From de7e787283b1f9742993ef4033c8140d9f4d8eb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Kanev <pip3r4o@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:45:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] always attach console implementation on android

---
 tns-core-modules/globals/globals.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/globals/globals.ts b/tns-core-modules/globals/globals.ts
index dedfb4252..1e2e28b0e 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/globals/globals.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/globals/globals.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@ if ((<any>global).__snapshot) {
     registerOnGlobalContext("fetch", "fetch");
 }
 
-if (!(<any>global).console) {
+// check whether the 'android' namespace is exposed
+// if positive - the current device is an Android 
+// so a custom implementation of the global 'console' object is attached.
+// otherwise do nothing on iOS - the NS runtime provides a native 'console' functionality.
+if ((<any>global).android) {
     const consoleModule = require("console");
     (<any>global).console = new consoleModule.Console();
 }