Cordova 6.0.0 Released!

By: Steve Gill

28 Jan 2016

New versions of cordova tools are now live!

Release Highlights include:

Updated default platform versions to cordova-android@5, cordova-ios@4 and cordova-windows@4.3.
- cordova-android@5.1 supports Android 6.X.X (Marshmallow)
- cordova-ios@4.0 adds iOS9 and WKWebView support
- cordova-windows@4.3 updated the platform to use the new Platform API.
Added a new template feature to create command. E.g. cordova create --template cordova-app-hello-world. This can fetch templates via npm, git URL or local paths.
Removed support for our old Cordova Plugins Registry. Now plugins can only be installed via npm, git URL or local paths.
Added default plugin pinning to cordova. This means that cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera will fetch the pinned version of the plugin instead of the always grabbing the latest. Users can still install any version of a plugin via cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera@VERSION.
Added deprecation notices for amazon-fireos and wp8. We are aiming to remove support for these platforms in 6 months. Target Android and Windows instead.

To update your tools:

Changes include:

Platform updates

When adding these platforms to your project, the following versions are now used by default:

CB-10432 Fix plugin installation for newly added platform
CB-10423 allow recursive folder copy skipping whatever .. was
CB-10394 updated pinned Android version to ~5.1.0
CB-10299 updated pinned windows version to ~4.3.0
CB-10274 Make www directory the default for plugman
CB-10121 added deprecation notice for amazon-fireos and wp8
CB-7183 prevent read/write/modify files outside project from plugins
CB-8455 Added --nohooks option.
CB-10193 Add deprecation notice about pre_package removal
CB-10147 updated pinned iOS to ~4.0.0
CB-10125: Android build fails on read-only files.
CB-6698 Fix directory resolution of framework with parent.
CB-9653 Adds copying of blackberry10 splashscreens
Ubuntu support for the new plugin naming convention
CB-9957 removed support for fetching from Cordova Plugins Registry. Only fetch plugins from npm now.
CB-10108 Fixes android frameworks installation/removal
CB-9964 Added --template support to cordova create
Removing the --usegit flag from cordova platform. Recommended method is to use cordova platform add git_url#branch
CB-10081 pinned plugin versions. These are default versions fetched when adding a plugin.
add missing package_suffix function on amazon-fireos platform for plugman installations.
CB-10057 - removing <access> tag does not remove ATS entry
CB-10048 clobbering of <access> tags to ATS directives

CB-10424 Updated cordova-lib dependency to 6.0.0
Remove browserify from experimental flags list
CB-8455 Added --nohooks option.
CB-9964 Added --template support to cordova create
Removing the --usegit flag from cordova platform. Recommended method is to use cordova platform add git_url#branch
CB-9836 Add .gitattributes to prevent CRLF line endings in repos
Added message about deprecating amazon-fireos for Fire OS 5.0+ devices. 2015 onwards FireOS devices should use Android platform only.
Added message about deprecating wp8. Users should start targeting the windows platform instead.
add JIRA issue tracker link.