Last modified March 4, 2021 by Shelly Wolfe

Cordova SDK release notes

Swrve has an open source SDK repository. There are two options for downloading the latest public Cordova SDK plugin:

  • Install the plugin from NPM using the following command:
    cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-swrve
  • Download the plugin from the GitHub public repository or clone the repository.

For upgrade instructions, see the Cordova SDK upgrade guide.

Release 4.0.0

Release date: June 7, 2022

Features

  • Updated the minimum support for Cordova to 11.
  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to 8.0.0.
  • Updated the iOS native Swrve framework to 7.2.1.
  • Added support for embedded campaigns and the personalization of embedded campaigns.
  • Removed iOS frameworks and framework hooks. SwrveSDK now uses cocoapods to include native iOS dependencies.

Fixes

  • Removed evalJS calls from the iOS SwrvePlugin due to a known issue that can cause crashes with the Cordova plugin version 6+.

Release 3.3.0

Release date: March 4, 2021

Features

  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to use Maven Central instead of Bintray.
  • Updated the iOS native Swrve framework to 6.8.1.

Release 3.2.2

Release date: February 16, 2021

Fixes

  • If swrve.handlingGoogleServices is enabled, SwrveFirebaseMessagingService is no longer included in the AndroidManifest.xml by default.

Release 3.2.1

Release date: November 4, 2020

Features

  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to 7.3.2.

Release 3.2.0

Release date: October 27, 2020

Features

  • Updated tracking of device OS and type for platform-specific delivery of in-app messages.
  • Added an additional configuration option to Android which disables google-service modification’s being done by Swrve.
  • Updated the iOS native Swrve framework to 6.7.0.
  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to 7.3.1.

Release 3.1.0

Release date: September 8, 2020

Features

  • Updated the iOS native Swrve framework to 6.6.0.
  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to 7.2.1.

Release 3.0.0

Release date: May 22, 2020

Features

  • Swrve now automatically tracks and logs when push notifications are delivered and displayed on each device. This data will be used to drive campaign reports, retargeting, and exports.
  • Updated the iOS native Swrve framework to 6.5.0.
  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to 7.1.0.
  • We have migrated from android-support to AndroidX. This change includes an update to the android-after_plugin_install hook to change the gradle.properties in your project to support AndroidX.

Release 2.1.0

Release date: January 23, 2020

Features

  • Added configuration options for delaying the start of the SDK and setting a custom user ID for tracking purposes. For more information, see the Cordova integration guide.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with Android platform generation where duplicates of the same configuration would appear in the finished Application.java.

Release 2.0.1

Release date: October 7, 2019

Features

  • Updated the iOS native Swrve framework to 6.3.0.
  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to 6.3.0.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the dynamic iOS Frameworks added to the plugin were not stripping their simulator architectures on release build.

Release 2.0.0

Release date: September 19, 2019

Features

  • Added support for geo-triggered campaigns. For more information, see the Geo SDK integration guide.
  • Added an API for handling deeplinks to show customized campaigns immediately after a user clicks an ad message.
  • Added support for iOS 12 Provisional Authorization for push notifications. For more information, see the Cordova integration guide.
  • Added support for rewards in in-app purchases and unified the functions across both platforms.
  • Added a new method for returning the current external user ID.
  • Added config.xml preference to remove an iOS push notification badge on application startup.
  • Updated the iOS native Swrve framework to 6.2.1.
  • Updated the Android native Swrve dependency to 6.2.1.
  • Removed support for the Android iapPlay method. Use the platform-agnostic unvalidated IAP method instead.
  • Added support for NPM.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in the Android Hooks where the .Application reference was sometimes added to the AndroidManifest.xml file.
  • Fixed an issue in the Android Hooks where a pre-existing drawables folder could prevent Gradle and google-services.json modifications from happening.
  • Fixed an issue in the Hooks where the platform package ID was not observed for PackageName. Now, if included, the widget IDs android-packageName and ios-CFBundleIdentifier will be the packageName observed rather than id.
  • Fixed an issue in the Hooks where async file transfers were not completing or colliding with other plugins operating in the same area of the generated project.
  • Introduced public tests to verify and improve the reliability of our hook systems.

Previous releases summary

Date Version Features and Fixes
August 12, 2019 1.1.1 Bug fixes.
July 29, 2019 1.1.0 Added an API for handling User Identity. Also added support for background (silent) notifications.
July 1, 2019 1.0.0 First public release.