--- layout: post author: name: Steve Gill url: https://twitter.com/stevesgill title: "Apache Cordova 2.9.1" categories: blog releases tags: news releases --- The [Apache Cordova](http://cordova.apache.org/) team has just released Cordova 2.9.1. Wait what?! You read right! We have backported some bug fixes to the Cordova 2 series for all of you that haven't upgraded to the Cordova 3 series yet. Hurray! Among other fixes, this release backports iOS 7 support. Users can download the source zip from [https://www.apache.org/dist/cordova/cordova-2.9.1-src.zip](https://www.apache.org/dist/cordova/cordova-2.9.1-src.zip) We will continue to backport fixes for a few more months, but we highly suggest upgrading to the Cordova 3 series. ## What's new in Android * Update JS snapshot to version 2.9.1 (via coho) * [CB-5193](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5193) Fix Android WebSQL sometime throwing SECURITY_ERR. * Move java files back into api/ directory. * [CB-4817](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4817) Remove unused assets in project template. * Update InAppBrowser.java * Update snapshot of CameraLauncher.java * Update snapshot of FileTransfer.java * [CB-5080](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5080) Find resources in a way that works with aapt's --rename-manifest-package (cherry picked fro * Tweak the online bridge to not send excess online events. * [CB-4495](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4495) Modify start-emulator script to exit immediately on a fatal emulator error. (cherry picke * Fix data URI decoding in CordovaResourceApi * [CB-4466](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4466) fixed jscript check_reqs to get target from project.properties * [CB-4463](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4463) Updated bin/check_reqs to looks for android-18 target.Also fixed an issue in unix version * [CB-4198](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4198) bin/create script should be better at handling non-word characters in activity name. Patc * [CB-4198](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4198) bin/create should handle spaces in activity better. * [CB-3384](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3384) Fix thread assertion when plugins remap URIs (cherry picked from commit b915aafb5be319121 * [CB-3384](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3384) Use the ExposedJsApi to detect webCore thread instead of IceCreamCordovaWebViewClient. * [CB-3384](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3384) Reworked UriResolver into CordovaResourceApi. * [CB-3384](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3384) Add a length getter for UriResolver. Change from interface -> abstract class. * [CB-3384](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3384) Make UriResolver assert that IO is not on the UI nor WebCore threads. (cherry picked from * Backporting FileUtils fixes to 2.9 * [CB-4633](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4633): Backporting to Android 2.9.x * [CB-4013](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4013) Fixed loadUrlTimeoutValue preference. * [CB-4155](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4155): Cordova Android - navigator.app.clearCache(); is called on (prospectively unsupported) Web * [CB-4103](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4103) Made config parameters case-insensitive. * [CB-4038](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4038) Move non-deprecated classes from the api package into the main package. (cherry picked fr * [CB-3384](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3384) Rewrite of DataResource into UriResolver + UriResolvers * [CB-3998](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3998) video duration is an int * [CB-3927](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3927) Fix start-up race condition that could cause exec() responses to be dropped. * [CB-3949](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3949): Adding code to mitigate broken intents with the application installer * [CB-3854](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3854): Added support for wildcard. * [CB-3932](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3932) Remove baseUrl comment in handleDestroy method made redundant by [CB-3766](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3766) * [CB-3902](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3902): Explicitly add market URIs to CordovaWebViewClient so this always works, not just sometime * [CB-3625](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3625) [CB-3338](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3338) updated windows cli scripts and added version option * [CB-3998](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3998) video duration is an int ## What's new in iOS * [CB-5199](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5199) - Media Capture - UI issues under iOS 7 (uncrustify style fix-ups as well) * [CB-5189](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5189) - ios - Backport of v2.9.1 - add CoreMotion.framework to the default template * [CB-5189](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5189) - ios - Backport of v2.9.1 from [CB-4825](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4825), [CB-5035](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5035) (Device Motion / Accelerometer) * [CB-5189](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5189) - ios - Backport of v2.9.1 from [CB-4847](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4847) (Media only) * [CB-5189](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5189) - ios - Backport of v2.9.1 from [CB-4847](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4847) (Media Capture only) * [CB-5189](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5189) - ios - Backport for v2.9.1 of [CB-4806](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4806), [CB-4355](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4355) (Splashscreen) * [CB-5189](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5189) - ios - Backport for v2.9.1 of [CB-4930](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4930) (InAppBrowser) * [CB-5189](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5189) - ios - Backport for v2.9.1 of [CB-4958](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4958), [CB-3482](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3482) and [CB-3453](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3453) changes * [CB-4480](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4480) Using 64 bit ints to store file size * [CB-3448](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3448) bin/diagnose_project script fails if CORDOVALIB variable not in prefs plist * [CB-3567](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3567) Redirect initiated in JavaScript fails the app from loading * [CB-4147](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4147) Fixing crash when calling show() on an already open InAppBrowser window. * [CB-4104](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4104) Made config parameters case-insensitive. * [CB-4033](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4033) Relaxed case-sensitivity of "UTF-8". * [CB-4037](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4037) Unable to Archive iOS projects for upload to App Store in 2.9 * [CB-4025](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4025) iOS emulate command broken when run inside the cordova folder ## What's new in Windows Phone 7 & 8 * support namespace, and deprecated plugin tags in config.xml * Update File.write method with additional params * bumped version to 2.9.1 and removed dupe geolocation from config.xml for wp7+8 [CB-4090](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4090) * [CB-4090](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4090) Broken notification handling * update templates to include all plugins for 2.9.1 * update cordova.js for 2.9.1 * Fix null reference exception * update Audio/Media plugins * add callback id to compass callbacks * add callback id to callbacks * update FileTransfer plug from plugin repo * add plugns back, and remove dupe classes ## What's new in Windows 8 * Cordova JS has been updated to 2.9.1 For a full list of changes, refer to RELEASENOTES.md included in the download.