PhoneGap 1.8.0 Released!

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Published 2012-06-06 · Steve Gill. The article below retains the original wording. Product offers, download links and technical advice describe the publication date.

We have just released PhoneGap 1.8.0! Thanks to everyone who downloaded 1.8.0rc1. This release focuses on bug fixes!

Curious about our release schedule? Read Brian LeRoux's blog post, Rolling Releases: How Apache Cordova becomes PhoneGap and Why to get more background.

View the 1.8.0 changes below in the change log:

iOS

• Fixes CB-819 fail callback not invoked

• [CB-794] Add HTTP status code to FileTransferError object for iOS

• [CB-359] Updates to adhere to W3C spec for geolocation. Changing actions based on changes incorporated into cordova-js

• [CB-683] pause/resume events now should pass in event object into handlers

• [CB-464] rewrite of accel plugin, simplified accel to start/stop actions.

• [CB-623] added Logger plugin

• Fixed CB-513 - Remove cast functionality from CDVPluginResult, obsolete

• Fixed CB-594 - Remove checks for retainCount

• Fixed CB-637 - Add a doc on how to update the template project in the bin subfolder Updated bin folder scripts.

• Fixed CB-669 - verify.sh file in a new Cordova-based application project should not be included in the .app bundle

• Fixes CB-471 - LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT "do not back up" file attribute iOS

• Fixed typo in File.getMetadata - error callback had OK instead of ERROR status

• Fixes CB-610 - Capture.bundle missing microphone image resources for retina iPad results in mis-drawn recording interface

• Fixes CB-751 - Undefined function is called when orientation change

• Fixes CB-754 - Use of -weak_library in 'other library flags' of generated template XCode app causes crashes in Simulator when Obj-C Blocks are used

• Fixes CB-628 - Scrub installation process, document artifacts of Xcode 3 support, mention no ARC

• Fixed CB-628 - Scrub installation process, document artifacts of Xcode 3 support, mention no ARC

• Fixes CB-684 - Not enough time for background execution of WebSQL/LocalStorage backup (when app goes to the background)

• Fixes CB-766 - Update bin/debug shell script to point to Homebrew ios-sim 1.4 download Fixes CB-464 - Refactor accelerometer native code in iOS

• Fixes CB-760 - Camera returns incorrect image size

• Fixed warning in CDVLocation

• Fixed EXCBADACCESS error in CDVAccelerometer

• Fixes CB-818 - Make CDVViewController also implement initWithNibName

• Fixes CB-825 - Makefile: remove direct download of Markdown and wkhtmltopdf (uses homebrew to download)

• Fixes CB-328 - Cordova crashes on iOS 3.x devices

• Cordova 1.8.0 Release Notes 1/13

• Fixes CB-851 - guide for using url schemes in iOS

Android

• Properly querying the Andoid content DB when deleteing an image file

• Switch to using stripFileProtocol in FileUtils.notifyDelete

• Fix problem in Android template example getPicture

• CB-808: CameraLauncher leaks bitmaps in Android

• CB-837: CaptureCB - mediaFile.fullPath does not resolve to file

• CB-844: Contact.find does not return urls

• CB-849: Cannot search by birthday

• Change 'websites' to 'urls'

• Cb-858: Media record defaults to sdcard which may not be mounted

• CB-860: MediaFile.getFormatData broken for Image from Capture

• [CB-659] create script should work on android

• [CB-659] create script for android on windows now works fully. also pulls down commons-codec jar appropriately

• Make PluginResult return valid JSON so the JS side can use JSON.parse

• updated create script CB 839

• Fix README.md formatting to install commons-codec-1.6.jar

• We should not be having a compiled version of cordova.jar in the test directory

• Adding Apache Header to Test Directory

• Forgot to add lifecycle/index2.html's header

• Adding more Apache Headers. Not sure if this should have headers or not

• Working towards Apache compliance

• Adding more Apache licence headers

• Accidentally committed a vim swp file

• Adding header to test cordova.xml

• updating the test plugins

• Removing Default Android Graphics and replacing them with our own

• Removing the commons-codec

• Updating README telling people to copy commons-codec

• Modifying generated classpath

• Don't commit Eclipse preferences

• Tweaked create so it fetches the commons-codec using curl

• Auto detect whether we have the jar already. Also, just create the directory whether it exists or not

• Changing from currentTimeMillis to nanoTime, we need precision on Android 2.3

• Updating the JS and the version for tagging

• dont check in node_modules peepz!

• added package.json for npm install goodness

• documented running npm install

• comeat me lawyers

• adding node_modules to gitignore

• restructured geolocation plugin

• Fixes for new geo stuff

• axing lowercase java file

• adding uppercase java file!

• updating JS to latest for geolocation updates

• [CB-683] Pause and resume events should route through fireDocumentEvent so we get the event object passed into the handler

• [CB-683] updating JS for fix for 683

• [CB-804] ADded proper cordova icon sizes for the create script

• [CB-463] rewrite of accel plugin

• [CB-463] added the JS updates for accel refactor

• [CB-463] added accuracy checking to native accel implementation, this way getCurrentAcceleration returns fairly accurate results

• removed a trailing log

• [CB-463] added accuracy checking to native accel implementation, this way getCurrentAcceleration returns fairly accurate results

• removed a trailing log

• [CB-463] updated js and rewrote accel plugin again to support the start/stop approach. optimized. single callback used for message passing

• Small spacing fixes

• [CB-792] Add HTTP status code to FileTransferError

• Fix calling cordova.plugin.storage.failQuery function from native code

BlackBerry

• [CB-465] First pass at accel update. Watch acceleration doesnt seem to work yet though

• [CB-465] Simplified accel plugin (still based on Drews implementation) to just start/stop actions.

• [CB-642] Add license headers according to apache RAT

• Move org.apache.cordova.media to org.apache.cordova.capture.

• Add Media API.

• [CB-762] Change BlackBerry plugin from Contact to Contacts.

• Prefix file:// protocol for resolveLocalFileSystemURI if not specified.

• Move FileUtils from org.apache.cordova.file to org.apache.cordova.util.

• [CB-465] Refactor Accelerometer code for addWatch / clearWatch.

• [CB-822] Revert change to prefix file protocol for resolveLocalFileSystemURI

• [CB-793] Minor formatting cleanup.

• [CB-847] Recognize .MP4 as video recording extension.

• [CB-793] Add HTTP status code to FileTransferError object

Windows Phone

• create new project CLI

• [CB-466] Rewrite accel for WP7

• CB-520 : back button handling is performed in js code and uses window.history.back()

• parent path is now a string and not a FileEntry CB-665

• added try/catch for backbutton handling when a page is not loaded in the webbrowser, was an exception

• filepath contains the extra slash to match other devices, and passes tests that expect specific filepath string values, although cannonically the same

• added output log for audio file not found

• added deploy tool to install and launch on device WIP

• removed duplicate mobile-spec tests, test project now redirects to tests hosted in the gh_pages branch of mobilespec

• debug + emulate scripts

• added usage, and parameterized device to deploy to

• added command line tools to template

• removed debug log

• updated bare template with latest changes

• Fixed threading issue in audio, + Defect [CB-602], added more info to log statements, INFO/ERROR

• removed calls to resolve DNS because they take 30 seconds when no network is available and prevent deviceready

• commented out unused - unminified js code

• Consolidated exception handling + option parsing

• update assembly info for 1.8

• added platform info, for sanity

• updated example,templates,tests to 1.8.0rc1

• updated tests + example

• [CB-643] Added license headers where appropriate.

WebOS

• modifications to OS checking in Makefile

• CB-557 make sure Makefile works on Win & OSX

• update to 1.8.0

• added Apache license header

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