Get started with the Connect SDK in a Cordova app
The Connect SDK for Cordova brings your mobile app users into your Connect audience and lets your marketing team reach them with push notifications. One JavaScript API covers both iOS and Android, so your marketing team can author push content from Connect without any code changes per campaign.
Language: JavaScript, with TypeScript definitions. The rich-media extensions on iOS are implemented in Swift.
Availability: Pro, Premium and Ultimate
What the plugin does
| Capability | Description | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Push notifications | Registers the device for push (Apple Push Notification service on iOS, Firebase on Android) and delivers Connect-authored notifications. | Push notifications in a Cordova app |
| Identity signals | Matches anonymous sessions and push-eligible devices to known contacts in your Connect audience by firing a signal at sign-in or registration. | Identify users at sign-in and Identify users at registration |
| Session intelligence (Premium and Ultimate) | View app sessions with identity and push interaction signals. |
ImportantThe Connect Cordova SDK does not include behavioral analytics (behavior signals, screen capture or session replay).
Requirements
| Cordova CLI | 12.0.0 or later |
| Node.js | 20 or later |
| cordova-ios | 7.0.0 or later |
| iOS deployment target | 15.1 or later (plugin default; do not set lower - CocoaPods rejects it) |
| Xcode / CocoaPods | Xcode 15 or later, with CocoaPods installed |
| cordova-android | 13.0.0 or later |
Android minSdk | 26 |
| Android build tooling | Android Studio with SDK 34+, JDK 17 and a standalone gradle binary on PATH (recent Android Studio versions no longer bundle one) |
See Integrate the Connect SDK into a Cordova app for the full requirements.
Integration path
- Integrate the Connect SDK into a Cordova app - add the plugin to your project and link it to your subscription.
- Identify your users at sign-in and at registration.
- Enable push notifications - iOS and Android setups are independent and can be done in either order.
- Move your Cordova integration to production when you're ready to release.
- Update the Connect Cordova SDK when a new version is available.
Reference
See the Connect Cordova SDK public API reference for the full method list - enable, disable, setLogLevel, logIdentity and the push namespace.
Sample app
The Acoustic Connect Cordova sample app exercises identity signals and push permission requests on both platforms.
Updated 19 days ago