Why cordova is not defined in Android Emulator Live-Reload?

i am using ionic v1 with live reload in emulator, but cannot run these native plugins.
is it normal for v1? or is it just working for ionic v2 & v3?

ionic info is:

cli packages: (/usr/local/lib/node_modules)

    @ionic/cli-utils  : 1.19.2
    ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.20.0

global packages:

    cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0 
    Gulp CLI              : CLI version 3.9.1 Local version 3.9.1

local packages:

    Cordova Platforms : android 7.0.0 ios 4.5.4
    Ionic Framework   : ionic1 1.3.3

System:

    Node  : v8.11.1
    npm   : 5.6.0 
    OS    : macOS High Sierra
    Xcode : Xcode 9.3.1 Build version 9E501 

Environment Variables:

    ANDROID_HOME : not set

Misc:

    backend : pro

thanks!