Using Plugman to Manage Plugins
From version 3.0 onward, Cordova implements all device APIs as
plugins, and leaves them disabled by default. It also supports two
different ways to add and remove plugins. The first is by using the
cordova
CLI described in The Command-line Interface. The second is
by using a lower-level
plugman
command-line interface. This guide concentrates on the second
approach, which may be useful for developers who want to upgrade their
version of Cordova, but who haven't yet adopted the Cordova CLI in
their workflow.
For more information on plugman, see the README file in its repository.
Basic Commands
To install plugman, you must have node installed on your machine:
npm install -g plugman
Here is the syntax to add a plugin for each platform:
plugman --platform <ios|android|blackberry10|wp7|wp8> --project <directory> --plugin <name|url|path> [--plugins_dir <directory>] [--www <directory>] [--variable <name>=<value> [--variable <name>=<value> ...]]
To uninstall a plugin:
plugman --uninstall --platform <ios|android|blackberry10|wp7|wp8> --project <directory> --plugin <id> [--www <directory>] [--plugins_dir <directory>]
Installing Core Plugins
The examples below show how to add plugins as needed so that any Cordova APIs you use in your project still work after you upgrade to version 3.0. For each command, you need to select the target platform, and reference the platform's project directory.
cordova-plugin-battery-status plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.battery-status cordova-plugin-camera plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.camera cordova-plugin-console plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.console cordova-plugin-contacts plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.contacts cordova-plugin-device plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.device cordova-plugin-device-motion (accelerometer) plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.device-motion cordova-plugin-device-orientation (compass) plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.device-orientation cordova-plugin-dialogs plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.dialogs cordova-plugin-file plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.file cordova-plugin-file-transfer plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.file-transfer cordova-plugin-geolocation plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.geolocation cordova-plugin-globalization plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.globalization cordova-plugin-inappbrowser plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser cordova-plugin-media plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.media cordova-plugin-media-capture plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.media-capture cordova-plugin-network-information plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.network-information cordova-plugin-splashscreen plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.splashscreen cordova-plugin-vibration plugman --platform
--project --plugin org.apache.cordova.vibration