capacitor-plugin-upgrades

To upgrade a Capacitor plugin, you align dependencies, adapt native platform code, and verify functionality in an example app. This Skill guides you through the process using Bash, npm, and npx to ensure a smooth transition to the new version.

After a Capacitor plugin upgrade, you must verify that the plugin still works correctly within its example app. This confirms dependency alignment and native platform changes have not broken existing functionality during the version jump.

Yes, you can handle multi-version jumps between Capacitor plugin versions. The upgrade process ensures dependency alignment and native platform adaptation are managed correctly, even when skipping several major versions at once.

Yes, you need npm and npx along with Bash to execute the Capacitor plugin upgrade. These tools are required to manage dependency alignment, run scripts, and verify the example app after adapting native platform code.

The best way to align dependencies during a Capacitor plugin upgrade is to follow a guided process that checks native platform changes and verifies the example app. Using Bash, npm, and npx ensures all package versions match the new major release.