Can I install a previous version of a plugin using the cordova plugin add command?

Question

I am trying to rebuild a cordova project from scratch and creating documentation along the way. I would like to be able to install consistent versions of plugins to avoid having to retest new code for the time being. Is there a way to specify a previous version of a plugin similar to the way you can specify a previous version of cordova? For example, I am familiar with the following syntax to install a specific version of cordova:

npm install -g [email protected]

And I'm able to install a plugin with the following syntax:

cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.device

I would like to be able to so something like the following:

cordova plugin add [email protected]

Any insight including "not possible" would be helpful. Thanks!

Apostolate

Answer 1

from official cordova website

http://cordova.apache.org/news/2013/10/21/cordova-registry.html

From anywhere within an app’s directory, plugins can be added to a project with

cordova plugin add [PLUGIN_ID]

where PLUGIN_ID is the id (typically reverse-domain style) shown on the plugin registry website. You can also download a specific version of a plugin:

cordova plugin add [PLUGIN_ID]@[VERSION]

Amaze

which is basically what you have, so not sure if you already tried that command – Amaze

Yes, I actually tried that command using several different version number formats (for example, when installing Cordova 3.1 using '@3.1' works but '@3.1.0' doesn't) so I tried a few different formats with the device plugin ('@0.2.1', '@2.1', etc.) so maybe there is just an issue with the registry. But thank you for the link to the documentation. I'll mark it as answered. – Apostolate

Found that the command works fine, it was just that 0.2.2 is the oldest version of the device plugin in the registry. – Apostolate

Answer 2

I had a similar problem with a plugin. This is how it worked for me:

Usually I would have added the plugin like this

cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.contacts

Instead I fetched the plugin from github like this (note the version tag at the end)

cordova plugin add https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-contacts#1.1.0

Donoghue

For my specific issue it was not the plugin's fault, the solution was installing a different cordova iOS version. I went from 4.0.1(bad) to 4.1.0 (good) then finally to 3.9.2 because of iOS6,7 support. – Anthropophagite

Answer 3

First is First we need to remove currently installed version plugin

cordova plugin remove <plugin-name>@<version>

then install required plugin

cordova plugin add <plugin-name>@<version>

Grotesquery