Install specific version of Cordova CLI in Visual Studio 2017

Question

I need to do some updates to a Cordova app created using Visual Studio 2017 Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO).

The Cordova CLI version listed in the config.xml file is

Answer 1

I don't see any updates to TACO in VS2017 or instructions in the Microsoft documentation for Apache Cordova Tools.

You can follow below steps to use the latest cordova-ios:

1. Open config.xml with designer
2. Toolset->Check the checkbox of Take latest patch(requires internet) on cordova-ios row.

Update:

If you don't see the checkbox in the designer page, you need to change it in the xml. Find the following tag in config.xml:

and modify it to:

Update2:

If the version is still not update to the latest, please try the below steps to fix the issue:

1. Clear the cordova cache under: Tools->Options->Tools for Apache Cordova->Clear Cordova cache.
2. Open cmd of your project folder;
3. Type npm install -g cordova-ios to install globally the cordova-ios(requires node installed as pre-work);
4. Then cordova platform rm ios;
5. Type cordova platform add ios;
6. Run your project again