One of my debugging tools when something doesn't seem to work as expected on iOS is to tell NativeScript to output the metadata while it is building the application. The easiest way to do it is: TNS_DEBUG_METADATA_PATH="$(pwd)/metadata" tns build ios This will create a metadata-xxxx folder (where xxx is the platform) in the root of… Continue reading NativeScript: iOS Tip - See the Metadata & typings .d.ts files generated for your Cocoapod Plugin