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Cordova support detected already. Aborting.

Error message

Cordova support detected already. Aborting.

What it means

`quasar mode add cordova` detects that Cordova support is already present in the project. It skips re-scaffolding and, unless running silently, prints this warning; if a target was supplied it will still ensure deps and add that platform.

Source

Thrown at app-vite/lib/modes/cordova/cordova-installation.js:43

    pkg: { appPkg }
  } = ctx

  if (isModeInstalled(appPaths, 'cordova')) {
    ensureWWW({ appPaths, forced: true })

    if (!fse.existsSync(appPaths.resolve.cordova('package.json'))) {
      warn(
        '/src-cordova/package.json not found. Your setup seems broken. Please remove Cordova support and add it again.'
      )
      warn()
      process.exit(1)
    }

    if (target) {
      await ensureModeDeps('cordova', ctx)
      await addPlatform(appPaths, target)
    } else if (silent !== true) {
      warn('Cordova support detected already. Aborting.')
    }

    return
  }

  const appName = appPkg.productName || appPkg.name || 'Quasar App'

  if (/^[0-9]/.test(appName)) {
    warn(
      'App product name cannot start with a number. ' +
        'Please change the "productName" prop in your /package.json then try again.'
    )
    return
  }

  const promptSession = await createPromptSession('Installing Cordova Mode...')

  const answer = {

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Solutions

1. Skip the add step — Cordova is already available; use quasar dev -m cordova or quasar build -m cordova -T android.
2. To add a specific platform to the existing setup, run quasar mode add cordova with a target (e.g. -T ios) or `cd src-cordova && cordova platform add ios`.
3. For a clean slate, remove support first (quasar mode remove cordova / delete src-cordova) and re-add.

const fs = require('fs');
const alreadyInstalled = fs.existsSync('src-cordova');
if (!alreadyInstalled) require('child_process').execSync('quasar mode add cordova', { stdio: 'inherit' });

When it happens

Trigger: addMode in cordova-installation.js called when isModeInstalled(appPaths,'cordova') is true and target is falsy and silent!==true — e.g. plain `quasar mode add cordova` on a project with an existing src-cordova setup.

Common situations: Scripted setup run twice; teammate already added Cordova; following an old tutorial step out of order.

Related errors

• Capacitor support detected already. Aborting.
• Wrong number of parameters (${argv._.length}).
• Unknown action specified (${action}).
• AppDelegate.m not found. Your App will revoke the devserver'
• Please report the cordova CLI version and cordova-ios packag

AI-assisted analysis of quasarframework/quasar@4841521b5f (2026-08-30). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a5532cf1bcf07cb4. Report an issue: GitHub.