New versions of cordova tools are now live!

• cordova-lib@4.2.0
• cordova@4.2.0
• plugman@0.22.17
• cordova-js@3.7.3

To update your tools:

• If you have cordova installed:

  npm install -g cordova
  

• If you have plugman installed:

  npm install -g plugman
  

Changes include:

Platform updates

When adding these platforms to your project, the following versions are now used by default. These platform versions were released recently, and the tools' defaults were updated:

• Cordova Ubuntu 4.0.0
• Cordova WP8 3.7.1
• Cordova BlackBerry10 3.7.0

cordova-lib

• ConfigParser: refactor getPreference()
• Parsers: add base parser (parser.js) and make platform parsers inherit from it
• CB-8230 Make project.properties optional for Android sub-libraries
• CB-8215 Improve error message when <source-file> is missing target-dir on Android
• CB-8217 Fix plugin add --link when plugin given as relative path
• CB-8216 Resolve plugin paths relative to original CWD
• CB-7803 Allow adding any platform on any host OS
• CB-8155 Do not fail plugin installation from git url with --link
• Updates README with description of npm commands for this package
• CB-8129 Adds npm run cover command to generate tests coverage report
• CB-8114 Specify a cache-min-time for plugins
• CB-8190 Make plugman config/cache directory to be customizable via PLUGMAN_HOME
• CB-7610 Fix cordova plugin add d:\path (or any other non-c: path)
• CB-8158 Added hasModule check to browserify code
• CB-8173 Point to the latest Ubuntu version
• CB-8179 Point to the latest WP8 version
• CB-8158 Adding symbolList to cordova.js
• CB-8154 Fix errors adding platforms or plugins
• browserify: updated require to use symbollist
• Amazon Added a type named gradleReference in framework
• CB-7736 Update npm dep to promote qs module to 1.0
• CB-8086 Prefixed subprojects with package name
• CB-8067 externalized valid-identifier it is its own module
• Added identifier checking for app id, searches for java+C# reserved words
• CB-6472 Adding content to -Info.plist - Unexpected behaviour
• CB-8053 Including a project reference in a plugin fails on Windows platform
• Pass the searchpath when installing plugins
• Add a type named gradleReference in framework

cordova

• CB-6756 Use cordova_lib.binname instead of cordova
• CB-8129 Adds npm run cover command to generate tests coverage report
• searchpath option is added to restore

cordova-js

• CB-8210 Use the correct plugin for App/CoreAndroid plugin based on platformVersion
• CB-8210 Android: Fire events from native via message channel
• CB-8210 Android: Add message channel for events
• CB-8129 Adds cover grunt task to generate tests coverage report
• Amazon related change: base64.toArrayBuffer to convert base64 strings
• CB-8158 Populating symbolList

plugman

• Fix broken link to Chrome plugins

Pinned Platform Versions for Cordova CLI 4.2.0

• Cordova Amazon-FireOS: 3.6.3
• Cordova Android: 3.6.4
• Cordova BlackBerry10: 3.7.0
• Cordova Browser: 3.6.0
• Cordova FirefoxOS: 3.6.3
• Cordova iOS: 3.7.0
• Cordova Ubuntu: 4.0.0
• Cordova Windows: 3.7.1
• Cordova WP8: 3.7.1