dynamic import support

[NickIliev]

@Serge-SDL commented on Tue Jul 16 2019

Hi,

I need to use some dynamic import in my app (importing js module from http or local device file), but it doesn't work.

I tried :
import(/* webpackIgnore: true */ file.path) -> got the error "Not supported"

and
System.import(file.path) -> got the error "Cannot find module '/path/to/file'" even if the file exists.

Is this situation expected? Is there an other way?
thanks for your help!

[Serge-SDL]

Hi @NickIliev ,
I think you can close this issue, I already opened a other on this nativescript-dev-webpack topic.
thanks

[sis0k0]

Hi @Serge-SDL, could you please verify that the file is actually present in the built application? The webpack compilation includes only files that are explicitly required in the source code or included by some webpack plugin. An easy way to copy static assets is by using the CopyWebpackPlugin:

nativescript-dev-webpack/demo/TypeScriptApp/webpack.config.js

Lines 237 to 241 in 3b120da

	new CopyWebpackPlugin([
	{ from: { glob: "fonts/**" } },
	{ from: { glob: "**/*.jpg" } },
	{ from: { glob: "**/*.png" } },
	], { ignore: [`${relative(appPath, appResourcesFullPath)}/**`] }),

[Serge-SDL]

@sis0k0
Thank you for your quick answer!
Actually for my test I create a file at runtime and try to import this file so I'm sure the file exists.
more details here: #989

[NickIliev]

Closing as a duplicate to #990 - please continue the discussion in the linked issue.

[rynop]

I think ^ meant #989 not 990