layout: post author: name: Steve Gill url: https://twitter.com/stevesgill title: “Plugins Release” categories: news tags: release plugins

The following plugins were updated today because they are being deprecated:

  • cordova-plugin-console: 1.1.0
  • cordova-plugin-compat: 1.2.0
  • cordova-plugin-device-motion: 2.0.0
  • cordova-plugin-device-orientation: 2.0.0

cordova-plugin-console has been integrated into cordova-ios@4.5.0+. It is not needed anymore. Make sure to remove it from your projects if you plan on updating your cordova-ios!

Similarly, cordova-plugin-compat has been integrated into the upcoming cordova-android@6.3.0 release. Please remove it from your projects when you update to the latest version of cordova-android.

cordova-plugin-device-motion and cordova-plugin-device-orientation have officially been deprecated. These plugins are being replaced by the built in W3C Device Motion and Orientation APIs, which are now supported on iOS, Android and Windows. Checkout the migration guides the PhoneGap team wrote for Device Motion and Device Orientation.

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-console@1.1.0

  • CB-13170 Integrated this plugin into cordova-ios@4.5.0. This plugin will not install for cordova-ios >= 4.5.0.
  • CB-13028 (CI) Browser builds on Travis and AppVeyor
  • CB-13000 (CI) Speed up Android builds
  • CB-12991 (CI) Updated CI badges
  • CB-12935 (windows) Enable paramedic builds on AppVeyor
  • CB-12935 (ios, Android) Run paramedic builds on Travis
  • CB-12847 added bugs entry to package.json.

cordova-plugin-compat@1.2.0

  • CB-12730 Integrate this plugin into cordova-android@6.3.0 and deprecate this plugin as it is no longer needed.
  • CB-12730 Prevent plugin from installing with cordova-android >= 6.3.0

cordova-plugin-device-orientation@2.0.0

  • CB-13076 added deprecation notice to info tag
  • CB-12728 Device Orientation - SUNSET
  • CB-13028 (CI) Browser builds on Travis and AppVeyor
  • CB-12667 Reset changes for searching Samsung sensors
  • CB-13000 (CI) Speed up Android builds
  • CB-12991 (CI) Updated CI badges
  • CB-12935 (windows) Enable paramedic builds on AppVeyor
  • CB-12935 (ios, Android) Enable paramedic builds on Travis CI
  • CB-12667 Android: Added logic for searching sensors from Samsung vendor
  • CB-12847 added bugs entry to package.json.

cordova-plugin-device-motion@2.0.0

  • CB-13068 added info tag for deprecation
  • CB-12726 Device Motion - SUNSET
  • CB-13115 Browser Fixed getCurrentAcceleration() on Firefox, Safari and Edge
  • CB-13028 (CI) Browser builds on Travis and AppVeyor
  • CB-13000 (CI) Speed up Android builds
  • CB-12991 (CI) Updated CI badges
  • CB-12935 (windows) Enable paramedic builds on AppVeyor
  • CB-12935 (ios, Android) Enable paramedic builds on Travis CI
  • CB-12847 added bugs entry to package.json.