This guide provides instructions for contributing to this Capacitor plugin.
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Fork and clone the repo.
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Install the dependencies.
npm install
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Install SwiftLint if you're on macOS.
brew install swiftlint
Build the plugin web assets and generate plugin API documentation using @capacitor/docgen
.
It will compile the TypeScript code from src/
into ESM JavaScript in dist/esm/
. These files are used in apps with bundlers when your plugin is imported.
Then, Rollup will bundle the code into a single file at dist/plugin.js
. This file is used in apps without bundlers by including it as a script in index.html
.
Build and validate the web and native projects.
This is useful to run in CI to verify that the plugin builds for all platforms.
Check formatting and code quality, autoformat/autofix if possible.
This template is integrated with ESLint, Prettier, and SwiftLint. Using these tools is completely optional, but the Capacitor Community strives to have consistent code style and structure for easier cooperation.
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Run
linting
npm run lint # if there are linting errors npm run fmt
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Run tests
npm run verify
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Update
usage
in README if necessary -
Merge to main
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Create a new version
# dry run npm run release -- --dry-run # release npm run release # or npm run release:minor # or npm run release:major # add -- -p to any for a prerelease # or for a development release npm run version:dev
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Check
CHANGELOG.md
(which is auto-generated) -
Publish
There is a
prepublishOnly
hook inpackage.json
which prepares the plugin before publishing, so all you need to do is run:npm publish # or for a prerelease npm publish --tag next # or for a development release npm publish --tag dev
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Push git tag
git push --follow-tags origin main
Note: The
files
array inpackage.json
specifies which files get published. If you rename files/directories or add files elsewhere, you may need to update it.