Author: ian
Date: Tue Jul 8 20:30:22 2014
New Revision: 1608942
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1608942
Log:
CB-7040 Publish blog post re: Cordova plugins release
Added:
cordova/site/www/_posts/2014-07-08-plugins-release.md
Modified:
cordova/site/public/blog/index.html
cordova/site/public/index.html
cordova/site/public/rss.xml
Modified: cordova/site/public/blog/index.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/blog/index.html?rev=1608942&r1=1608941&r2=1608942&view=diff
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--- cordova/site/public/blog/index.html (original)
+++ cordova/site/public/blog/index.html Tue Jul 8 20:30:22 2014
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
<ul class="posts">
<li>
+ <span>08 Jul 2014</span> »
+ <a
href="//cordova.apache.org/news/2014/07/08/plugins-release.html">Plugins
Release: July 8, 2014</a>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
<span>12 Jun 2014</span> »
<a
href="//cordova.apache.org/news/2014/06/12/plugins-release.html">Plugins
Release: June 12, 2014</a>
</li>
Modified: cordova/site/public/index.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/index.html?rev=1608942&r1=1608941&r2=1608942&view=diff
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--- cordova/site/public/index.html (original)
+++ cordova/site/public/index.html Tue Jul 8 20:30:22 2014
@@ -101,6 +101,39 @@
<h2>News <a href="/rss.xml" style="font-size:12pt;
margin-left:10px">Subscribe</a></h2>
<ul class="posts">
+ <li><span>08 Jul 2014</span> » <a
href="//cordova.apache.org/news/2014/07/08/plugins-release.html">Plugins
Release: July 8, 2014</a>
+
+<p>The following plugins were updated today:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>cordova-plugin-contacts: 0.2.11</li>
+
+<li>cordova-plugin-network-information: 0.2.10</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Notable changes include:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>The network-information plugin no longer crashes immediately if no network
is available</li>
+
+<li><code>navigator.contacts.pickContact</code> API has been added for
<strong>Android</strong>, <strong>iOS</strong>, <strong>Windows Phone
8</strong> and <strong>Windows 8</strong> platforms</li>
+
+<li><code>navigator.contacts.find</code> API on <strong>Android</strong>,
<strong>iOS</strong> and <strong>Windows Phone 8</strong> now supports
<code>desiredFields</code> which specifies contact fields to be returned</li>
+
+<li>Contacts on <strong>Firefox OS</strong> no longer requires manual change
of the application permissions</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The plugins have been updated on our registry at <a
href="http://plugins.cordova.io/";>plugins.cordova.io</a>.</p>
+<hr />
+<p>You can update any plugin by removing it, and then re-adding it. E.g. To
update your contacts plugin:</p>
+
+<pre><code>cordova plugin rm org.apache.cordova.contacts
+cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.contacts</code></pre>
+
+<p>Other changes include:</p>
+
+ <div style="padding-bottom:2em"><a
href="//cordova.apache.org/news/2014/07/08/plugins-release.html">Read
More</a></div>
+
<li><span>12 Jun 2014</span> » <a
href="//cordova.apache.org/news/2014/06/12/plugins-release.html">Plugins
Release: June 12, 2014</a>
<p>The following plugins were updated today:</p>
@@ -200,81 +233,6 @@ cordova platform update android</code></
<div style="padding-bottom:2em"><a
href="//cordova.apache.org/announcements/2014/05/23/cordova-350.html">Read
More</a></div>
- <li><span>23 Apr 2014</span> » <a
href="//cordova.apache.org/news/2014/04/23/plugins.release.html">Plugins
Release: April 23, 2014</a>
-
-<p>The following plugins were updated today:</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li>[email protected]</li>
-
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-<li>[email protected]</li>
-
-<li>[email protected]</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>Many of these are minor, or only relevant to a couple of platforms.
However, some notable changes include:</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li><code>statusbar</code> is now a core Cordova plugin, and now includes
support for Windows Phone</li>
-
-<li><code>splashscreen</code> now includes support for Tizen</li>
-
-<li><code>file</code> now produces webview-compatible URLs (file:///) URLs by
default when calling <code>.toURL</code></li>
-
-<li><code>file</code> includes much of the functionality of the
<code>file-system-roots</code> plugin, and allows access to all files on the
device (except those blocked by the OS)</li>
-
-<li>iOS In-App-Browser now supports <code>clearcache</code> and
<code>clearsessioncache</code> like Android</li>
-
-<li>Fixed several issues in <code>media-capture</code> which prevented it from
being used with the <code>file</code> plugin</li>
-
-<li>iOS warnings have been fixed when compiling for 64-bit ARM</li>
-
-<li>Windows8 uses the built-in cordova exec proxy for all plugins, rather than
a custom proxy.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>The plugins have been updated on our registry at <a
href="http://plugins.cordova.io/";>plugins.cordova.io</a>.</p>
-
-<p>E.g. To update your file plugin:</p>
-
-<pre><code>cordova plugin rm org.apache.cordova.file
-cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.file</code></pre>
-
-<p>Other changes include:</p>
-
- <div style="padding-bottom:2em"><a
href="//cordova.apache.org/news/2014/04/23/plugins.release.html">Read
More</a></div>
-
</ul>
<p>
Modified: cordova/site/public/rss.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/public/rss.xml?rev=1608942&r1=1608941&r2=1608942&view=diff
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--- cordova/site/public/rss.xml (original)
+++ cordova/site/public/rss.xml Tue Jul 8 20:30:22 2014
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
<description>Apache Cordova - Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs
that allow a web mobile app developer to access native device function from
JavaScript.</description>
<atom:link href="http://cordova.apache.org/rss.xml"; rel="self"
type="application/rss+xml" />
<link>http://cordova.apache.org/rss.xml</link>
- <lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:07:15 -0700</lastBuildDate>
- <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:07:15 -0700</pubDate>
+ <lastBuildDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:29:16 -0400</lastBuildDate>
+ <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:29:16 -0400</pubDate>
<ttl>1800</ttl>
<image>
<url>http://cordova.apache.org</url>
@@ -19,6 +19,77 @@
<item>
+ <title>Plugins Release: July 8, 2014</title>
+ <description>
+<p>The following plugins were updated today:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>cordova-plugin-contacts: 0.2.11</li>
+
+<li>cordova-plugin-network-information: 0.2.10</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Notable changes include:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>The network-information plugin no longer crashes immediately if no
network is available</li>
+
+<li><code>navigator.contacts.pickContact</code> API has been
added for <strong>Android</strong>,
<strong>iOS</strong>, <strong>Windows Phone 8</strong>
and <strong>Windows 8</strong> platforms</li>
+
+<li><code>navigator.contacts.find</code> API on
<strong>Android</strong>, <strong>iOS</strong> and
<strong>Windows Phone 8</strong> now supports
<code>desiredFields</code> which specifies contact fields to be
returned</li>
+
+<li>Contacts on <strong>Firefox OS</strong> no longer
requires manual change of the application permissions</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>The plugins have been updated on our registry at <a
href="http://plugins.cordova.io/">plugins.cordova.io</a>.</p>
+<hr />
+<p>You can update any plugin by removing it, and then re-adding it. E.g.
To update your contacts plugin:</p>
+
+<pre><code>cordova plugin rm org.apache.cordova.contacts
+cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.contacts</code></pre>
+
+<p>Other changes include: <!--more--></p>
+
+<p><code>[email protected]</code></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5416">CB-5416</a>
Adding support for auto-managing permissions</li>
+
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6682">CB-6682</a>
Move <strong>Windows 8</strong> command proxy into its missing
platform tag</li>
+
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5698">CB-5698</a>
<strong>iOS</strong> Check to see if
<code>photoData</code> exists before using</li>
+
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7003">CB-7003</a>
<strong>Android</strong> Make <code>pickContact</code>
pick correct contact on Android 4.3 and 4.4.3</li>
+
+<li>Remove deprecated symbols for <strong>iOS</strong>
&lt; 6</li>
+
+<li><strong>Windows Phone 8</strong> now populates contact
photos</li>
+
+<li>Add <code>pickContact</code> functionality to Cordova
contacts plugin</li>
+
+<li>Add <code>ContactError</code> codes to
<code>index.md</code> doc</li>
+
+<li>Docs typo: <code>navigator.contacts.length</code>
-&gt; <code>contacts.length</code></li>
+
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6127">CB-6127</a>
Spanish and French Translations added</li>
+
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6797">CB-6797</a>
Add license</li>
+
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6491">CB-6491</a>
Add CONTRIBUTING.md</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><code>[email protected]</code></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a
href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6907">CB-6907</a>:
<strong>Android</strong> Donât crash on startup if no networks
available</li>
+</ul>
+</description>
+
<link>http://cordova.apache.org/news/2014/07/08/plugins-release.html</link>
+
<guid>http://cordova.apache.org/news/2014/07/08/plugins-release</guid>
+ <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014</pubDate>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
<title>Plugins Release: June 12, 2014</title>
<description>
<p>The following plugins were updated today:</p>
Added: cordova/site/www/_posts/2014-07-08-plugins-release.md
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cordova/site/www/_posts/2014-07-08-plugins-release.md?rev=1608942&view=auto
==============================================================================
--- cordova/site/www/_posts/2014-07-08-plugins-release.md (added)
+++ cordova/site/www/_posts/2014-07-08-plugins-release.md Tue Jul 8 20:30:22
2014
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+layout: post
+author:
+ name: Ian Clelland
+ url: https://twitter.com/iclelland
+title: "Plugins Release: July 8, 2014"
+categories: news
+tags: release plugins
+---
+The following plugins were updated today:
+
+* cordova-plugin-contacts: 0.2.11
+* cordova-plugin-network-information: 0.2.10
+
+Notable changes include:
+
+* The network-information plugin no longer crashes immediately if no network
is available
+* `navigator.contacts.pickContact` API has been added for **Android**,
**iOS**, **Windows Phone 8** and **Windows 8** platforms
+* `navigator.contacts.find` API on **Android**, **iOS** and **Windows Phone
8** now supports `desiredFields` which specifies contact fields to be returned
+* Contacts on **Firefox OS** no longer requires manual change of the
application permissions
+
+The plugins have been updated on our registry at
[plugins.cordova.io](http://plugins.cordova.io/).
+
+----
+You can update any plugin by removing it, and then re-adding it. E.g. To
update your contacts plugin:
+
+ cordova plugin rm org.apache.cordova.contacts
+ cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.contacts
+
+Other changes include:
+<!--more-->
+
+`[email protected]`
+
+* [CB-5416](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5416) Adding support for
auto-managing permissions
+* [CB-6682](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6682) Move **Windows 8**
command proxy into its missing platform tag
+* [CB-5698](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5698) **iOS** Check to
see if `photoData` exists before using
+* [CB-7003](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7003) **Android** Make
`pickContact` pick correct contact on Android 4.3 and 4.4.3
+* Remove deprecated symbols for **iOS** < 6
+* **Windows Phone 8** now populates contact photos
+* Add `pickContact` functionality to Cordova contacts plugin
+* Add `ContactError` codes to `index.md` doc
+* Docs typo: `navigator.contacts.length` -> `contacts.length`
+* [CB-6127](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6127) Spanish and French
Translations added
+* [CB-6797](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6797) Add license
+* [CB-6491](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6491) Add CONTRIBUTING.md
+
+`[email protected]`
+
+* [CB-6907](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6907): **Android** Don't
crash on startup if no networks available
