Update cordova plugins in one command

Question

I am wondering is there an easier way to update cordova plugin?

I googled, found a hook (@ year 2013), but this is not 100% what I want.

I know I can do this

Answer 1

npm update -f its working form me

npm update -f

it will update all plugins and cli

• cordova-sqlite-storage@2.3.0
• cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing@5.3.2
• onesignal-cordova-plugin@2.3.3
• @ionic-native/device@4.6.0
• @ionic-native/screen-orientation@4.6.0
• @ionic-native/onesignal@4.6.0
• @ionic-native/status-bar@4.6.0
• @ionic-native/splash-screen@4.6.0
• @ionic-native/core@4.6.0
• @ionic-native/social-sharing@4.6.0
• @angular/cli@1.7.3
• cordova-plugin-splashscreen@5.0.3-dev added 322 packages, removed 256 packages, updated 91 packages and moved 8 packages in 350.86s

Answer 2

You don't need remove, just add again.

cordova plugin add https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera

Answer 3

you cannot update ,but i wrote a batch file that removes my plugins and install again so in this case my all plugins are updated automatically, hope this solves your problem

@echo off
for %%a in (
"com.ionic.keyboard"
"com.phonegap.plugins.PushPlugin"
"cordova-instagram-plugin"
"cordova-plugin-camera"
"cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview"
"cordova-plugin-file"
"cordova-plugin-file-transfer"

) do call cordova plugin rm %%a


for %%b in (
"com.ionic.keyboard"
"com.phonegap.plugins.PushPlugin"
"cordova-instagram-plugin"
"cordova-plugin-camera"
"cordova-plugin-crosswalk-webview"
"cordova-plugin-file"
"cordova-plugin-file-transfer"


) do call cordova plugin add %%b

Answer 4

If you install the third party package:

npm i cordova-check-plugins

You can then run a simple command of

cordova-check-plugins --update=auto --force

Keep in mind forcing anything always comes with potential risks of breaking changes.

As other answers have stated, the connecting NPM packages that manage these plugins also require a consequent update when updating the plugins, so now you can check them with:

npm outdated

And then sweeping update them with

npm update

Now tentatively serve your app again and check all of the things that have potentially gone awry from breaking changes. The joy of software development! :)

Answer 5

This is my Windows Batch version for update all plugins in one command

How to use:

From command line, in the same folder of project, run

c:\> batchNameFile

or

c:\> batchNameFile autoupdate

Where "batchNameFile" is the name of .BAT file, with the script below.

For only test ( first exmple ) or to force every update avaiable ( 2nd example )

@echo off

cls

set pluginListFile=update.plugin.list

if exist %pluginListFile% del %pluginListFile%

Echo "Reading installed Plugins"
Call cordova plugins > %pluginListFile%
echo.

for /F "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%a in ( %pluginListFile% ) do (
   Echo "Checking online version for %%a"

   for /F "delims=" %%I in ( 'npm info %%a version' ) do (
     Echo "Local : %%b"
     Echo "Online: %%I"
     if %%b LSS %%I Call :toUpdate %%a %~1
     :cont
     echo.
   )
)

if exist %pluginListFile% del %pluginListFile%

Exit /B

:toUpdate
Echo "Need Update !"
if '%~2' == 'autoupdate' Call :DoUpdate %~1
goto cont

:DoUpdate
Echo "Removing Plugin"
Call cordova plugin rm %~1
Echo "Adding Plugin"
Call cordova plugin add %~1
goto cont

This batch was only tested in Windows 10

Answer 6

Go to your cordova project directory then write

npm outdated

npm will be display your outdated plugins, if any plugin outdated then write this command

npm update