RELEASENOTES.md

Release Notes for Cordova (Windows)

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cordova-windows is a library that enables developers to create Windows 8/8.1/10 and WP8.1 application projects that support Cordova APIs.

6.0.0 (Feb 19, 2018)

CB-13889 Allow test failures for Visual Studio 2017 environments (#263)
CB-13878 MSBUILDDIR env variable (#262)
CB-13883 Visual Studio 2017 support (#261)
CB-13877 Clean up MSBuildTools.js (#259)
CB-13870 Improve check_reqs (#258)
CB-13877 more env information about msbuild and visual studio on appveyor (#257)
CB-13877 First MSBuildTools.js work: Debug output, move misplaced method, comments (#255)
CB-13875 add prepare script that can be called in e2e tests (#254)
CB-13817 Add new alias uwp for --appx param including tests (#251)
CB-13870 change default from UAP to 10.0 (#253)
CB-13829 Fix tests that were broken since CB-13237 (#246)
CB-11968 Add support for config-file in config.xml (#235)
CB-13799 updated npm test for cordova-windows
CB-13812 run tests on AppVeyor with VS 2017 as well
CB-13641 support transparent splash screen background color. (#245)
CB-13175 fixing Windows8.1 crash on startup
CB-13422 (windows) Fix typo in build error message
CB-12895 ignoring cordova.js for eslint & removing comments and references to jshint
CB-13237 Default to UAP
CB-13155 Improved target parsing
CB-13022 Correct a VS installation warning during check_reqs
CB-12636 Fix check_reqs to properly find VS 2017
CB-12895 setup eslint and removed jshint
Allow build when using --bundle and multiple architectures. This closes #175
README: Fix broken Markdown headings
CB-12617 Removed node 0.x from CI
CB-12847 fixed bugs entry in package.json
CB-12784 Fixed a crash on Windows 10 Creators Update
Add support for uap3.
CB-12018 updated tests to work with jasmine instead of jasmine-node
CB-12499 UWP: Dependent external libraries specified as resource-file not being referenced in Release mode This closes #227

5.0.0 (Jan 27, 2017)

CB-12415 Windows build fails if start page is missing
CB-12416 (Windows) Built bundles are misplaced when building for multiple archs
CB-12298 [Windows] bundle.appxupload not generated for Windows 10 target Generate appxupload for non-bundle builds as well This closes #227
Remove duplicate logic after upgrading cordova-common
CB-12163 Add resource-file reference functionality through a flag
CB-12163 Make resource-file copy files again
Upgrade cordova-common to 2.0.0
CB-12298 [Windows] bundle.appxupload not generated for Windows 10 target
CB-12189 Add support for WinMD and DLL combination
CB-12238 [Windows] Colorize titlebar to match splash bg color
CB-11177 SplashScreen gets shifted on Windows devices with soft navbar
CB-12239 Add buildFlag option similar to iOS
CB-12193 cordova.js crashes windows app if there is no CoreWindow Also made confighelper to load after WinJS as it depends on it
CB-11751 ‘extendedSplashScreen’ is undefined
CB-12192 - No SplashScreen on Windows when content.src is subpage
CB-9287 Not enough Icons and Splashscreens for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1
Do not ignore already prefixed capabilities at plugin add/rm
Fix pattern for extracting capabilities names
CB-12142 Move windows-specific logic from cordova-common
CB-12147 (windows) Fix typo in verbose output
CB-12124 Make available device capabilities in package.windows10.appxmanifest
CB-12071 Fix for CB-11825 breaks usage of InProcessServer in Cordova Windows
CB-12036 Fix setSplashBgColor exception when no splashscreen is found

4.4.3 (Oct 19, 2016)

CB-12044 Fix splashscreen image path for ms-appx on Windows
CB-12042 Copy base.js to www directory at create
CB-11933 Add uap prefixes for capabilities at plugin install
CB-12003 updated node_modules
CB-11933 Remove capabilities from manifest
CB-11993 - windows platform doesn't test all node versions on appveyor and travis
CB-11825 Windows dll file won't be copied as resource while adding custom plugin to a UWP project
output message, catch exception if require fails, change eventEmitter to events to be consistent with ios+android
CB-11922 - Add github pull request template
CB-11522 [windows] Make cordova-js handle ‘unknown’ type
CB-11857 Fixed VS 2015 detection on Windows 10 Anniversary
CB-10738 Use hardcoded Id attribute in Win10 manifest
Add missing license headers to prebuild scripts
Update bundled cordova-common dependency to 1.4.1
CB-11658 activated event is not fired on Windows 10 RS1
CB-11657 Add bom to www after plugin operations
CB-11478 Parse --archs option consistently
CB-11558 Make windows plugin rm remove ProjectReference items
CB-11579 windows: fix bug with ‘cordova clean windows’

4.4.2 (Jul 25, 2016)

CB-11548 Fix issues where MSBuild cannot be found
CB-11241 Return adding BOM to www back to prepare
CB-11582 Remove duplicate capabilities when writing the appxmanifest

4.4.1 (Jul 11, 2016)

CB-11522 Save raw ‘detail’ object to activation context
CB-11538 Update README with information about logging
CB-11537 Do not duplicate log entries when printing logs
CB-11548 windows: Respect user-specified msbuild location
CB-11516 windows: Preparing icons w/ target fails
CB-11470 App crashes when trying to open from another app using Custom URL (Protocol)
CB-11443 Splashscreen is created the second time on resume on Windows

4.4.0 (May 30, 2016)

CB-11117: Optimize prepare for windows platform, clean prepared files
CB-11259: Improving build output
CB-11204: Catch when SDK not present on build and give appropriate error message
CB-11156 Change default FadeSplashScreenDuration value
CB-11176 Fix windows-splashscreen compatibility with older plugin versions
CB-11139 Use PluginManager from common to install/uninstall plugins
CB-10653 Making the windows activation context complete
CB-11150 CI Error - Windows Platform - Could not find XHR config file
CB-8056 Implement splashscreen for Windows platform
CB-11066 Remove uap prefixed capabilities along with regular ones
CB-11022 Duplicate www files on plugin installation
CB-10964 Handle build.json file starting with a BOM. This closes #166
CB-11024: Add preference to set the min UAP target version in the JSProj File

4.3.2 (Mar 31, 2016)

CB-10622 Upgrade cordova-common to work with ‘target’-defined icons
CB-10927 Framework references in plugin.xml file prevent Windows Universal projects from being used on other machines
CB-10845 Invalidate manifest cache in prepare
CB-10714 Ignore case for --archs
CB-10138 Adds missing plugin metadata to plugin_list module for Windows

[4.3.1]

CB-10487 WindowsStoreIdentityName should be lowercased in Application.StartPage
CB-10446 Windows 10 Cordova Application restart instead of resume
CB-10440 Add CSS color names support for BackgroundColor on Windows
CB-10394 Do not cache manifest file while getting package name
CB-10299 Updated RELEASENOTES for release 4.3.0
CB-10381 fix the bug when removing a plugin with a <frame> tag
CB-10234 Better error message when Windows10 requires ‘arch’ flag
CB-10344 Fixed icons and splashscreens parsing
CB-10356 “npm install” fails for cordova-windows

[4.3.0]

CB-10193 Add BOM to www files at build stage instead of prepare
CB-10303 Fixes build arguments parsing
CB-10292 Windows platform support for next version of VS/MSBuild
CB-10224 Removes duplicated/incorrect console line
CB-9828 Implement and expose PlatformApi for Windows

[4.2.0]

CB-8481 Add backbutton support on Windows 10 and Windows Phone 8.1
CB-9565 Fixed build failure for Windows 10 when using Node x64.
Changed output path of windows platforms to support cumulative build in VS.
Created new solution file for dev14 and renaming old to vs2013.sln
CB-9870 Updated hello world template
Fixed internetClientServer capability name in prepare and docs
CB-9800 Fixing contribute link.
CB-9836 Add .gitattributes to prevent CRLF line endings in repos
CB-9632 Fixed tests not to fail on Travis-CI
CB-8936 Introduced --dump arg to log script.
Fix the case of Q requires.
Fixed up “resport” to “report”.
Adds Travis badge

** Known Issues with 4.2.0 and Windows 10**

The Windows 10 SDK includes a tool which can deploy to Windows 10 Phone, but not to a Windows 10 Phone Emulator. To deploy to an emulator, open your solution file in Visual Studio.

[4.1.0]

CB-9499 Run failure targeting x64 with an x86 version of Node
CB-8936 Logs: Stability and formatting improvements
CB-8936 Windows logs: Improvements
CB-9482 Mobile deployment failure
CB-9482 Mobile emulator deployment failure
CB-8936 Added logging functionality
CB-9458 Updated the baseline version of Universal Windows to 10240.
CB-9456 Fixed windows app crash on startup
CB-9450 WindowsStoreIdentityName preference for Store publishing
CB-9455 Fixed requirements check failure
CB-8965 Wait for project creation before adding to it.
CB-8965 Copy cordova-js-src directory to platform folder during create
CB-9359 Adds support for .appxbundle creation
CB-9410 Added preferences for Windows Store ingestion.
CB-9408 Added a windows-packageVersion attribute to the <widget> element
CB-9283 Add support for Windows 10 WinAppDeployCmd for deployment to remote devices.
CB-9239 Fixes issue with windows prepare on posix platforms.
CB-9235 Adds more checks based on the windows-target-version
CB-9159 Fix WP8.1 deploy when ‘window-target-version’ is 10.0.
CB-9335 Windows quality-of-life improvements.
put channel in its proper place, and removed comment. Removed extra )
add same activated channel and activationContext for non-browserify workflows
add activationContext + activated channel to windows
CB-9271 Removed the unnecessary device capabilities from the Windows 10 app manifest.
CB-9252 Migrate WinJS to an NPM dependency
Adding .ratignore file.
CB-9164 Better error message when deploying to Windows10 phone emulator
CB-9097 fail with a more descriptive error if run as admin

** Known Issues with 4.1.0 and Windows 10**

The Windows 10 SDK includes a tool which can deploy to Windows 10 Phone, but not to a Windows 10 Phone Emulator. To deploy to an emulator, open your solution file in Visual Studio.

[4.0.0]

CB-8954 Adds requirements command support to check_reqs module
CB-9073 Fixes build error when path to project contains & symbol
CB-8889 Persist app/package name and product ID during platform update.
Updating appx manifest to a large extent now happens in the prepare step as opposed to the build step. This change implies that cordova-windows 4.0.0 can only work with with cordova CLI > 5.0
CB-8486 Support for creating signed package and build.json for Windows
Add preview support for Windows 10 Universal Apps. To target Windows 10, add <preference name="windows-target-version" value="10.0" /> to config.xml.
The default windows target version is now 8.1.
Support for --appx command line argument to override the windows target version
CB-8946 Added the WindowsToastCapable preference to indicate that the app can support toasts. This is to support the Local Notifications plugin.
CB-8856 Fix ‘Id’ attribute is invalid when creating Windows Store submission build
CB-8307 Adding a 25-year expiration temporary certificate.
CB-8760 platform list doesn't show version for windows platform.

Known Issues with 4.0.0 and Windows 10

Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 does not have a command-line compatible emulator deployment scenario. To deploy to an emulator, open your solution file in Visual Studio.
The Windows SDK included with Visual Studio 2015 RC does not include a tool to deploy to a Windows 10 Phone. To deploy to a phone, open your solution file in Visual Studio.
WinJS is included inline in the package. In the future, it will be migrated to an NPM dependency. WinJS UI functionality is not included and should be add by you. (see WinJS on Github).

[3.8.2]

Update cordova.js with a fix that causes Ripple emulation to fail.

[3.8.1]

CB-8796 updated package.json version manually
CB-8796 updated version file manually
Removed verbose strict inequality tests
Added check for undefined
Fix for callback invocation with NO_RESULT
Fixed wording of warning + removed a commented out line
make bin scripts executable
Update JS snapshot to version 3.8.1 (via coho)

[3.8.0]

Update JS snapshot to version 3.8.0 (via coho)
CB-7985 windows platform does not build with Visual Studio 14 CTP tools
CB-8515 Support DefaultLanguage selection for Windows
CB-8321 Add supported orientations config.xml preference handling for windows platform
CB-8525 Fix audit-license-headers check on Windows
CB-8400 Enable jshint for Windows platform and fix all jshint issues
CB-8417 moved platform specific js into platform
CB-8330 Added new unit tests
CB-8136 Implemented prototype for end to end and unit tests via Jasmine
Fixed regex used in getPackageFileInfo().

[3.7.1]

Updated expired temporary certificate

[3.7.0]

Update JS snapshot to version 3.7.0 (via coho)
CB-7731 catch obvious missing args error
CB-7493 Adds space-in-path and unicode in name tests for CI
CB-7656 Fixes list-devices and list-emulators commands
Fixes msbuild failure after Windows project creation
CB-7617 partial match support for --target
CB-7666 Merge node_modules and move to package root
CB-7666 Move stuff outside of Windows subdir
updated release notes for 3.6.4
CB-7617 Deploy on WP8.1 incorrectly handles --target name
CB-7601 Build fails due to capabilities with m: prefixes are incorrectly sorted
CB-7520 copy MRT images defined in config.xml
CB-7520 .appxbundle package format support
CB-7520 refine image names, use wildcard to include MRT images
CB-7494 Fixes wrong replacements in *.appxmanifest files
CB-7452 Windows. Rewrite ApplyPlatformConfig.ps1 using NodeJS
CB-7377 Removes unnecessary rules tracing which is also incorrectly handled by PS

[3.6.4]

Set VERSION to 3.6.4 (via coho)
Update JS snapshot to version 3.6.4 (via coho)
CB-7617 partial match support for --target
CB-7617 Deploy on WP8.1 incorrectly handles --target name
bundledDependencies + fixed some whitespace

[3.6.0]

CB-7377 Removes unnecessary rules tracing which is also incorrectly handled by PS
update cordova.js
Removed un-needed files, multiple cordova.js files can only cause confusion
CB-7377 Whitelist. Windows build error due to ‘invalid URI rules in config.xml’
CB-7333 Makes default platform template files overridable
Add appveyor badge
CB-7129 VS2012 solution now accepts “anycpu” target instead of “any cpu”
CB-7129 Fixes issue when project isn't built if msbuild v12.0 is not found.
updated repo README
updated repo README
add appveyor file for ci
add basic npm test of create+build project
ignore node_modules
CB-6976 Reflect new switch name to project structure
CB-6976 Changes switch name from ‘--store’ to ‘--win’
Moves node_modules to bin to correctly work under npm
Adds missing ExecutionPolicy option for powershell
Configurable target version for store and phone targets.
CB-7129 spellcheck
Rewrite tooling/platform scripts from WSH to NodeJS
CB-7243 VERSION file is copied over in create platform script.
Using wildcard ** glob to include www folder items CB-6699 #32 #10
CB-7144 Windows8 run fails if replace default certificate
CB-6787 Windows8 - Fix header licenses (Apache RAT report)
updated cordova.js
CB-6976 support for new splash screen and icon images
fixes potential perf issue inside exec_verbose method
CB-6976 fixes deploy error when --nobuild option specified
CB-6976 replaces new template icons and splash screens
CB-6976 fixes deploy error on WP8.1 emulator
CB-6976 fixes run/emulate error when it runs for the first time
CB-6976 fixes deploy when target type is not specified
Adds support for build archs to run command + small cleanup and refactoring + fix jshint issues
CB-6976 Add support for Windows Universal apps (Windows 8.1 and WP 8.1)
Cleanup. This closes #10
Removed Windows7 which is now in it's own branch. This closes #29
Added list of supported architectures in help text
Adds support for target architectures to build command
Closing merged pull requests. close #31, close #30
Close stale pull-reqs, close #22, close #21, close #19
CB-6686 [3.5.0rc][Windows8] Build error if path contains whitespaces
CB-6684 [3.5.0rc][Windows8] Splash screen setting breaks the build
CB-6787 Add license to windows8/CONTRIBUTING.md
CB-6684 [3.5.0rc][Windows8] Splash screen setting breaks the build
CB-6686 [3.5.0rc][Windows8] Build error if path contains whitespaces

[3.5.0]

CB-6557 added pacakge.json to windows8
CB-6491 add CONTRIBUTING.md
CB-6309 Windows8. Add Splash Screen img support via config.xml preference, CB-6544 SplashScreenBackgroundColor, CB-6545 support multiple preferences
moved PlatformConfig functionality to pre-build project level so running outside of cli will still work
Fix for when background-color and/or content-src aren't specified in config.xml
Background color now applied to windows 8 project config during build process. * Added logic to convert hexadecimal color to windows 8 specific format
Fix build/deploy errors when path to project contains spaces
Version files updated to 3.5.0-dev
CB-6435 ./VERSION & /template/VERSION updated
Modify execution policy restrictions removal logic. Using PS native cmdlet to remove restrictions.
CB-6397 [windows8] Use the latest version of MSBuild Tools installed to build the app
CB-6256 CB-6266 Add support for domain whitelist and start page settings to Windows8
CB-2970 CB-2953 log unsupported methods and exit with code 1
CB-2978 list-devices not supported on windows 8
CB-6091 [windows] Build fails if application path contains whitespaces
CB-6083 [windows8] Use registry to read msbuild tools path
CB-6042 [windows8] Cordova emulate fails if no developer certificate is installed
CB-5951 Added namespace to config.xml
Remove template file after create by name
CB-4533 return error code 2 on fail, CB-5359 get tools version from the registry
update to 3.4.0 js and increment version num
CB-5951 Added namespace to config.xml
Remove template file after create by name
CB-4533 return error code 2 on fail, CB-5359 get tools version from the registry
update cordova-js and VERSION