deviceready not fired after 5 seconds Cordova

I get this console message

deviceready has not fired after 5 seconds.

Channel not fired: onPluginsReady

Channel not fired: onCordovaReady

when I use the following ionic code snippet.

ionic.Platform.ready(function(){
    // will execute when device is ready, or immediately if the device is already ready.
    // some code here. I am making calls to sqlite cordova plugin
});

The control never goes inside the ionic.Platform.ready function. Funny thing is that my code works on android devices but don't work on iOS devices.

I have tried doing a lot of stuff so far. I have tried following the troubleshooting given in this link. http://ift.tt/1LmWYij

The following is my configuration

Cordova version 5.3.1

Ionic version 1.6.4