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Plugins Release
20 Apr 2016

The following plugins were updated today:

  • cordova-plugin-battery-status: 1.1.2
  • cordova-plugin-camera: 2.2.0
  • cordova-plugin-console: 1.0.3
  • cordova-plugin-contacts: 2.1.0
  • cordova-plugin-device: 1.1.2
  • cordova-plugin-device-motion: 1.2.1
  • cordova-plugin-device-orientation:
  • cordova-plugin-dialogs: 1.2.1
  • cordova-plugin-file: 4.2.0
  • cordova-plugin-file-transfer: 1.5.1
  • cordova-plugin-geolocation: 2.2.0
  • cordova-plugin-inappbrowser: 1.4.0
  • cordova-plugin-media: 2.3.0
  • cordova-plugin-media-capture: 1.3.0
  • cordova-plugin-network-information: 1.2.1
  • cordova-plugin-splashscreen: 3.2.2
  • cordova-plugin-statusbar: 2.1.3
  • cordova-plugin-test-framework: 1.1.2
  • cordova-plugin-vibration: 2.1.1
  • cordova-plugin-whitelist: 1.2.2
  • cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine: 1.0.3
  • cordova-plugin-compat: 1.0.0

This release includes a new plugin named cordova-plugin-compat. cordova-plugin-compat allows backwards compatibility for plugins that had to upgrade to the new permissions model for cordova-android@5+. Plugin authors can use and depend on cordova-plugin-compat to continue to support older versions (<5) of cordova-android. Checkout the cordova-plugin-compat repo for more information. Previously, we were packaging copies of PermissionHelper.java with the plugins that needed the permission updates, but have now decided that it would be better to store PermissionHelper.java in cordova-plugin-compat.

Plugin authors can also use the new engines element to specify what versions of cordova-android your plugin supports. Read more about it in our plugin fetching blog post.


You can update any plugin by removing it, and then re-adding it.

E.g. To update your camera plugin:

cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-camera --save
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera@latest --save

Changes include:

cordova-plugin-battery-status@1.1.2

cordova-plugin-camera@2.2.0

  • CB-10873 Avoid crash due to usage of uninitialized variable when writing geolocation data to image destination. Properly handle 'CameraUsesGeolocation' option by properly setting geolocation data in EXIF header in all cases
  • CB-11073 Appium tests stability improvements
  • Replace PermissionHelper.java with cordova-plugin-compat
  • Making focus handler work only for windows 10 phone
  • CB-10865 Run ios native tests on Travis
  • CB-10120 Fixing use of constants and PermissionHelper
  • CB-10120 Fix missing CAMERA permission for Android M
  • CB-10756 Adding sterner warnings about DATA_URL
  • CB-10460 getRealPath return null in some cases

cordova-plugin-compat@1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Moved PermissionHelper.java into src

cordova-plugin-console@1.0.3

cordova-plugin-contacts@2.1.0

  • CB-11043 Android app crashes while trying to save contact with phone numbers array with deleted values
  • CB-10985 Android sets type to -1 for ims Added a corresponding test
  • CB-11048 Fix spec27's inadvertent breakage that happened during logging rollback
  • CB-11041 cordova-plugin-contacts readme must be updated to include instructions on removing phone number from a contact
  • CB-11033 Appium tests: Increased the timeout for updating the contact
  • CB-10399 Added Appium tests
  • Replace PermissionHelper.java with cordova-plugin-compat
  • CB-8115 incorrect birthday saved to phonebook using Contacts Plugin
  • Changes to stop using global object - remove all created contacts from the emulator
  • CB-10881 Increase timeout for Spec22
  • Fix for the specs 26&27 to use the newly created contacts for removal test
  • CB-10881 Remove test dependency on global object
  • CB-10632 Fixing jasmine test contact removal
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins

cordova-plugin-device@1.1.2

  • Use passed device, follow create policy for CFUUIDCreate
  • CB-10631 Fix for device.uuid in iOS 5.1.1
  • Updating the comment to exclude URL
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins
  • Refactored deviceInfo on iOS for better readability.

cordova-plugin-device-motion@1.2.1

cordova-plugin-device-orientation@1.0.3

  • Remove warning emoji, as it doesn't correctly display in the docs website: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/dev/cordova-plugin-device-orientation/index.html
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins

cordova-plugin-dialogs@1.2.1

  • CB-10097 dialog doesn't show on iOS when called from a select list onChange event
  • Remove warning emoji, as it doesn't correctly display in the docs website: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/dev/cordova-plugin-dialogs/index.html
  • CB-10727 Dialogs plugin has warnings on iOS
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins

cordova-plugin-file@4.2.0

  • CB-10960 Uncaught #<FileError> in write() when readyState != WRITING ?
  • Replace PermissionHelper.java with cordova-plugin-compat
  • CB-10977 Android Removing global state used for permission requests
  • CB-10798, CB-10384 Fixing permissions for Marshmallow.
  • Fix test failure on WP 8.1
  • CB-10577 Windows resolveLocalFileSystemURL should omit trailing slash for file
  • CB-7862 FileReader reads large files in chunks with progress.
  • CB-10577 Android resolveLocalFileSystemURL should detect directory vs file.
  • CB-9753 index out of bounds on requestFileSystem.
  • Remove warning emoji, as it doesn't correctly display in the docs website: cordova.apache.org/docs/en/dev/cordova-plugin-file/index.html. This closes #166
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins
  • CB-10411 Error in file.spec.129 of cordova-plugin-file

cordova-plugin-file-transfer@1.5.1

  • CB-10536 Removing flaky test assertions about abort callback latency
  • Removing the expectation in spec.34 for the transfer method to be called.
  • CB-10978 Fix file-transfer.tests JSHint issues
  • CB-10782 Occasional failure in file transfer tests causing mobilespec crash
  • CB-10771 Fixing failure when empty string passed as a value for option parameter in upload function
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins

cordova-plugin-geolocation@2.2.0

  • Replace PermissionHelper.java with cordova-plugin-compat
  • CB-10691 Check the context to avoid null errors
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins
  • Using a fallback epsilon in case Number.EPSILON is not defined.
  • CB-10574 MobileSpec can't get results for WP8.1 Builds

cordova-plugin-inappbrowser@1.4.0

  • CB-7679 add fix for iOS upload.
  • CB-10944 NoSuchMethodError in InAppBrowser plugin
  • CB-10937 fix stretched icons
  • CB-10760 Fixing README for display on Cordova website
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins

cordova-plugin-media@2.3.0

  • Request audio focus when playing; Pause audio when audio focus is lost; resume playing when audio focus is granted again.
  • Replace PermissionHelper.java with cordova-plugin-compat
  • CB-10783 Modify expected position to be in a proper range.
  • CB-9487 Support getting amplitude for recording
  • iOS audio should handle naked local file sources
  • CB-10720 Fixing README for display on Cordova website
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins
  • CB-10535 Fix CI crash caused by media plugin

cordova-plugin-media-capture@1.3.0

  • Replace PermissionHelper.java with cordova-plugin-compat
  • CB-10670, CB-10994 Android, Marshmallow permissions
  • CB-10720: Fixing README for display on Cordova website
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins
  • CB-10690 windows, fix crash when user cancels/closes photo app

cordova-plugin-network-information@1.2.1

  • CB-10763: Remove emoji in cordova-plugin-network-information
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins

cordova-plugin-splashscreen@3.2.2

  • CB-10979 Fix splashscreen iOS native tests. Added jshintignore for tests/ios
  • CB-10895 Transparent Splashscreen view sometimes remains
  • CB-10562 hide() not working in latest splashscreen plugin 3.1.0 in iOS
  • CB-10688 Plugin Splashscreen Readme must have examples.
  • CB-10864 Run iOS native tests on Travis

cordova-plugin-statusbar@2.1.3

  • CB-11018 Fix statusbar with inappbrowser causing incorrect orientation on iOS8
  • CB-10884 Inappbrowser breaks UI while Screen orientation changes from landscape to portrait on iOS

cordova-plugin-test-framework@1.1.2

  • CB-10876 Enable inertia scrolling in test framework
  • CB-10636 Add JSHint for plugins

cordova-plugin-vibration@2.1.1

cordova-plugin-whitelist@1.2.2

  • add note about redirects
  • CB-10624 remove error message from whitelist.js, which leaves it empty

cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine@1.0.3