Cordova has no in-place "update" command — to update the Connect Cordova plugin in your app, remove the current plugin, add the version you want, and rebuild. For available versions, see Release notes for mobile Connect SDKs.

Language: JavaScript, with TypeScript definitions

Availability: Pro, Premium, and Ultimate

Update the plugin

Remove the current plugin and add the version you want. Omitting @<version> installs whatever version npm's latest tag currently points to.

npx cordova plugin rm co.acoustic.connect.push
npx cordova plugin add cordova-acoustic-connect

Rebuild for each platform.

npx cordova prepare ios && npx cordova build ios
npx cordova prepare android && npx cordova build android

On iOS, npx cordova build ios runs pod install automatically as part of the plugin's after_prepare hook — no separate step needed. On Android, the Gradle sync happens as part of npx cordova build android.

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Warning
ConnectConfig.json at your project root is not touched by an update — your AppKey, PostMessageUrl, and other settings carry over unchanged. Check this plugin's own release notes for the version you're updating to, in case a new release adds a required key.

Useful commands

Check the installed plugin version

npx cordova plugin list

This prints the installed version alongside the plugin ID co.acoustic.connect.push.

Check the native SDK version

The plugin version above is separate from the native SDK versions it bundles — the plugin is a JavaScript wrapper around the underlying Connect SDKs for iOS and Android, and each plugin release pins a specific native SDK version per platform. Updating the plugin is how you update the native SDKs; there's no way to update either native SDK independently of the plugin. There's also no JS API to check the native SDK version at runtime — this is a build-time fact only.

iOS

The plugin pins an exact CocoaPods version based on useRelease in ConnectConfig.json — AcousticConnect = 2.1.15 (release) or AcousticConnectDebug = 2.1.13 (debug). Confirm which one is actually resolved:

grep -A1 "AcousticConnect" platforms/ios/Podfile.lock

Android

The resolved version is either the AndroidVersion override in ConnectConfig.json, or the plugin's bundled default if you haven't set one. Confirm what actually resolved:

cd platforms/android && ./gradlew :app:dependencies | grep connect-push-fcm