prod flag.

ionic cordova build android --verbose --prod

However, when I do, I get the error:

typescript error 
            Cannot find type definition file for '@types'. 

[17:12:58]  ionic-app-script task: "build" 
[17:12:58]  Error: Failed to transpile TypeScript 
Error: Failed to transpile TypeScript

The app builds fine in release, but not prod.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

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Are you missing @types altogether on your project?

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3

I have the same error now, but yesterday the build --prod was working :frowning:

4

Same error here… we changed nothing and this error popped up on friday :confused:

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Hi,

ionic-app-script was recently updated producing this error.

As a workaround, you can lock its version in your package.json to the last working one:

"@ionic/app-scripts": "3.2.3",

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Thank you! That solved my error! :hugs:

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Ah, great thanks. This has sorted the issue. Shame the package testing isn’t up to scratch…

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Noting that it won’t work globally, so npm i @ionic/app-scripts@3.2.3 only should work =)

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it worked for me.
the problems i spent days on, solved! thank you

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just editing the package.json didn’t change anything.
i ran npm i @ionic/app-scripts@3.2.3 command and it solved.
thanks to @luciojb

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Better still, you can use the latest app scripts still if you add this to your tsconfig.json file:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "types": [
      "node"
    ]
  },
  ...
}

This might depend on your project @types but give it a go, worked for me.

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thanks it works fine

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Gracias esto resolvio mi problema, no olviden luego de actualizar el packge.json hacer npm install

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Think this is the way to go. It worked for me without locking to an older version of app-script

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it works for me…!

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i get the following error:

typescript error
            Cannot find type definition file for 'node'.
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It seems you don’t have the @types/node type definitions in your project, I didn’t expressly install them on mine either, I assumed they were one of Ionic’s dependencies, maybe run npm i and try run it again after that to make sure they’re installed.

Edit - I believe @types/node is one of the app-scripts dependencies.

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Thanks, works with npm i @ionic/app-scripts@3.2.3

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Should work with latest, must be something different between your project and mine.

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Like @sbrazell I don’t think downgrading is the option. Many thanks @sbrazell!
My project uses several types like:

"devDependencies": {
        "@ionic/app-scripts": "^3.2.4",
        "@types/crypto-js": "^3.1.43",
        "@types/jquery": "^3.3.31",
        "@types/moment-timezone": "^0.5.12",
        ...
},

I had the problem described in this topic with the version 3.2.4 of the app-scripts.
Fixed by adding to the types definition, but still reference them on devDependencies as above, and it worked. My types look like this:

"types": [
    "crypto-js",
    "jquery",
    "moment-timezone"
],

ps: jQuery hmmmm eclectic project. but still works with this fix.

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