angular-seed-advanced: NativeScript AoT build fails

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Current behavior:

When I tried to run iOS build from clear seed, first I got the same error as described in second post of issue #369:

Running webpack for ios… /Users/jcarneiro/Downloads/angular-seed-advanced-master/nativescript/webpack.common.js:73 new nsWebpack.ExcludeUnusedElementsPlugin(), ^

TypeError: nsWebpack.ExcludeUnusedElementsPlugin is not a constructor

Then after commenting ExcludeUnusedElementsPlugin out (as suggested in #372) the build failed on:

ERROR in Error encountered resolving symbol values statically. Calling function ‘ɵmakeDecorator’, function calls are not supported. Consider replacing the function or lambda with a reference to an exported function, resolving symbol Injectable in /Users/danielkucal/Applications/Angular2/angular-seed-advanced/nativescript/node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/@angular/core/core.d.ts, resolving symbol ɵf in /Users/danielkucal/Applications/Angular2/angular-seed-advanced/nativescript/node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/@angular/core/core.d.ts, resolving symbol ɵf in /Users/danielkucal/Applications/Angular2/angular-seed-advanced/nativescript/node_modules/nativescript-angular/node_modules/@angular/core/core.d.ts

ERROR in ./app.aot.ts Module not found: Error: Can’t resolve ‘./native.module.ngfactory’ in ‘/Users/danielkucal/Applications/Angular2/angular-seed-advanced/nativescript/app’ @ ./app.aot.ts 3:0-66 child process exited with code 2

npm ERR! Darwin 16.5.0 npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.7.4/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “run” “ns-bundle” “–ios” “–start-app” npm ERR! node v7.7.4 npm ERR! npm v4.1.2 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! angular-seed-advanced@0.0.0 ns-bundle: ns-bundle npm ERR! Exit status 2 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the angular-seed-advanced@0.0.0 ns-bundle script ‘ns-bundle’. npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the angular-seed-advanced package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! ns-bundle npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs angular-seed-advanced npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls angular-seed-advanced npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Users/danielkucal/Applications/Angular2/angular-seed-advanced/nativescript/npm-debug.log

npm ERR! Darwin 16.5.0 npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.7.4/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “run” “start-ios-bundle” npm ERR! node v7.7.4 npm ERR! npm v4.1.2 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! angular-seed-advanced@0.0.0 start-ios-bundle: npm run ns-bundle --ios --start-app npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the angular-seed-advanced@0.0.0 start-ios-bundle script ‘npm run ns-bundle --ios --start-app’. npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the angular-seed-advanced package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! npm run ns-bundle --ios --start-app npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs angular-seed-advanced npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls angular-seed-advanced npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Users/danielkucal/Applications/Angular2/angular-seed-advanced/nativescript/npm-debug.log

npm ERR! Darwin 16.5.0 npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/Cellar/node/7.7.4/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “run” “build.ios” npm ERR! node v7.7.4 npm ERR! npm v4.1.2 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! angular-seed-advanced@0.0.0 build.ios: gulp build.prod.tns && cd nativescript && npm run start-ios-bundle npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the angular-seed-advanced@0.0.0 build.ios script ‘gulp build.prod.tns && cd nativescript && npm run start-ios-bundle’. npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the angular-seed-advanced package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! gulp build.prod.tns && cd nativescript && npm run start-ios-bundle npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs angular-seed-advanced npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls angular-seed-advanced npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Users/danielkucal/Applications/Angular2/angular-seed-advanced/npm-debug.log What is worth to note, file nativescript/app/native.module.ngfactory wasn’t created at all.

Expected behavior:

I think the build should pass. Running npm run start.ios works. tns build ios also seems to work.

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions

1. Clone the repo
2. npm install
3. npm run build.ios

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?

I don’t know, just think the world would be better if it work.

Please tell us about your environment:

MacOS Sierra 10.12.4 npm@4.1.2 node@7.7.4 tns@2.5.4

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