capacitor-plugin-upgrades

To upgrade a Capacitor plugin, you must apply sequential migration steps for each intermediate major version, updating dependencies, Gradle configurations, and iOS deployment targets. This enforces upgrading versions in order to prevent compatibility breaks and ensure builds pass.

You cannot jump directly from Capacitor 4 to 8 without applying intermediate migrations. The upgrade process requires walking through sequential major version migrations from 4 to 5, 6, 7, and 8 to properly satisfy dependency updates and avoid build failures.

Manual Android steps for upgrading Capacitor plugins include updating SDK targets, upgrading Gradle plugins and wrappers, migrating Java and Kotlin versions, and fixing Gradle property syntax. You verify these changes by running platform builds successfully after each migration step.

Migrating a Capacitor plugin on iOS requires updating deployment targets, adjusting CocoaPods configurations, and applying Swift Package Manager changes. These iOS updates ensure the plugin remains compatible with the newer major Capacitor version and builds correctly.

You verify a Capacitor plugin upgrade by running npm install to satisfy dependencies, executing npx cap sync to update native projects, and performing Android and iOS platform builds to ensure no errors remain after applying the migration steps.

The Capacitor plugin upgrade process recommends official automated migration tools when available to streamline version-specific changes. It also supplies manual fallback instructions and error handling steps to resolve issues that the automated tools cannot fix.