Sept 2019 Cordova Android 8.1.0 Release Blog Post (#1017)
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+---
+layout: post
+author:
+ name: Bryan Ellis
+title: "Cordova Android 8.1.0 Released!"
+categories: announcements
+tags: news releases
+---
+
+We are happy to announce that we have just released `Cordova Android 8.1.0`! This is one of Cordova's supported platforms for building Android mobile applications.
+
+* [cordova-android@8.1.0](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-android)
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+**To upgrade:**
+
+```bash
+cordova platform remove android
+cordova platform add android@8.1.0
+```
+
+The most notable improvement in this minor release is the support to build `.aab` bundle packages.
+
+Please report any issues you find at [issues.cordova.io](http://issues.cordova.io/)!
+
+<!--more-->
+# Changes include:
+
+* [GH-827](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/827) chore: bump dependencies for release 8.1.0
+* [GH-651](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/651) feat: added multiple selection for filepicker
+* [GH-672](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/672) chore: compress files in /res with tinypng.com
+* [GH-815](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/815) fix: `clean` command
+* [GH-750](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/750) Don't request focus explicitly if not needed
+* [GH-800](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/800) [GH-799](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/799) (android) Stop webview from restarting when activity resizes
+* [GH-764](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/764) feat: Build app bundles (.aab files)
+* [GH-788](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/788) Simplify `apkSorter` using `compare-func` package
+* [GH-787](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/787) Simplify and fix promise handling in specs
+* [GH-784](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/784) Properly handle promise in create script
+* [GH-783](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/783) Do not clobber process properties with test mocks
+* [GH-782](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/782) Do not clobber `console.log` to spy on it
+* [GH-724](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/724) Add Node.js 12 to CI Services
+* [GH-777](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/777) ci(travis): set `dist: trusty` in `.travis.yml`
+* [GH-779](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/779) Consistent order from `ProjectBuilder.apkSorter`
+* [GH-778](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/778) test: use verbose spec reporter
+* [GH-774](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/774) `rewire` workaround for NodeJS 12
+* [GH-772](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/772) `nyc@14` update in devDependencies
+* [GH-765](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/765) ci(travis): Fix **Android** SDK
+* [GH-713](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/713) Do not explicitly require modules from project directory
+* [GH-676](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/676) Added allprojects repositories for Framework Release Builds
+* [GH-699](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/699) Improve Gradle Build Arguments
+* [GH-710](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/710) Fix deprecation warning in `SystemCookieManager`
+* [GH-691](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/691) [GH-690](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/690): Run `prepare` with the correct `ConfigParser`
+* [GH-673](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/673) Updated `Android_HOME` Test to Follow [GH-656](https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/656) Change
