Upgrade Cordova Version of an iOS app

Question

How can I transfer a Cordova iOS app from one PC to other? The app is made in some other version of Cordova and I want to upgrade its Cordova version.

Answer 1

You can follow the steps below:

• In new PC, install the latest version of cordova using npm install -g cordova command
• In new PC, create a new cordova project using cordova create PROJECT_NAME command in desired location using terminal
• Now navigate to the newly create project folder, copy the contents of WWW folder and config.xml file from Old project in Old PC and replace the same in newly created project folder.
• In terminal, navigate to project root directory and install the required plugins in new project using cordova plugin add PLUGIN_NAME command
• After installing required plugins, add the iOS platform to the project using cordova platform add ios command
• Now build the project using cordova build ios command

You are good to go now. But you gotta test your project once thoroughly as some plugin may not works as expected with latest cordova version.

Answer 2

With the newer versions of Cordova this process has been made much easier. The config.xml can now hold entries which specify the plugins and platforms your app will run. Look at this example. You can add these entries to your config.xml:

<engine name="android" spec="~5.1.1" />
<engine name="ios" spec="~4.1.0" />
<engine name="browser" spec="~4.0.0" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-console" spec="~1.1.7" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-dialogs" spec="~1.2.0" />

When you run cordova platform prepare ios, if not already created, Cordova will fetch the missing platforms and plugins for you. This a good way to start building your app if not already started.

Answer 3

you can copy project folder one to another. if you have different version you can upgrade. if you have upgraded cordova. type in terminal project's folder cordova platform update ios and cordova platform update android if you dont before this : sudo npm update -g cordova