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Apache Cordova 3.5.0
By: Steve Gill
23 May 2014

We are happy to announce that Apache Cordova 3.5 has been released!

Most notable changes include:

  • Common code between cordova-cli & cordova-plugman has been moved into its own repo named cordova-lib.
  • Each platform now has a package.json file and has been uploaded to npm. Future updates to the cordova-cli will make use of npm instead of git for loading platforms.
  • CB-4863 - Drop iOS 5.0 support, and support arm64. New projects are built as a universal binary (64 and 32-bit), and require a minimum deployment target of iOS 6.0.
  • This is the last release with support for WP7
  • Added Chrome devtools support for debug builds for amazon-fireos

To upgrade: (replace android with the platform you want to update):

npm install -g cordova
cd my_project
cordova platform update android

For non-CLI projects or for pre-3.0 projects, refer to the upgrade guides.

Other changes include:

What's new in Android

  • CB-6552 added top level package.json
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CB-6543 Fix cordova/run failure when no custom_rules.xml available
  • defaults.xml: Add AndroidLaunchMode preference
  • Add JavaDoc for CordovaResourceApi
  • CB-6388 Handle binary data correctly in LOAD_URL bridge
  • CB-6048 Set launchMode=singleTop so tapping app icon does not always restart app
  • Remove incorrect usage of AlertDialog.Builder.create
  • Catch uncaught exceptions in from plugins and turn them into error responses.
  • CB-6047 Fix online sometimes getting in a bad state on page transitions.
  • Add another convenience overload for CordovaResourceApi.copyResource
  • Update framework's .classpath to what Eclipse wants it to be.
  • README.md: android update to android-19.
  • Fix NPE when POLLING bridge mode is used.
  • Updating NOTICE to include Square for OkHttp
  • CB-5398 Apply KitKat content URI fix to all content URIs
  • CB-5398 Work-around for KitKat content: URLs not rendering in <img> tags
  • CB-5908 add splashscreen images to template
  • CB-5395 Make scheme and host (but not path) case-insensitive in whitelist
  • Ignore multiple onPageFinished() callbacks & onReceivedError due to stopLoading()
  • Removing addJavascriptInterface support from all Android versions lower than 4.2 due to security vulnerability
  • CB-4984 Don't create on CordovaActivity name
  • CB-5917 Add a loadUrlIntoView overload that doesn't recreate plugins.
  • Use thread pool for load timeout.
  • CB-5715 For CLI, hide assets/www and res/xml/config.xml by default
  • CB-5793 ant builds: Rename AndroidManifest during -post-build to avoid Eclipse detecting ant-build/
  • CB-5889 Make update script find project name instead of using null for CordovaLib
  • CB-5889 Add a message in the update script about needing to import CordovaLib when using an IDE.

What's new in iOS

  • CB-6638 - Convert CordovaLibTests to XCTests
  • CB-6579 - CDVWebViewDelegateTests are failing
  • CB-6580 - CDVWhitelistTests are failing
  • CB-6578 - Fix CordovaLibTests not building
  • CB-6553 added top-level package.json file
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CB-6500 - Cordova requires arm64 architecture.
  • CB-6383 Fix copy-www-build-step.sh when user has macports installed
  • CB-6327 Allow '.' in plugin feature names (and therefore callback ids)
  • CB-6287 - Add build script support for arm64
  • CB-6340 - Adding rebroadcast capabilities to remote notification registration within AppDelegate (closes #94)
  • CB-6217 iOS simulator targets not consistent across scripts
  • CB-5286 - Fix warnings when compiled under arm64
  • CB-4863 - Drop iOS 5.0 support, and support arm64. New projects are built as a universal binary (64 and 32-bit), and require a minimum deployment target of iOS 6.0.
  • CB-6149 - AppDelegate uses deprecated handleOpenURL
  • CB-6150 - objc_msgSend causes EXC_BAD_ACCESS with plugins on arm64
  • CB-5018 - bin/create on iOS should use --arc by default
  • CB-5943 - Update/remove obsolete items in cordova-ios repo
  • CB-5395 Make scheme and host (but not path) case-insensitive in whitelist
  • CB-5991 Fix whitelist path matching for trailing slashes
  • CB-5967 Fix isTopLevelNavigation not being set correctly in rare cases.
  • Validate that callback IDs are always well-formed
  • Removed obsolete .gitmodules
  • Update Xcode .pbxproj files according to Xcode 5.1 recommendations
  • Added NSLog notification for beginning backup to iCloud (closes #96)

What's new in Windows Phone 7 & 8

  • Update release-notes, and state that WP7 support is about to disappear
  • CB-6558 added package.json file for WP8
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CB-6450 added support for local XHR.responseXML getter
  • CB-6341 don't rely on msbuild being in the path.
  • applied Sergey's SpecificVersion flag fix to the WP7 template also CB-6103
  • CB-6103 WP8 CordovaDeploy potential build issue
  • applied CB-6268 backgroundcolor to WP7 also
  • CB-6268 WP8. Apply BackgroundColor from config.xml
  • CB-5965 support set responseType, get response
  • CB-6299 Strip protocol and leading slashes from XHRLOCAL URL
  • CB-6091 Windows Build fails if application path contains whitespace
  • CB-6041 createTemplates should install them for VS-2013 as well
  • CB-5219 weinre disconnects when history.replaceState is used
  • CB-5951 Added namespace to config.xml
  • Removed WP7 template ref to non-existent file

What's new in Windows 8

  • CB-6684 [3.5.0rc]Windows8 Splash screen setting breaks the build
  • CB-6686 [3.5.0rc]Windows8 Build error if path contains whitespace
  • CB-6557 added package.json to Windows8
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CB-6309 Windows8. Add Splash Screen img support via config.xml preference, CB-6544 SplashScreenBack
  • Fix for when background-color and/or content-src aren't specified in config.xml
  • Background color now applied to Windows8 project config during build process.
  • Fix build/deploy errors when path to project contains spaces
  • CB-6435 ./VERSION & /template/VERSION updated
  • Modify execution policy restrictions removal logic. Using PS native cmdlet to remove restrictions.
  • CB-6397 Windows8 Use the latest version of MSBuild Tools installed to build the app
  • CB-6256 CB-6266 Add support for domain whitelist and start page settings to Windows8
  • CB-2970 CB-2953 log unsupported methods and exit with code 1
  • CB-2978 list-devices not supported on Windows 8
  • CB-6091 Windows Build fails if application path contains whitespace
  • CB-6083 Windows8 Use registry to read msbuild tools path
  • CB-6042 Windows8 Cordova emulate fails if no developer certificate is installed
  • CB-5951 Added namespace to config.xml
  • Remove template file after create by name
  • CB-4533 return error code 2 on fail, CB-5359 get tools version from the registry

What's new in BlackBerry 10

  • CB-6554 updated package.json
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CB-6522 Disallow space in target name
  • CB-6440 Move config logic to its own module
  • CB-6398 Support additional commands in blackberry10.json
  • CB-6440 Switch to grunt as task runner
  • CB-6440 chmod -x *.bat
  • CB-6440 Remove scripts/lib dir
  • CB-6440 Move utils.js from bin to template
  • CB-6440 Remove +x from .bat files
  • CB-6440 create - use shelljs rather than custom copy function
  • CB-6440 Move create.js to lib
  • CB-6440 Remove check_reqs.js
  • CB-6440 Move signing-utils out of bin
  • CB-6416 Ensure target dictionary exists in properties object
  • CB-6410 Allow deployment when debug token cannot be generated
  • CB-6409 Allow detection of devices which have not yet set password
  • CB-6346 Remove npm warning from README.md
  • CB-6376 backgroundColor in user.js is missing quotes
  • CB-6346 - Add node_modules to source control
  • CB-6326 Fix inconsistency between manually added vs auto-detected emulators
  • CB-6326 (cordova-blackberry) target-utils.js
  • CB-6303 Remove titles from non-content web views
  • CB-6303 Add aria-hidden="true" to controller webview body
  • CB-6241 Default to prompting for passwords (replace --query with --no-query)
  • CB-6222 Various updates for the BlackBerry 10 documentation
  • CB-6058 - Options file removed from output bar. Now in build directory
  • CB-6021 Add --release to run command
  • CB-5723 Build script should accept -l param as it does --loglevel
  • CB-6019 Supply default value of --device to the run script
  • CB-5660 use enabledelayedexpansion to handle )s in path
  • CB-5909 Fixed issue where check-reqs skipped checking logic on second pass-through

What's new in Firefox OS

  • CB-5816 Firefox OS - add build script
  • Remove unused elements from defaults.xml
  • CB-6555 updated top level package.json file
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CB-5416 Need to auto generate manifest.webapp with appropriate plugin permissions

What's new in Ubuntu (touch)

  • allow inter plugin communication
  • add .editorconfig
  • check requirements before build
  • bin/build: fixes for --nobuild
  • bin/build: specify framework instead of series for click chroot
  • bin/build: switch to async shelljs.exec
  • CB-6559 added top level package.json
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md

What's new in Amazon FireOS

  • CB-6644 Add a check for webview being null in template code. Added a check and some comments to guide devs.
  • CB-6487 Fixed WebView not found in Chrome remote debugging
  • CB-6636 Need to destroy webview properly. Added destroy() call in webview's handleDestroy() method.
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CB-6543 Fix cordova/run failure when no custom_rules.xml available
  • defaults.xml: Add AndroidLaunchMode preference
  • Add JavaDoc for CordovaResourceApi
  • Updated log statement - android=>amazon-fireos.
  • Added Amazon xmlns to project's template AndroidManifest.xml.
  • CB-6392 Adding amazon-fireos platform fails with not so good error reporting
  • CB-6556 added top level package.json file
  • Adding a safety check to prevent applications from calling init twice Changes to address thread safety concerns in Cordova plugin management
  • CB-6388 Handle binary data correctly in LOAD_URL bridge
  • CB-6048 Set launchMode=singleTop so tapping app icon does not always restart app
  • Fixing back button issue by utilizing onBackPressed instead of onKeyUp
  • CB-5744 Unable to build Hello World application for Kindle Fire HDX tablet using Cordova 3.3.0
  • Added overloaded constructor for CordovaWebView with Bundle as parameter.
  • Catch uncaught exceptions in from plugins and turn them into error responses.
  • CB-6047 Fix online sometimes getting in a bad state on page transitions.
  • Add another convenience overload for CordovaResourceApi.copyResource
  • Update framework's .classpath to what Eclipse wants it to be.
  • Updated Android target to android-19.
  • README.md: android update to android-19.
  • Fix NPE when POLLING bridge mode is used.
  • Updating NOTICE to include Square for OkHttp

What's new in Cordova-CLI

  • CB-5941 Update link to hooks-README.md file from README.md
  • Fix cordova help command
  • Fixing failing CLI tests by removing 'experimental' key
  • CB-6649 Removing experimental flag from positional arguments
  • CB-6648 Adding a flag for experimental features
  • Fix require paths to use cordova-lib
  • Update package.json to use cordova-lib
  • Split out cordova-lib: move cordova-cli files
  • Windows8 re-added BOM : CB-5421 Add BOM to all html, js, css files to ensure app can pass Windows Store Certification
  • CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
  • android-parser: Add AndroidLaunchMode preference
  • Fix CLI tests to work with node v0.11
  • Update version of jasmine-node. Fixes test warnings util.print with node 0.11
  • CB-2606 Android icon - do not attempt copy to undefined path
  • CB-2606 Icons support for iOS, Android, BB10, WP8, Win8, FxOS
  • CB-6329 Delete unused info-utils.js
  • CB-6329 improve cordova info command
  • CB-5847 strictSSL is no longer ignored
  • CB-6432 pre_package hook does not populate %CORDOVA_PLATFORMS%
  • Revert "CB-6267 Windows8. Apply BackgroundColor from config.xml"
  • Recreate "platforms" dir if it was deleted.
  • CB-5093 Add versionCode and CFBundleVersion during prepare
  • CB-6312 Use landscape instead of userLandscape in AndroidManifest.xml
  • CB-6421 Move tests from e2e to spec - cli test
  • CB-6377 superspawn: always wrap non .exe with spaces to cmd with /s /c

What's new in Cordova-Plugman

  • Update plugman cli to use cordova-lib
  • Split out cordova-lib: move cordova-plugman files

Plugin versions tested with this release

  • cordova-plugin-battery-status: 0.2.8
  • cordova-plugin-camera: 0.2.9
  • cordova-plugin-console: 0.2.8
  • cordova-plugin-contacts: 0.2.10
  • cordova-plugin-device: 0.2.9
  • cordova-plugin-device-motion: 0.2.7
  • cordova-plugin-device-orientation: 0.3.6
  • cordova-plugin-dialogs: 0.2.6
  • cordova-plugin-file: 1.1.0
  • cordova-plugin-file-transfer: 0.4.3
  • cordova-plugin-geolocation: 0.3.7
  • cordova-plugin-globalization: 0.2.7
  • cordova-plugin-inappbrowser: 0.4.0
  • cordova-plugin-media: 0.2.10
  • cordova-plugin-media-capture: 0.3.0
  • cordova-plugin-network-information: 0.2.8
  • cordova-plugin-splashscreen: 0.3.0
  • cordova-plugin-statusbar: 0.1.3
  • cordova-plugin-vibration: 0.3.8