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Sending email in an Ionic application results in the following error: TypeError: $ cordovaEmailComposer.isAvailable is not a function

I am working on an Ionic Android / iOS application that will primarily be used to scan barcodes, and then send an attachment containing all the checks to a distribution group in a CSV file (.txt). This application uses the ngCordova + Cordova Email Composer plugin (cordova-plugin-email-composer) to work with email. After starting sending email in Android (6.0.1 on Nexus 5), I get the following console error:

TypeError: $ cordovaEmailComposer.isAvailable is not a function

All other processes work correctly (for example, the correct generation of file paths, formatting and generation of attachments) and the plug-in for the ngCordova + Cordova barcode plug-in (phonegap-plug-barcodescanner) function correctly.

I had some problems with Cordova Email Composer v0.8.3, always returning "false" on .isAvailable () on Android, however I successfully worked on this using v0.8.2. This new issue occurs in both versions.

Below is the part of the Angular service that contains the problem code. scanData- This is a simple service that temporarily contains scanned information, including paths and an array of all scans. processFile- this is a service that processes all file processing (for example, saves, downloads, deletes, dynamically generates a file name, determines the correct path to the file).

angular
    .module('app')
    .factory('emailService', ['$ionicPlatform', '$ionicPopup', '$ionicHistory', '$cordovaEmailComposer', 'scanData', 'processFile', emailService]);

function emailService($ionicPlatform, $ionicPopup, $cordovaEmailComposer, $ionicHistory, scanData, processFile) {
  var path = scanData.filePath,
      file = scanData.fileName;

    var service = {
    send: send
  };

  return service;

//------------------------------

  /**
   * Send email
   */
  function send() {
    processFile.save('csv')
      .then(function () {
        console.info('CSV file saved.');

        sendEmail();

      }, function (error) {
        console.error(error);
        //TODO: handle failed save attempt
      });
  }

  /**
   * Invoke cordova email composer to open email client and create pre-defined draft with attachment.
   */
  function sendEmail() {
    console.info('Sending email...');

    $ionicPlatform.ready(function () {
      $cordovaEmailComposer
        .isAvailable()    //ERROR OCCURS HERE
        .then(function () {
          console.info('Email app available.');

          var attachmentPath = getAttachmentPath();

          console.info('Attachment path: ' + attachmentPath);

          var email = {
            to: 'foo@bar.com',
            attachments: [ attachmentPath ],
            subject: 'Incoming Scan',
            body: 'See attached.'
          };

          $cordovaEmailComposer
            .open(email)
            .then(null, function () {
              clearDataPopup();
            });

        }, function () {
          console.warn('Email app not available.');
        });
    });
  }

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.factory('emailService', ['$ionicPlatform', '$ionicPopup', '$ionicHistory', '$cordovaEmailComposer', 'scanData', 'processFile', emailService]);
                                                      //VVVVV//this was missing
  function emailService($ionicPlatform, $ionicPopup, $ionicHistory, $cordovaEmailComposer, $ionicHistory, scanData, processFile) {

- $cordovaEmailComposer $ionicHistory

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