Mobile apps with HTML, CSS & JS for Android & iOS.
Cordova App Hello World 7.0.0 Released!
29 August 2025 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that [email protected] has been released. This is the default app template used when creating a new Cordova App project though Cordova CLI.
Release Highlights
The most notable changes in this release were:
Setting the body element's box-sizing to border-box to avoid the safe-area-inset padding that caused scrolling issues
Disabled the overscroll behavior of the root element to remove rubber-banding effects.
Used modern, unprefixed CSS directives.
Updated default template's package ID to org.apache.cordova.hellocordova.
Changes include:
Fixes:
GH-98 fix(css): Fix extra padding causing scrolling
Chores:
Cordova Fetch 5.0.0 Released!
29 August 2025 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that [email protected] has been released. This is the library used behind-the-scenes of the Cordova tooling for fetching of Cordova platforms and plugins.
Release Highlights
The most notable changes in this major release were:
Updated the library's npm dependencies.
Increased in the Node.js engine requirement to >=20.9.0.
Changes include:
Breaking Changes:
GH-131 chore(npm)!: bump [email protected]
GH-125 chore!: bump node requirement & npm dependencies
Chores:
GH-136 chore(README): update badges
Cordova Common 6.0.0 Released!
9 August 2025 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that [email protected] has been released. This is one of the libraries used behind-the-scenes by nearly all of the Cordova tooling and provides utilities for dealing with things like config.xml parsing.
Release Highlights
The most notable changes in this major release were:
Removal of superspawn, which also dropped the npm dependencies q and cross-spawn.
Update to the <resource-file> directive to allow directories and their contents to be copied.
Update to the <config-file> and <edit-config> directives to support finding unprefixed Info.plist files.
Increase in the Node.js engine requirement to >=20.9.0.
Changes include:
Breaking Changes:
Cordova Android 14.0.1 Released!
30 April 2025 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that we have just released Cordova Android 14.0.1! This is one of Cordova's supported platforms for building Android applications.
[email protected]
To upgrade:
cordova platform remove android
cordova platform add [email protected]
To install:
cordova platform add [email protected]
Release Highlights
Fixes
Fetching Gradle Path for Windows
Resolved an issue in Windows environments where projects containing spaces in their paths could not be built due to changes in how the Gradle path was fetched.
Cordova Android 14.0.0 Released!
26 March 2025 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that we have just released Cordova Android 14.0.0! This is one of Cordova's supported platforms for building Android applications.
[email protected]
To upgrade:
cordova platform remove android
cordova platform add [email protected]
To install:
cordova platform add [email protected]
Release Highlights
BREAKING CHANGES
Increased Target SDK
This release has increased the target SDK to 35 (Android 15).
Project Dependencies
The following Gradle de
Media Capture Plugin 6.0.0 Released!
26 February 2025 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that we have just released an update for cordova-plugin-media-capture!
[email protected]
To upgrade:
cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-media-capture
cordova plugin add [email protected]
Release Highlights
This major release primarily focused on ensuring that the plugin complies with Android's new strict permission requirements.
Specifically, it removes unnecessary permissions such as:
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
Additiona
Cordova Common 5.0.1 Released!
2 February 2025 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that [email protected] has been released. This is one of the libraries used behind-the-scenes by nearly all of the Cordova tooling and provides utilities for dealing with things like config.xml parsing.
Release Highlights
The most notable changes in this patch release were updates to the dependencies used by this tool. Some dependencies were replaced with Node internals, reducing the overall dependency requirements.
Changes include:
Chores:
GH-222 chore: bump npm dependencies to current minor revisions
GH-217 chore(deps): bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.6
GH-214 chore(deps): bump micromatch from 4.0.5 to 4.0.8
Cordova 2024 recap and plans for 2025 - Meetup recording
31 January 2025 @ 12:00 am
We kicked off 2025 with a very successful virtual meetup! Thank you to everyone who attended, and a huge thanks to Bryan Ellis (@erisu) for preparing and hosting the meeting. We had over 100 registrations and more than 60 attendees.
The recording is available on YouTube, and you can find the slides here.
Bryan provided a recap of 2024, summarizing Cordova releases and milestones, and shared some plans for the current year. As always, we can't provide exact timelines since our work is entirely volunteer-driven. However, if you’d like to help us achieve our goals, you can start contributing at any time!
We also have plans for additional meetups to make contributing even more accessible. Stay tuned for more details!
Cordova needs you in 2025! Let's start with a meetup
8 January 2025 @ 12:00 am
The beginning of a new year is always a good opportunity for a project to reflect on the past year and make plans for the one ahead. As we wrapped up 2024, we had an idea that we’re excited to share: hosting another community meetup for Cordova.
This meetup will be an excellent chance to recap the recent releases and highlight some upcoming tasks. 2024 saw some promising contributions from new developers, and we’ve noticed growing interest in our project. This makes the meetup the perfect time to onboard new contributors and strengthen our community.
Without more committers, it will become increasingly challenging to maintain a steady release cycle and address the needs of our users. By bringing together experienced contributors and newcomers, we aim to foster collaboration and make future releases smoother. The release process is vital but can often feel overwhelming within the ASF framework. To address this, we are exploring ways to simplify it and provide clea
File Plugin 8.1.3 Released!
20 November 2024 @ 12:00 am
We are happy to announce that we have just released an update for cordova-plugin-file!
[email protected]
To upgrade:
cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-file
cordova plugin add [email protected]
Release Highlights
This patch fixes an issue with FileEntry.toURL() on iOS devices when the app
is hosted through schemes. The intent for this API is to produce a URL that
can be used in the DOM, like image tags for example. However, iOS devices always
produced file:// URIs which is not usable when the webview is configured to
use schemes.
Starting with 8.1.3, FileEntry.toURL() will produce an app-scheme URI if the
iOS webview is configured to use app schemes, or a