GH-10 Updated version and RELEASENOTES.md for release 4.0.0
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 # Release Notes
 
+### 4.0.0 (Dec 20, 2018)
+* Absorb cordova-template-reference (#24)
+* Slight CSS modernization & use system fonts
+* [CB-12886](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12886) Fix for safe-area handling on **iOS** 11+
+* [CB-14098](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-14098) Remove unused res folder
+* [CB-12397](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12397) fix .gitignore for plugins & platforms
+* [CB-12762](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12762) point `package.json` repo items to github instead of apache mirrors site
+
 ### 3.11.0 (Sep 29, 2016)
 * [CB-11938](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11938) updated csp to include content: for img-src
 * [CB-11412](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-11412) Update templates to designate template source dir
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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 {
   "name": "cordova-app-hello-world",
-  "version": "3.11.1-dev",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
   "description": "This is the hello world app used by the `cordova create` command.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",