Cordova Android 5.1.1

By: Steve Gill

02 Mar 2016

We are happy to announce that Cordova Android 5.1.1 has been released.

Cordova CLI 6.0.0 will automatically start using this version of Cordova-Android when creating new projects.

To upgrade:

npm install -g cordova
cd my_project
cordova platform update android@5.1.1

To add it explicitly:

cordova platform add android@5.1.1

What's new in Android platform

updated cordova-common dependenecy to 1.1.0
CB-10628 Fix emulate android --target
CB-10618 Handle gradle frameworks on plugin installation/uninstallation
CB-10510: Add an optional timeout to emu start script
CB-10498: Resume event should be sticky if it has a plugin result
fix HtmlNotFoundTest so that it passes when file not found is handled correctly
CB-10472 NullPointerException: org.apache.cordova.PluginManager.onSaveInstanceState check if pluginManager is null before using it
CB-10138 Adds missing plugin metadata to plugin_list module.
CB-10443 Pass original options instead of remaining
CB-10443 Fix this.root null reference
CB-10421 Fixes exception when calling run script with --help option
CB-10406 Fixes an exception, thrown when building using Ant.
CB-10157 Uninstall app from device/emulator only when signed apk is already installed