Using Plugman to Manage Plugins
From version 3.0 onward, Cordova implements all device APIs as
plugins, and leaves them disabled by default. It also supports two
different ways to add and remove plugins. The first is by using the
cordova CLI described in The Command-line Interface. The second is
by using a lower-level
plugman
command-line interface. This guide concentrates on the second
approach, which may be useful for developers who want to upgrade their
version of Cordova, but who haven't yet adopted the Cordova CLI in
their workflow.
For more information on plugman, see the README file in its repository.
Basic Commands
To install plugman, you must have node installed on your machine:
npm install -g plugman
Here is the syntax to add a plugin for each platform:
plugman --platform <ios|android|blackberry10|wp7|wp8> --project <directory> --plugin <name|url|path> [--plugins_dir <directory>] [--www <directory>] [--variable <name>=<value> [--variable <name>=<value> ...]]
To uninstall a plugin:
plugman --uninstall --platform <ios|android|blackberry10|wp7|wp8> --project <directory> --plugin <id> [--www <directory>] [--plugins_dir <directory>]
Installing Core Plugins
The examples below show how to add plugins as needed so that any Cordova APIs you use in your project still work after you upgrade to version 3.0. For each command, you need to select the target platform, and reference the platform's project directory.
cordova-plugin-battery-status plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-battery-status.git cordova-plugin-camera plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-camera.git cordova-plugin-console plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-console.git cordova-plugin-contacts plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-contacts.git cordova-plugin-device plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git cordova-plugin-device-motion (accelerometer) plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device-motion.git cordova-plugin-device-orientation (compass) plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device-orientation.git cordova-plugin-dialogs plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-dialogs.git cordova-plugin-file plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-file.git cordova-plugin-file-transfer plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-file-transfer.git cordova-plugin-geolocation plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-geolocation.git cordova-plugin-globalization plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-globalization.git cordova-plugin-inappbrowser plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser.git cordova-plugin-media plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-media.git cordova-plugin-media-capture plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-media-capture.git cordova-plugin-network-information plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-network-information.git cordova-plugin-splashscreen plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-splashscreen.git cordova-plugin-vibration plugman --platform
--plugin https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-vibration.git