EPIC-2335: Cordova hook to strip the x86_64 architecture from the iOS framework

[eddyfrank]

Example for the automation of step https://docs.scanbot.io/barcode-scanner-sdk/cordova/barcode-scanner/#ios
(based on customer issues and questions)

[eddyfrank]

@marcosaia1812 BTW, why don't we switch to "lockfileVersion": 2 in the package-lock.json ?

[marcosaia1812]

@marcosaia1812 BTW, why don't we switch to "lockfileVersion": 2 in the package-lock.json ?

@eddyfrank

For the lock file lockfileVersion we know this:

Version 1: used by npm v5 and v6.
Version 2: used by npm v7; backwards compatible
Version 3: used by npm v7, not backwards compatible

Cordova's framework depends on node-sass ^4.0.0

We cannot update to NPM v7 because of this:

NodeJS | Supported node-sass version
Node 17 | 7.0+
Node 16 | 6.0+
Node 15 | 5.0+, <7.0
Node 14 | 4.14+
Node 13 | 4.13+, <5.0
Node 12 | 4.12+
Node 11 | 4.10+, <5.0
Node 10 | 4.9+, <6.0
Node 8 | 4.5.3+, <5.0
Node <8 | <5.0 | <57

This means we can only go up to Node 14, which comes with NPM v6.14 and lockfileVersion = 1

This is my setup now:

~ %  $ npm --version
6.14.11
~ %  $ node --version
v14.15.5

Source:
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/configuring-npm/package-lock-json#lockfileversion
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-sass
https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/