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Cordova iOS 8.0.1 is now available!
By: Darryl Pogue
12 Mar 2026

We are happy to announce that we have just released Cordova iOS 8.0.1! This is one of Cordova's supported platforms for building iOS applications.

This release contains fixes for several bugs that were reported against the 8.0.0 version.

To upgrade:

cordova platform remove ios
cordova platform add ios@8.0.1

To install:

cordova platform add ios@8.0.1

Release Highlights

  • Fixed search paths for plugin libraries/frameworks

    Plugins that included frameworks as embedded libraries were causing app builds to fail due to Xcode using the wrong path when trying to link the framework bundle. Xcode should now look for these frameworks at the correct path.

  • Fix for local file /_app_file_/ URLs not loading

    URLs returned by window.WkWebView.convertFilePath() and the File plugin's FileEntry.getUrl() were not being handled properly by the WebView to return file contents from the device filesystem. This should now work as expected, matching the behaviour from earlier cordova-ios versions.

  • Fix crash on cancelled WebView requests

    When serving content from a custom scheme, if a request was started and cancelled before it finished loading, there was a chance the app could crash. We now ensure that scheme requests are properly closed when cancelled and avoid race conditions.

  • Ensure Swift package deployment targets are set

    If a custom deployment target was set and a plugin relied on that deployment target, it was possible for Xcode to report errors due to the Swift package manager not reflecting that updated deployment target. We now propagate the <preference name="deployment-target"> value to the Package.swift file that references plugins.

  • Ensure consistent normalization of the app name

    If an app name contained non-ASCII characters, Xcode could produce an app bundle that failed App Store validation checks. By ensuring the app product name is consistently normalized, apps should pass validation regardless of the characters in their name.

Changes include:

Fixes:

  • GH-1618 fix(xcode): Fix library search paths for target
  • GH-1621 fix(xcode): Ensure we do NFD normalization on PRODUCT_NAME
  • GH-1616 fix(spm): Ensure the deployment target always gets set
  • GH-1606 fix(webview): Ensure scheme task is always finished
  • GH-1610 fix(scheme): Fix /_app_file_/ URLs not working
  • GH-1612 fix(spm): Set deployment target in Package.swift
  • GH-1597 fix(spm): git-ignore Swift Package Manager build artifacts

Others:

  • GH-1614 doc(readme): improve badges
  • GH-1622 refactor(versions): Refactor version code for test reliability
  • GH-1619 chore(deps): Update to latest jasmine & c8 versions
  • GH-1623 chore(ci): draft release
  • GH-1624 chore: cleanup license headers
  • GH-1625 chore: add DEVELOPMENT.md & cleanup README.md
  • GH-1598 Add missing trailing new line
  • GH-1601 chore: Remove compileBitcode from export options
  • GH-1611 chore: set swift-tools-version to 5.9
  • GH-1599 chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23
  • GH-1592 doc(readme): add minimum iOS version
  • GH-1591 doc(readme): add Link to iOS Platform Guide
  • GH-1588 chore: update release audit workflow & license headers