title: Ionic Native with console log from ionic cordova run ios -c
body: <p>I have searched all over to get this answer but nothing works.
  I am building an iPad app in Ionic 2 that uses various native plugins.
  I want to be able to test the native features and observe the console logs but nothing gets logged, using either the ios emulator or an iPad device.
  Ideally I also want livereload but I'll take what I can get.</p>
  
  <p>I eventually got to display console logs in Xcode but that involves running</p>
  
  <pre><code>cordova platform prepare
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>then running the process from Xcode manually every time I make a single edit. This takes much longer than </p>
  
  <pre><code>ionic cordova run ios --target="iPad-Air" -c
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why can I not just see the logs when I use run?
  I have looked at where it says the console.log file is saved to but no file gets created. I created the file myself and gave it full 777 permissions and still nothing.</p>
  
  <p>ionic info:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cli packages: (/usr/local/lib/node_modules)
      @ionic/cli-utils  : 1.19.0
      ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.19.0
  global packages:
      cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0
  local packages:
      @ionic/app-scripts : 3.0.1
      Cordova Platforms  : browser 5.0.3 ios 4.5.2
      Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.7.1
  System:
      ios-deploy : 1.9.2
      Node       : v8.8.0
      npm        : 5.4.2
      OS         : macOS High Sierra
      Xcode      : Xcode 9.2 Build version 9C40b
  Environment Variables:
      ANDROID_HOME : not set
  Misc:
      backend : pro
  </code></pre>