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This article explains how to update Cordova CLI, Cordova Platforms and Cordova Plugins in your project.
cordovaIf your project is not on the newest version of Cordova CLI, platforms or plugins there is a pretty good chance your setup will not work with current mobile platform tools like Xcode for iOS or Android Studio, Gradle or Android SDK for Android.
Any errors or problem you are getting might be from your app - or just because you are using an outdated Cordova setup. Updating everything to the most recent stable versions excludes this as a source for errors and makes debugging much easier.
If you don’t have any problems right now, you can still invest the time now to update Cordova to make sure it doesn’t break when you are under pressure to get an update rolled out.
cordovaTo find the locally installed version of Cordova CLI run cordova -v (If you are using Ionic, this version is also included in the ionic info output). Then compare the returned version number to the output of npm info cordova version (You can also check manually for the newest available version on npm or GitHub).
If these two versions don’t match, there is a newer version of the CLI available and should be installed:
npm update -g cordova
Run cordova -v again after the update to make sure the update worked and it now returns the current version.
To find out which platform (cordova-ios, cordova-android, cordova-windows, …) versions are currently installed, run cordova platform list (If you are using Ionic, this information is also included in the ionic info output). This will return a list of “Installed platforms” with their version number:
λ cordova platform list
Installed platforms:
android 5.0.0
Available platforms:
browser ~5.0.1
...
One way to find out which platform version is currently available, is to run e.g. npm info cordova-android version (or check manually on npm):
λ npm info cordova-android version
7.1.0
Another way to find outdated platforms is to run npm outdated. As platforms are installed as npm packages, this will also give you the installed and available version:
λ npm outdated
Package Current Wanted Latest Location
cordova-android 5.0.0 5.2.2 7.1.0 helloworld
If the installed and available versions don’t match, there is a newer version of the Cordova platform available and should be updated. The safest way to achieve this is to first remove, and then re-add the newest platform version explicitly:
cordova platform rm android
cordova platform add [email protected]
Rerun cordova platform list to check that the new version was successfully installed.
Run cordova plugin list to get a list of the currently installed plugins in your project:
λ cordova plugin list
cordova-plugin-device 1.1.4 "Device"
cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 1.1.16 "cordova-plugin-ionic-webview"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 4.0.3 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.1 "Whitelist"
ionic-plugin-keyboard 2.2.1 "Keyboard"
Again you can use npm outdated to check for updates automatically:
λ npm outdated
Package Current Wanted Latest Location
cordova-plugin-device 1.1.4 1.1.7 2.0.1 ionicBlank
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 4.0.3 4.1.0 5.0.2 ionicBlank
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.3.1 1.3.3 1.3.3 ionicBlank
or do it manually for each plugin
λ npm info cordova-plugin-device version
2.0.1
(or check manually on npm).
Then first remove and re-install the plugin:
cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-device
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-device
Run npm outdated and cordova plugin list again to check if this worked.
If this manual process is too cumbersome, you might want to try the cordova-check-plugins command line tool that automates and helps with this process.
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