From a5d6808d887b73871e6e44b1ba0cdba3725c1e5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darryl Pogue Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:40:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] blog: Add cordova-ios 8.0.0 release --- www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md diff --git a/www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md b/www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cc6bb1ede7 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +--- +layout: post +author: + name: Darryl Pogue + url: https://dpogue.ca +title: "Cordova iOS 8.0.0 is now available!" +categories: announcements +tags: news releases +--- + +After nearly 2 years of work, we are excited to finally announce that we have released **Cordova iOS 8.0.0**! This is Cordova's platform supporting the development of applications for iOS & iPadOS; now with better support for the latest platform features. + +* [cordova-ios@8.0.0](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-ios) + +**To upgrade:** + +```bash +cordova platform remove ios +cordova platform add ios@8.0.0 +``` + +**This is a major version release which includes some breaking changes!** +We have tried hard to make the update process as smooth as possible for both application and plugin developers, while improving the experience for developers embedding Cordova iOS as a library. + +For plugin authors, we've written a guide about [Upgrading Plugins to Cordova iOS 8.x](https://apache.github.io/cordova-ios/documentation/cordova/upgrading-8?language=objc). + +## Release Highlights + +* **Supported version minimums** + * The minimum supported **iOS** version is now 13. + * The minimum supported **Xcode** version is now 15. + * The minimum supported **NodeJS** version is now 20.17. + +* **Embracing Swift** + * The platform project now uses Swift classes and a storyboard file. + * Plugins can now be set up as Swift packages, including other Swift packages as dependencies. + * CordovaLib is available as a Swift package to be embedded in existing projects. + +* **Platform project modernizing** + * The Xcode project, and build target are now always named `App`. + This resolves numerous issues around CocoaPods, multi-target projects, and Info.plist additions, but potentially breaks some hooks that assume the project name matches what's defined in config.xml. + * The platform project now supports building for macOS using Catalyst. + * The platform project has adopted the iOS Scene APIs, which are required for iOS 26 support. + * CordovaLib (used as a library) supports targeting the visionOS platform. + +* **Build-in status bar handling** + * Status bar handling is now built-in to Cordova iOS, and the StatusBar plugin is no longer required in most cases. + * Whether the status bar is shown or not is controlled by the viewport meta tag's `viewport-fit` directive. + * The background color of the status bar is controlled by the theme-color meta tag. + +* **App icon simplification** + * Projects can now provide a single 1024px × 1024px icon in config.xml. + * Projects building with Xcode 16 or newer can provide monochrome and dark mode icon variants. + * See [GH-1465](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1465) for details. + * **NOTE:** Cordova iOS 8.0.0 does not include support for the new Xcode 26 Icon Composer file format. We hope to introduce support in the near future. + +* **Bunches of bugs fixed** + * Range requests are now supported for large media files when using a custom protocol. + * Opening system alert boxes from JavaScript code should no longer freeze the application. + * Improved error messaging when no iOS simulators are installed. + * Configurable behavior for recovering from web view crashes that sometimes left blank screens. + * Fix for `handleOpenURL()` not firing reliably when the app is launched. + * Improve handling for the `deployment-target` preference with CocoaPods. + +* **Embedded framework improvements** + * Several memory leaks have been fixed when disposing of a Cordova view controller. + * Several API improvements for specifying background colours and splash screen behaviour. + * Introduced `CDVSceneDelegate` for integrating with the iOS Scene API. + * Added nullability annotations to several classes and API methods. + * New [API documentation](https://apache.github.io/cordova-ios/) is published for the CordovaLib classes. + +The full changelog is available to read [here](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/rel/8.0.0/RELEASENOTES.md). Please report any issues you find on our [Cordova-iOS](https://github.com/apache/cordova-iOS/issues) GitHub issue tracker! From b9a795b0e94ed568180ab42db4c2d9f327f2c07f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?=E3=82=A8=E3=83=AA=E3=82=B9?= Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:02:36 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] blog: update 2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md --- www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md b/www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md index cc6bb1ede7..77f06223f0 100644 --- a/www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md +++ b/www/_posts/2025-11-23-cordova-ios-8.0.0.md @@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ For plugin authors, we've written a guide about [Upgrading Plugins to Cordova iO * Added nullability annotations to several classes and API methods. * New [API documentation](https://apache.github.io/cordova-ios/) is published for the CordovaLib classes. -The full changelog is available to read [here](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/rel/8.0.0/RELEASENOTES.md). Please report any issues you find on our [Cordova-iOS](https://github.com/apache/cordova-iOS/issues) GitHub issue tracker! +The full changelog is available to read [here](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/blob/rel/8.0.0/RELEASENOTES.md). Please report any issues you find on our [Cordova-iOS](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/issues) GitHub issue tracker!