--- description: Capawesome offers enterprise-grade solutions and services designed for teams building cross-platform apps with Capacitor. title: Guides - Capawesome image: https://capawesome.io/docs/assets/images/social/blog/category/guides.png --- [ Skip to content](#guides) [ 🎉 Introducing **Capawesome Platform** — one platform for Live Updates, Native Builds, App Store Publishing, and Insider SDKs.](https://capawesome.io) * [ Formbricks ](/docs/plugins/formbricks/) * [ Geocoder ](/docs/plugins/geocoder/) * [ Google Sign-In ](/docs/plugins/google-sign-in/) * [ Grafana Faro ](/docs/plugins/grafana-faro/) * [ libSQL ](/docs/plugins/libsql/) * [ Live Update ](/docs/plugins/live-update/) * [ Managed Configurations ](/docs/plugins/managed-configurations/) * [ Media Session ](/docs/plugins/media-session/) * [ ML Kit ](/docs/plugins/mlkit/) * [ Navigation Bar ](/docs/plugins/navigation-bar/) * [ NFC ](/docs/plugins/nfc/) * [ OAuth ](/docs/plugins/oauth/) * [ Pedometer ](/docs/plugins/pedometer/) * [ Photo Editor ](/docs/plugins/photo-editor/) * [ PostHog ](/docs/plugins/posthog/) * [ Printer ](/docs/plugins/printer/) * [ Purchases ](/docs/plugins/purchases/) * [ RealtimeKit ](/docs/plugins/realtimekit/) * [ Screen Orientation ](/docs/plugins/screen-orientation/) * [ Screenshot ](/docs/plugins/screenshot/) * [ Secure Preferences ](/docs/plugins/secure-preferences/) * [ Speech Recognition ](/docs/plugins/speech-recognition/) * [ Speech Synthesis ](/docs/plugins/speech-synthesis/) * [ Share Target ](/docs/plugins/share-target/) * [ Square Mobile Payments ](/docs/plugins/square-mobile-payments/) * [ SQLite ](/docs/plugins/sqlite/) * [ Superwall ](/docs/plugins/superwall/) * [ Torch ](/docs/plugins/torch/) * [ Wifi ](/docs/plugins/wifi/) * [ Zip ](/docs/plugins/zip/) * [ Cloud ](/docs/cloud/) * [ Live Updates ](/docs/cloud/live-updates/) * Advanced * Integrations * [ Native Builds ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/) * [ Configuration ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/configuration/) * [ Environments ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/environments/) * Guides * [ Sample Projects ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/sample-projects/) * [ Troubleshooting ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/troubleshooting/) * [ Automations ](/docs/cloud/automations/) * [ Assist ](/docs/cloud/assist/) * Account * Organizations * [ Organization and User Management ](/docs/cloud/organizations/memberships/) * [ Single Sign-On (SSO) ](/docs/cloud/organizations/sso/) * [ Teams ](/docs/cloud/organizations/teams/) * [ Two-Factor Authentication ](/docs/cloud/organizations/two-factor-authentication/) * [ Integrations ](/docs/cloud/integrations/) * [ License Keys ](/docs/cloud/license-keys/) * [ Webhooks ](/docs/cloud/webhooks/) * [ Pricing ](https://capawesome.io/pricing/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/cloud/faq/) * [ Support ](/docs/cloud/support/) * [ Contributing ](/docs/contributing/) * [ LLMs ](/docs/llms/) * [ Insiders ](/docs/insiders/) * [ License ](https://capawesome.io/legal/eula/) * [ Support ](/docs/insiders/support/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/insiders/faq/) * [ Blog ](/blog/) * Categories * [ Insiders ](/blog/category/insiders/) * [ Ionic Framework ](/blog/category/ionic-framework/) * [ ML Kit ](/blog/category/ml-kit/) * [ Plugins ](/blog/category/plugins/) * [ Showcase ](/blog/category/showcase/) * [ Updates ](/blog/category/updates/) ## [The Best CI/CD Platforms for Cordova Apps in 2026](/blog/comparing-ci-cd-platforms-for-cordova-apps/) Five years ago, [Cordova](/technologies/cordova/) teams had a comfortable pick of managed CI/CD platforms built specifically for them. Today, that pick has shrunk. Microsoft App Center is retired. Ionic Appflow is winding down. The generalist CI/CD platforms that remain still build Cordova apps, but they treat Cordova as one framework among many — not as a first-class target with managed Live Updates and Cordova-aware tooling. This post compares the CI/CD platforms still standing for Apache Cordova in 2026, with verified facts about each one's current Cordova support, signing model, update delivery story, and long-term outlook. ## [The Modern CI/CD Solution for Cordova Apps in 2026](/blog/ci-cd-for-cordova-apps/) [Apache Cordova](/technologies/cordova/) is not dead. A lot of teams still run production apps on it — internal tools, regulated industry apps, large consumer apps that simply work. What is dying is the infrastructure around Cordova. App Center is gone. Ionic Appflow is winding down. Other CI/CD platforms have quietly moved Cordova builders to "best effort" status or removed them entirely. That leaves Cordova teams in an awkward spot: the framework still works, but the tooling that used to ship it doesn't. This post walks through how [Capawesome Cloud](/) fills that gap with a CI/CD platform that treats Apache Cordova as a first-class target, not a legacy edge case. ## [Capacitor Live Updates: A Complete Guide to OTA Updates](/blog/capacitor-live-updates-guide/) Shipping a fix used to mean a bundled binary, an app store review, and a few days of hoping users would tap "update". With Capacitor Live Updates that loop shrinks to minutes. You push a new web bundle, devices pick it up on the next launch, and the next version of your app is already in users' hands. This guide is the long version. We'll walk through how live updates actually work under the hood, the three choices every team has to make, the security model, the production best practices that keep you out of trouble, and a complete end-to-end example based on a real-world app. Whether you're evaluating live updates for the first time or already shipping them, you should leave with a clear picture of the recommended path and the tradeoffs behind it. ## [Capacitor CI/CD in 2026: Why Specialization Wins](/blog/ci-cd-for-capacitor-apps/) You can run a [Capacitor](/technologies/capacitor/) pipeline on almost any CI platform with a macOS runner. The interesting question is how much of the _rest_ you want to wire up yourself: project detection, signing, Live Updates, per-environment native config, monorepo routing, and keeping the build image current. Generalist CI platforms hand you a clean Linux or macOS VM and step back. Specialist platforms — the ones built specifically for Capacitor — start with all of that already wired in. This post walks through where that difference actually shows up, and when it's worth caring about. ## [Best CI/CD Platforms for Capacitor Apps in 2026](/blog/comparing-ci-cd-platforms-for-capacitor-apps/) The shortlist for Capacitor CI/CD has changed a lot since 2024\. App Center is gone. Appflow has a sunset clock on it. The generalists are still around but pricing has drifted, and a Capacitor-specialized option exists now that didn't a few years ago. If you're choosing a platform in 2026 — or just trying to figure out whether your current one is still the right call — this is the lay of the land. We'll cover six platforms still worth comparing for Capacitor teams: Ionic Appflow, Microsoft App Center, Bitrise, Codemagic, GitHub Actions, and Capawesome Cloud. ## [Build Mobile Apps with Any Web Framework and Capacitor](/blog/build-mobile-apps-with-any-web-framework-and-capacitor/) If your team already ships a modern web app with React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, or another framework, you don't need to start from scratch to reach the iOS and Android stores. Capacitor lets you wrap your existing frontend code in native projects and add mobile capabilities where you actually need them. This guide walks through the full workflow across frameworks, from setup and native platform generation to Xcode and Android Studio integration, live reload, and release automation. We also cover common pitfalls, how to add native functionality with plugins, and where Capawesome Cloud fits when you want to automate builds and deployment. ## [How to Use AI Agents in Capacitor App Development](/blog/how-to-use-ai-agents-in-capacitor-app-development/) AI coding agents are a great match for everyday web development, but they tend to fall apart the moment a Capacitor project crosses into native territory — Xcode toolchains, Gradle versions, signing certificates, plugin configuration, and a dozen other details that aren't well represented in their training data. In this guide, you'll learn how to set up an AI agent so it can confidently support you through the entire Capacitor app lifecycle: creating a new app, adding plugins, building, debugging, deploying, and maintaining it over time. ## [How to Migrate a Capacitor App to Swift Package Manager](/blog/how-to-migrate-a-capacitor-app-to-spm/) Capacitor 8 made Swift Package Manager (SPM) the default dependency manager for new iOS projects, and CocoaPods is officially in maintenance mode. If you maintain an existing Capacitor app on CocoaPods, migrating to SPM is the path forward. This post walks you through what changes on the iOS side and three ways to perform the migration. ## [How to Wrap an Angular App with Capacitor and Firebase](/blog/how-to-wrap-an-angular-app-with-capacitor-and-firebase/) If you already have an Angular web app, you can wrap it into a native iOS and Android app without rewriting your entire codebase. In this guide, we use a real demo app called **Trip Expenses** to walk through the full process with Capacitor, Ionic, Firebase, and a handful of native plugins. ## [How to Build and Deploy iOS Apps Without Owning a Mac](/blog/how-to-build-and-deploy-ios-apps-without-a-mac/) If you're building a Capacitor app on Windows or Linux, you've probably hit the same wall every cross-platform developer eventually runs into: shipping to the App Store requires macOS. Xcode, `codesign`, and the iOS simulator all live exclusively on Apple hardware, and Apple isn't planning to change that any time soon. The good news is that you don't actually need a Mac on your desk to build, sign, and ship an iOS app. Back to top