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| author: |
| name: Fil Maj |
| url: https://twitter.com/filmaj |
| title: "Cordova Android 6.2.3 Released!" |
| categories: announcements |
| tags: news releases |
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| We are happy to announce that `Cordova Android 6.2.3` has been released! This patch release _actually_ adds support for the Android SDK Tools v26 and newer. Unfortunately, we forgot to include these changes in the 6.2.2 release. |
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| We strongly recommend upgrading to this version if you are using the latest Android SDK Tools. Older versions of `cordova-android` do not work with the latest Android SDK Tools! |
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| To upgrade: |
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| npm install -g cordova |
| cd my_project |
| cordova platform update android@6.2.3 |
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| To add it explicitly: |
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| cordova platform add android@6.2.3 |
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| This release will have to be explicitly added until the upcoming `cordova@7` release, where it will be pinned as the default android platform. |
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| ## What's new in Android |
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| * [CB-12640](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12640) Support for Android SDK Tools v26 and newer. Flipped AVD parsing logic so that it always tries to use `avdmanager` to retrieve AVDs first, then falls back to `android` command if `avdmanager` cannot be found. Improve handling of SDK tools commands on Windows. |
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