Github user infil00p commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/691#discussion_r109232446
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+---
+layout: post
+author:
+ name: Steve Gill
+ url: https://twitter.com/stevesgill
+title: "Cordova Android 6.2.0 Released!"
+categories: announcements
+tags: news releases
+---
+
+We are happy to announce that `Cordova Android 6.2.0` has been released!
+
+This release has fixed issues introduced by the **Android SDK Tools
25.3.1** release. **Google** dropped support for the `android` binary, so
`cordova-android` has now adopted support for the `avdmanager` and `sdkmanager`
binaries. We have also taken the opportunity to rewrite how we use gradle on
the users system.
+
+This release also adds support for the `<resource-file>` element in
`config.xml` which copies specified files during a `cordova prepare`. This
allows providing arbitrary files such as special notification-sized icons, or
API configuration JSON files.
+
+To upgrade:
+
+ npm install -g cordova
+ cd my_project
+ cordova platform update [email protected]
+
+To add it explicitly:
+
+ cordova platform add [email protected]
+
+This release will have to be explicitly added until the upcoming
`cordova@7` release, where it will be pinned as the default android platform.
+
+<!--more-->
+## What's new in Android
+* [CB-12614](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12614) Adding
headers to tests
+* [CB-8978](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8978) Prepare copy
`resource-files` from `config.xml`
+* [CB-12605](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12605) Fix a
requirements check failure on **Windows**
+* [CB-12595](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12595) This should
find an **Android Studio** installation and use the sweet gradle center found
inside
+* [CB-12546](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12546) leverage
`avdmanager` if `android` warns it is no longer useful, which happens in
**Android SDK Tools 25.3.1**. Explicitly set the `CWD` of the spawned emulator
process to workaround a recent google android sdk bug. Rename
`android_sdk_version.js` to `android_sdk.js`, to better reflect its contents.
Have `create.js` copy over the `android_sdk_version` batch file.
+* [CB-12524](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12524) Fix for
missing gradle template error. This now fetches the template from inside of the
**Android Studio** directory, and falls back to a locally installed Gradle
instance
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Explicitly state that Gradle or Android Studio are required in the blog
post. This is a change, since we used to just require the Android SDK
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