android 6.0.0.r1,Cordova Android 6.0.0 Released!

We are happy to announce a major release forCordova Android 6.0.0 has been released!

Run the following command in your project to save your currently installed plugins into config.xml:

cordova plugin save

To upgrade:

npm install -g cordova

cd my_project

cordova platform update android@6.0.0

To add it explicitly:

cordova platform add android@6.0.0

What's new in Android

This release adds significant functionality, and also introduces a number

of breaking changes. Some of the changes to the code base will be of

particular interest to third party webview plugin developers.

Major Changes

Primary bridge is the EVAL_BRIDGE, which tells the WebView to execute JS directly. This is more stable than the ONLINE_EVENT bridge

Full Support for Android Nougat (API 24)

Ice Cream Sandwich Support has been deprecated. Minimum Supported Android Version is Jellybean (API 16/ Android 4.1)

Plugin Installation now CLEANS the build directory, this speeds up gradle build times and allows for CLI develoment to be more predictable

Changes For Third-Party WebView Developers:

executeJavascript method added and is an abstract method that must be implemented

the EVAL_BRIDGE must be added to the WebView

Curated Changes from the Git Commit Logs, check release notes for a more complete list

CB-11083: Fix to deal with custom frameworks with their own Gradle configuration

CB-8722: Move icons from drawable to mipmap

CB-11964: Call clean after plugin install and mock it in tests

CB-11935: Does a best-effort attempt to pause any processing that can be paused safely, such as animations and geolocation.

CB-11640: Changing requirements check to ask for Java 8

CB-11907: Bumping Gradle to work with Android Studio 2.2 and the Android Gradle Plugin

CB-11078: Empty string for BackgroundColor preference crashes application This closes #316