Cordova Version Rejected

[Joe Bohen]

I Have attempted to release my app onto Google Play and I have received an email telling me to upgrade cordova to a min version of 4.1.1 or higher the app buids with ver 4.0.0! This is an ongoing problem with cordova with previous versions that Google have recommended now being considered unacceptable! How to I fix this issue.

[M&M]

Well from what I know If you use libraries v3.1, cordova for android will be 4.1.1. I have been able to upgrade one of my earlier app with some difficulties from 2.3 to 3.1. Your plugins and stuff that was added the old-fashioned way will stop working and you'll have to import them using the Cordova Plugin import feature. I have some experience with this and if it's a jQuery app perhaps I can give you some pointers.

[Serhii Kulibaba]

Hello Joe,

@M&M is right, please update your libraries version to the last one

[Joe Bohen]

Hi, M&M I would appreciate any assistance you can provide my project is a Jquery app. Sergiy you say to update the libraries version, but you don't say how or where do You mean in the Appery designer or in Android Studio?

[M&M]

hi Joe,

Yes, it's in the Appery designer. One of the most important questions is whether or not you use a lot of third party Cordova plugins?

Under "External resources" of your App you have a "Libraries version" .... that's the one. You will have to set that to a newer version. But say if you had an app v2.3 or earlier, it would mean that the whole structure has changed and you'd need to use the new feature to import the Cordova Plugins. I am kinda familiar with this part so may be I can give you some pointers on this - if you run into any issues. Cheers - M&M

[Joe Bohen]

Hi M&M, Thanks for the information, I use quite a few of the cordova plugins in the app including camera, device, geolocation, vibrate etc. I have changed the version to 3.1 and the designer has re-loaded what do I need to do now?
Regards,
Joe

[M&M]

hi,

If it's the core Cordova plugins then you may not need to do much or anything at all. But if you have used third party plugins (those that you manually downloaded from github or something and included it by editing cordova_plugins.js, AndroidManifest.xml and config.xml, then those will not work). For those plugins you will have to download them from github and this time use the Cordova Plugin Import feature (that's relatively new). It's straightforward though - just download those plugins (the zip file) from github and then then Resources - Cordova Plugins - Import plugin. Then point to the zip file and it should get imported. Then just use the plugin just as you would normally use. Cheers - M.M

[Joe Bohen]

Hi M&M thanks for your advice.