Add check for newer versions of cocoapods, avoid checking synced repo…

… as those use CDN.

bin/templates/scripts/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const Q = require('q');
 const shell = require('shelljs');
 const util = require('util');
 const versions = require('./versions');
+const semver = require('semver');
 
 const SUPPORTED_OS_PLATFORMS = [ 'darwin' ];
 
@@ -121,15 +122,23 @@ module.exports.check_cocoapods = function (toolChecker) {
         // check whether the cocoapods repo has been synced through `pod repo` command
         // a value of '0 repos' means it hasn't been synced
         .then(function (toolOptions) {
+            let podVersion = shell.exec('pod --version', { silent: true });
+            if (podVersion && podVersion.output) {
+                const version = podVersion.output.trim();
+                // starting with 1.8.0 cocoapods now use cdn and we dont need to sync first
+                if ((semver.valid(version) && semver.gte(version, '1.8.0')) || toolOptions.ignore) {
+                    return toolOptions;
+                }
+            }
             let code = shell.exec('pod repo | grep -e "^0 repos"', { silent: true }).code;
             let repoIsSynced = (code !== 0);
 
             if (toolOptions.ignore || repoIsSynced) {
                 // return check_cocoapods_repo_size();
                 // we could check the repo size above, but it takes too long.
-                return Q.resolve(toolOptions);
+                return toolOptions;
             } else {
-                return Q.reject(COCOAPODS_NOT_SYNCED_MESSAGE);
+                return Promise.reject(COCOAPODS_NOT_SYNCED_MESSAGE);
             }
         });
 };