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We are happy to announce that we have just released Cordova iOS 6.1.0! This is Cordova's official platform for building iOS mobile applications.

• cordova-ios@6.1.0

To upgrade:

cordova platform remove ios
cordova platform add ios@6.1.0

Release Highlights

This release contains primarily fixes for issues with the 6.0.0 release.

• Resolve CocoaPods publishing issues (since 6.0.0)

  The Cordova iOS 6.0.0 release was unable to be published to CocoaPods due to issues with the Pod spec. These have been addressed and Cordova iOS 6.1.0 is available.

• Fix landscape orientation defaults (since 6.0.0)

  A change made in Cordova iOS 6.0.0 had the side effect of disabling landscape orientation for any apps that didn't specify an Orientation preference in config.xml. We've reverted that change and new apps will match Xcode defaults (allowing both portrait and landscape orientations).

  To ensure your app properly supports the orientations you want, we encourage setting the Orientation preference.

• Fix invisible SplashScreen bugs (since 6.0.0)

  A bug in Cordova iOS 6.0.0 would cause the splashscreen to be invisible unless a BackgroundColor preference was set in config.xml. This was not the intended behaviour, and caused a lot of confusion about not being able to interact with the webview behind the splashscreen.

  In Cordova iOS 6.1.0, we've fixed the splashscreen so that it will always have a background colour (defaulting to the system background colour) and so that the launch storyboard image should remain visible.

  To customize the background colour of your app and its splashscreen, use the BackgroundColor preference in config.xml.

• Add support for dark mode splashscreens (New Feature)

  It is now possible to use optionally different splashscreen images when your app is running in dark mode. You can configure these images in config.xml with the ~dark suffix (and ~light is also supported).

    <!-- Default image to be used for all modes -->
    <splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@2x~universal~anyany.png" />
  
    <!-- Image to use specifically for dark mode devices -->
    <splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@2x~universal~anyany~dark.png" />
  
    <!-- Image to use specifically for light mode devices -->
    <splash src="res/screen/ios/Default@2x~universal~anyany~light.png" />
  

• Add preference for iPad desktop layout behaviour (New Feature)

  iPadOS 13 defaults to using a desktop layout in webviews rather than a mobile layout. You can now control this behaviour in your apps with the PreferredContentMode preference in config.xml. Valid options are mobile and desktop.

• Add preference for webview window handling (New Feature)

  Historically, Cordova iOS has not supported the creation of new webview windows with APIs like window.open or links with target="_blank". The default behaviour was inconsistent, with some links opening externally in Safari and some links being unclickable. There is now an AllowNewWindows preference in config.xml to control the behaviour of new windows within the application.

  • When false (the default behaviour), links that would open a new window are instead opened in the same webview as if they had not requested a new window.

  • When true, links that would open a new window will create a new webview overtop of the app. This new webview provides no controls, so you must include a way to dismiss it with window.close().

  Links that are outside the list of allow-navigation URLs will continue to open in Safari.

Please report any issues you find at issues.cordova.io!

Full Changelog

• GH-910 Set $PROJECT_NAME properly when installing plugins
• GH-885 Don't silently ignore creation of new windows
• GH-889 Revert "(ios) Don't pre-fill orientation" (#901)
• GH-902 chore: fix eslint failure
• GH-808 Dark mode splashscreen storyboard images
• GH-886 Add PreferredContentMode preference
• GH-890 Fix SplashScreen issues & refactor BackgroundColor (#896)
• GH-888 fix: author and tag podspec errors
• GH-882 fix: Properly get version from package.json