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name: Steve Gill
url: https://twitter.com/stevesgill

title: "Cordova 6.1.0 Released!" categories: news

tags: release tools

New versions of cordova tools are now live!

Release Highlights include:

CB-10679 implemented new plugin fetching logic. We now allow community plugins to define cordova engine restrictions. Read about it in our new plugin fetching blog post.
CB-10880 Removed plugin pinning. Replaced by new plugin fetching logic.

To update your tools:

If you have cordova installed:
```
npm install -g cordova@latest
```
If you have plugman installed:
```
npm install -g plugman@latest
```

Changes include:

Platform updates

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

cordova-lib

CB-10902 updated pinned platforms
CB-10808 CLI Support templates with subdirectory
CB-10880 Removed plugin pinning
CB-10679 Improving version choosing logic test coverage
CB-10673 add plugin --force option.
CB-10679 New version choosing logic for plugin add
CB-10328 set top-level property when adding new platforms
CB-10314 avoid fetching plugins when oldId is already fetched
CB-10708 Install/uninstall plugins correctly into CLI project using plugman
CB-10462 Get rid of npmconf in favor of npm
CB-10662 Use project's config.xml as a fallback for package name
CB-10644 Adds deprecation message about old platforms support removal.
CB-10519 Wrap all sync calls inside of cordova.raw methods into promises
CB-10641 Adds tests for order of operations in platform add
CB-10641 Run prepare _after_ plugins were installed
CB-10618 Do not call prepBuildFiles for cordova-android@>=5.2.0.
CB-10518 Correct log level and error messages for some cordova errors
CB-10550 Fix plugin id mapper not enforced when a version is specified
CB-10611 fix before_plugin_install hook not disabled with --nohooks
CB-10235 Added clearer error message for info command.
CB-10584 Splashscreen plugin crashes the app on windows 10 when built with --browserify
CB-10592 Don't quote platform specific args values
CB-10482 Remove references to windows8 from cordova-lib/cli
CB-10567 Bubble up cordova.raw.run() error to the caller
CB-10553 Fix framework tag handler for Android
CB-10461 cordova platform ls should list the versions of platforms pinned
CB-10531 Enable coverage reports for cordova-lib
CB-10465 Pass correct options to prepare from compile
CB-10459 cordova platform list should mark amazon-fireos and wp8 as deprecated
CB-10499 --template should pull the latest template from npm when version isn't specified
CB-10432 Adds e2e test to protect against future regressions.
Added node versions matrix to .travis.yml.

cordova-cli

CB-10902 Updated cordova-lib dependency to 6.1.0
Simplified cordova CLI readme
CB-10860 avoid node complaining of too many event listener added when running tests
CB-10673 add plugin add --force option.
Add Travis CI badge
Specify valid SPDX license in package.json
CB-10748 Use cordova-common.CordovaLogger in CLI
Adding and fixing some whitespace in CLI docs.
CB-10348 Update formatting of CLI reference readme
CB-10348 CLI reference readme
CB-10482 Remove references to windows8 from cordova-lib/cli
CB-10348 CLI doc output tweaks
Update help docs - add examples and make them consistent

cordova-plugman

CB-10902 Updated cordova-lib dependency to 6.1.0

cordova-js

CB-10650 Non-index content.src causes Splashscreen to be not displayed on browser
CB-10558 Update cordova-js according to windows8 deprecation

cordova-common

CB-10694 Platform-specific configuration preferences don't override global settings
CB-9264 Duplicate entries in config.xml
CB-10791 Add adjustLoggerLevel to cordova-common.CordovaLogger
CB-10662 Add tests for ConfigParser.getStaticResources
CB-10622 fix target attribute being ignored for images in config.xml.
CB-10583 Protect plugin preferences from adding extra Array properties.

Pinned Platform Versions for Cordova CLI 6.1.0

Cordova Amazon-FireOS: ~3.6.3
Cordova Android: ~5.1.1
Cordova BlackBerry10: ~3.8.0
Cordova Browser: ~4.1.0
Cordova FirefoxOS: ~3.6.3
Cordova iOS: ~4.1.0
Cordova OSX: ~4.0.1
Cordova Ubuntu: ~4.3.3
Cordova Windows: ~4.3.1
Cordova WebOS: ~3.7.0
Cordova WP8: ~3.8.2

Plugin Versions tested with Cordova CLI 6.1.0

cordova-plugin-battery-status: 1.1.1
cordova-plugin-camera: 2.1.1
cordova-plugin-console: 1.0.2
cordova-plugin-contacts: 2.0.1
cordova-plugin-device: 1.1.1
cordova-plugin-device-motion: 1.2.0
cordova-plugin-device-orientation: 1.0.2
cordova-plugin-dialogs: 1.2.0
cordova-plugin-file: 4.1.1
cordova-plugin-file-transfer: 1.5.0
cordova-plugin-geolocation: 2.1.0
cordova-plugin-globalization: 1.0.3
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser: 1.3.0
cordova-plugin-legacy-whitelist: 1.1.1
cordova-plugin-media: 2.2.0
cordova-plugin-media-capture: 1.2.0
cordova-plugin-network-information: 1.2.0
cordova-plugin-splashscreen: 3.2.1
cordova-plugin-statusbar: 2.1.2
cordova-plugin-test-framework: 1.1.1
cordova-plugin-vibration: 2.1.0
cordova-plugin-whitelist: 1.2.1
cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine: 1.0.2

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