Native: tried accessing the FileTransfer plugin but it's not installed

Ionic Native
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Hi,
I have a problem with the Ionic Native FileTransfer Plugin. I want to use it to download Images from a server. I have installed everything a is it mentioned in the docs. But when I run it on my ios Simulator, it comes a warning that it is not installed.

I am not reaching this part of the code. I neither get the “download complete” nor the “error” message on the console.

const fileTransfer: FileTransferObject = this.transfer.create();
fileTransfer.download(url, this.file.dataDirectory + item.title).then((entry) => {
                                  console.log('download complete: ' + entry.toURL());
                                }, (error) => {
                                  console.log("error");
                                })

Here you can see the console output from my ios Simulator.

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And here you can see, that the plugin is installed.

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Do I have to install it separately for my ios Simulator?

I am using ionic 3.8.1 on a Mac with macOS Sierra.

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Do you see it when you type cordova plugin in the command line?

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Where exactly did you place the code you posted?
What is your ionic info output?

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This is my ionic info output:

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does it matter, where I use this code?

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I probably wouldn’t ask for it if it wouldn’t, would I?

My guess: You are running this code before the platform is ready.

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yes.

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indeed I did. After you said, that it does matter where I use the code, I found out that I call the function in the constructor of app component. I changed it to:

initializeApp() {
    this.platform.ready().then(() => {
      // Okay, so the platform is ready and our plugins are available.
      // Here you can do any higher level native things you might need.
      this.dataService.checkLastUpdate();
    });
  }

And now it works. Thanks for the hint!

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