Apache Software Foundation is announcing that Apache Cordova with version number 5.1.1 is already available to download.
What is Apache Cordova ?
Apache Cordova is A large collection of JavaScript APIs that allow app developers to access native mobile device functions, settings and properties .
Apache Cordova was developed so mobile phone applications could be developed using solely HTML, CSS and JavaScript.Cordova handles the underbellies of an application, features like camera, battery or accelerometer details.It still needs an user interface framework like Dojo Mobile, jQuery Mobile or Sencha Touch, but when used correctly, programmers could create apps from a single JS & HTML codebase, instead of N versions for N different devices and mobile OSs.
This is changelog for Apache Cordova version 5.1.1 :
- Plugins have been renamed and the Cordova-CLI now supports fetching plugins from npm. We highly recommend reading about it in the plugins release blog post.
- <feature> tags have been renamed to <plugin> tags in your projects config.xml. Adding a <plugin> tag to your config.xml will fetch and install it on cordova prepare if it isn’t already installed.
- Cordova Android@4.0.0 has been released and pinned as the default version for new projects. This includes support for pluggable WebViews! Read about it in the Android 4.0.0 release blog post.
- Our template app, Cordova App Hello World, has been moved to npm.
You can read the complete changelog and also download this latest version on their homepage: cordova.apache.org