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Version: v7

Breaking changes in code

Plugin's success() and error() methods have been removed, use resolve() and reject() instead.

Some deprecated plugin definitions and methods such as registerWebPlugin have been removed, check the Capacitor 3 plugins upgrade guide for more information.

Capacitor's helper properties platform and isNative have been removed, use getPlatform() and isNativePlatform() methods instead.

Android​

BridgeFragment class has been removed, if a plugin was using that class to present a Fragment, they'll have to create their own version of it.

iOS​

Add SPM support​

Capacitor 6 added experimental SPM support, you can add support for your plugin following Converting existing plugins to SPM

Updating Capacitor to 7.0 in your plugin

Using @capacitor/plugin-migration-v6-to-v7​

From the plugin folder, run npx @capacitor/plugin-migration-v6-to-v7@latest and it will perform all the file changes automatically.

Updating the files manually​

Updating package.json​

Update @capacitor/cli, @capacitor/core, @capacitor/android and @capacitor/ios in devDependencies to ^7.0.0-rc.0 version. Update @capacitor/core in peerDependencies to >=7.0.0-rc.0 version.

Update Android Plugin Variables​

In your build.gradle file, update the following package version minimums:

ext {
    junitVersion = project.hasProperty('junitVersion') ? rootProject.ext.junitVersion : '4.13.2'
-   androidxAppCompatVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxAppCompatVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxAppCompatVersion : '1.6.1'
+   androidxAppCompatVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxAppCompatVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxAppCompatVersion : '1.7.0'
-   androidxJunitVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxJunitVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxJunitVersion : '1.1.5'
+   androidxJunitVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxJunitVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxJunitVersion : '1.2.1'
-   androidxEspressoCoreVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxEspressoCoreVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxEspressoCoreVersion : '3.5.1'
+   androidxEspressoCoreVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxEspressoCoreVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxEspressoCoreVersion : '3.6.1'
}

Update targetSDK / compileSDK to 35 and minSDK to 23​

# build.gradle

android {
-    compileSdk project.hasProperty('compileSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion : 34
+    compileSdk project.hasProperty('compileSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion : 35
defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion project.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion : 22
+        minSdkVersion project.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion : 23
-        targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 34
+        targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 35
...
    }
}

Update gradle plugin to 8.7.2​

    dependencies {
-       classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.1'
+       classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.7.2'
    }

Update gradle wrapper to 8.11.1​

# gradle-wrapper.properties

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
- distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-all.zip
+ distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-all.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

Update to Java 21​

# build.gradle
compileOptions {
-    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
-    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_21
}

Update kotlin_version​

If your plugin uses kotlin, update the default kotlin_version

# build.gradle
buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = project.hasProperty("kotlin_version") ? rootProject.ext.kotlin_version : '1.9.10'
+    ext.kotlin_version = project.hasProperty("kotlin_version") ? rootProject.ext.kotlin_version : '1.9.25'
    repositories {

Raise iOS Deployment Target to 14​

Update your plugin's .podspec file

-  s.ios.deployment_target = '13.0'
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '14.0'

SPM compatible plugins​

Update Package.swift file

-    platforms: [.iOS(.v13)],
+    platforms: [.iOS(.v14)],

Plugins with old structure​

Do the following for your Xcode project: select the Project within the project editor and open the Build Settings tab. Under the Deployment section, change iOS Deployment Target to iOS 14.0. Repeat the same steps for any app Targets.

Then, open ios/Podfile and update the iOS version to 14.0:

-platform :ios, '13.0'
+platform :ios, '14.0'

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