layout: post author: name: Steve Gill url: https://twitter.com/stevesgill title: “Cordova Android 7.1.0 Released!” categories: announcements tags: news releases

We are happy to announce that Cordova Android 7.1.0 has been released! This release fixes various bugs releated to the previous cordova-android@7.0.0 release.

To upgrade:

npm install -g cordova
cd my_project
cordova platform remove android
cordova platform add android@7.1.0

To add it explicitly:

cordova platform add android@7.1.0

Curated Changelog

  • CB-13879 updated gradle tools dependency to 3.0.1 for project template
  • CB-13831 Update android-versions to 1.3.0 to support SDK 27.
  • CB-13800 Drop pre-4.4. (KitKat) specific code
  • CB-13724 Updated the Android Tooling required for the latest version on both the test project, and the template
  • CB-13724 Bump Target SDK to API 27 (Android 8.1)
  • CB-13646 Using the deprecated NDK by default breaks the build. Crosswalk users need to specify the Gradle parameters to keep it working.
  • CB-12218 Fix consistency of null result message
  • CB-13571 Prevent crash with unrecognized Android version
  • CB-13721 Fix build apps that use cdvHelpers.getConfigPreference
  • CB-13621 We no longer support cordova update command.