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layout: post author: name: Steve Gill url: https://twitter.com/stevesgill title: “Cordova Android 6.1.1 Released!” categories: announcements tags: news releases

We are happy to announce that Cordova Android 6.1.1 has been released!

Run the following command in your project to save your currently installed plugins into config.xml:

cordova plugin save

To upgrade:

npm install -g cordova
cd my_project
cordova platform update android@6.1.1

To add it explicitly:

cordova platform add android@6.1.1

What's new in Android

• CB-12159 Android Keystore password prompt won't show up
• CB-12169 Check for build directory before running a clean
• Fixed AndroidStudio tests to actually run, removed app/src/main/assets/ as a requirement and added app/src/main/res instead, added placeholder for build/ folder, Removed dupe gitignore