Announcing Update 9
Update 9 is now available for download. Here is the link:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=787068
What’s New
Add plugin by ID
We’re happy to finally have this functionality in the IDE. We added a new option in the custom tab of the config designer
that allows you to add a plugin by plugin id.
New start page
We’ve updated our start page to make it more actionable and useful for devs getting started with our tools.
Path in the new project dialog
We changed the path of our template from “Apache Cordova” to “Mobile Apps”. This change was made to make our tooling more visible
to new developers who are unfamiliar with Cordova.
Bug Fixes
Crash in local iOS deploy
We fixed a crash when deploying to local iOS devices. The crash would happen in cases where iTunes wasn’t configured properly.
Hang opening project
We had a customer report of a hang opening a very large Cordova project. Upon investigation, we found that
we were spending a lot of time trying to resolve URLs for intellisense that would never resolve. This has been fixed in Update 9. Big
thanks to Carey for helping us get to the bottom of this issue!
Other crashes
We fixed a number of crashes that were reported to us from our crash reporting system.
Feedback and Thanks
It’s hard to believe this is our ninth release since VS 2015 RTM. Our ability to release updates this frequently is the result of a lot of hard engineering work. We’ve invested heavily in test automation, introduced a sprint sign-off process, and scout different configurations every night to make sure we work with different combinations of components.
However, all of this testing has limitations. There are only so many configurations we can verify before we ship. The real proof of quality comes from you, our customers, who use our product every day to write great apps. That’s why we announce releases on this blog so far in advance - we want to make sure our update is good before it goes live! Your feedback really does matter.
If you try our update and run into issues, we want to know about it. So please, download the update and let me know if you have any issues. You can help us make the VS TACO tools the best they can possibly be.
Michael Braude
Development Manager | Tools for Apache Cordova
mbraude@microsoft.com | @LittleWebFoot