--- description: Tutorials, guides, and updates for Capacitor development. Live Updates, plugins, Ionic, and cross-platform app development. title: The Capacitor Developer Blog - Page 3 - Capawesome image: https://capawesome.io/docs/assets/images/social/blog/page/3/index.png --- [Skip to content ](#blog) [📲 Introducing **Build Sharing** — get your builds onto testers' devices with a link & QR code. No account required. ](/blog/share-mobile-app-builds-with-testers/) * [ SDKs ](/docs/sdks/) * [ Formbricks ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/formbricks/) * [ Geocoder ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/geocoder/) * [ Geofences ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/geofences/) * [ Google Sign-In ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/google-sign-in/) * [ Grafana Faro ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/grafana-faro/) * [ Gyroscope ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/gyroscope/) * [ Haptics ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/haptics/) * [ Health ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/health/) * [ Home Indicator ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/home-indicator/) * [ In-App Browser ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/in-app-browser/) * [ Install Referrer ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/install-referrer/) * [ Intercom ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/intercom/) * [ Intune ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/intune/) * [ Keep Awake ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/keep-awake/) * [ libSQL ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/libsql/) * [ Light Sensor ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/light-sensor/) * [ Live Update ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/live-update/) * [ LLM ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/llm/) 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Version ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/override-java-version/) * [ Custom iOS Provisioning Profiles ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/custom-ios-provisioning-profiles/) * [ Build without Git ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/build-without-git/) * [ Access Git Behind a Firewall ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/firewall-access/) * [ Integrations ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/integrations/) * Reference * [ Troubleshooting ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/troubleshooting/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/faq/) * [ App Store Publishing ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/) * [ Submit a Build ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/submit-a-build/) * [ Submit Automatically After a Build ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/submit-automatically/) * [ Troubleshooting ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/troubleshooting/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/faq/) * [ Automations ](/docs/cloud/automations/) * [ Reference ](/docs/cloud/automations/reference/) * [ Troubleshooting ](/docs/cloud/automations/troubleshooting/) 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](https://docs.github.com/en/discussions/collaborating-with-your-community-using-discussions/participating-in-a-discussion#creating-a-discussion) * [ Blog ](/blog/) * Categories Build and Ship Mobile Apps Faster Cloud builds, OTA live updates, and automated store releases — everything your mobile team needs in one platform. [Start for free ](https://console.cloud.capawesome.io/?utm%5Fsource=blog&utm%5Fmedium=sidebar%5Fcta&utm%5Fcampaign=blog%5Fcta) [See our plans ](https://capawesome.io/pricing/?utm%5Fsource=blog&utm%5Fmedium=sidebar%5Fcta&utm%5Fcampaign=blog%5Fcta) ## [The Complete Guide to Capacitor Device Sensors](/blog/capacitor-device-sensors-guide/) Fitness trackers, motion-controlled games, navigation apps, and adaptive UIs all lean on the same thing under the hood: the sensors already built into every Android and iOS phone. Native mobile teams have used these APIs for years; cross-platform and hybrid app developers building with Capacitor, Ionic, or a JavaScript framework often assume that kind of native device access means writing separate Swift and Kotlin code. It doesn't. Capacitor exposes ten hardware sensors as separate, focused plugins instead of one catch-all "sensors" API, so a single TypeScript codebase gets the same motion, environment, and device-state data a fully native app would. This guide covers all ten — grouped by what you're actually building (fitness tracking, games, navigation, adaptive UX, background work) rather than by sensor name — with a working snippet for each, the real apps that use this category of sensor data, and the platform gaps you'll actually hit. ## [Build a Desktop App with Capacitor and Electron](/blog/how-to-build-a-desktop-app-with-capacitor-and-electron/) If you already have a Capacitor web app running on iOS and Android, you're only a few commands away from a Capacitor Electron desktop app that ships to macOS, Windows, and Linux too. In this tutorial you'll take an existing web build, add the desktop target with the [Capacitor Electron Platform](/docs/sdks/capacitor/electron/), run it in a real window, and package native installers your users can download. No new toolchain to learn, just the same `cap` workflow you already use. ## [Capacitor Tauri Platform: Lean Desktop Apps](/blog/announcing-the-capacitor-tauri-platform/) Yesterday we announced the Capacitor Electron Platform. Today we're introducing its sibling: the [Capacitor Tauri Platform](/docs/sdks/capacitor/tauri/), a free and open-source platform that brings your Capacitor app to macOS, Windows, and Linux with [Tauri](https://v2.tauri.app/). Instead of bundling a browser, it uses the system webview and a security-first Rust core, so your desktop app installs in a few megabytes. It's MIT-licensed and contributions are welcome! ## [Capacitor Electron Platform: Build Desktop Apps](/blog/announcing-the-capacitor-electron-platform/) We're excited to announce the [Capacitor Electron Platform](/docs/sdks/capacitor/electron/), a new open-source platform that lets you build, run, and package desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux with [Capacitor](https://capacitorjs.com/) and [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/). It's free, MIT-licensed, and built from the ground up as a modern replacement for the no longer actively maintained [Capacitor Community Electron Platform](https://github.com/capacitor-community/electron). Contributions are welcome! ## [Share Mobile App Builds with Testers via Link & QR Code](/blog/share-mobile-app-builds-with-testers/) Getting a build onto a tester's phone is one of those things that should take seconds but usually doesn't. Today, we're changing that: with **build sharing** in [Capawesome Cloud](https://capawesome.io/cloud/), you can turn any successful build into a public share link. Testers open the link, scan a QR code, and install the build on their device — no Capawesome Cloud account, no app store review, no waiting. It works for Capacitor and Cordova apps as well as native Android (Kotlin/Java) and iOS (Swift/Objective-C) apps — with support for more frameworks on the way. ## [Capawesome June 2026 Update](/blog/2026-june-update/) The Capawesome June update is here! This update includes new features and improvements for [Capawesome Cloud](/docs/cloud/) and our [Plugins](/docs/sdks/capacitor/). Let's take a look at the most important changes. ## [Convert Your Lovable App to iOS & Android Apps](/blog/convert-lovable-app-to-mobile-app/) You built an app with [Lovable](https://lovable.dev). You described what you wanted, watched it come to life in the browser, and now you have a real, working product. There's just one problem: it lives on the web, and you want it on the **App Store** and **Google Play**, sitting on people's home screens like every other app. This is the gap nobody warns you about. Lovable is brilliant at building your web app, but it stops at the browser. Getting that same app onto a phone — as a real native app you can submit to the stores — feels like it requires a completely different skill set, a Mac, and hours of fighting with Xcode and Android Studio. It doesn't. In this guide, we'll **convert your Lovable app into native iOS and Android mobile apps** using [Capacitor](https://capacitorjs.com/), then **build them in the cloud with [Capawesome Cloud](https://capawesome.io/cloud/)** — so you don't even need a Mac. We'll install it on a real iPhone, add a native camera feature, create the signing profiles and the Apple Developer and Google Play accounts, and walk through the entire real-world workflow to get a mobile app into the stores. No prior mobile experience required. We'll explain every command and every tool as if you've never opened a terminal before. ## [How to Use Custom SQLite Extensions in Capacitor](/blog/how-to-use-custom-sqlite-extensions-with-capacitor/) SQLite ships with a lot out of the box, but sometimes you need behavior it doesn't provide: a custom FTS5 tokenizer for a language it doesn't handle well, a domain-specific SQL function, or a custom collation. Loadable extensions let you add exactly that. As of version 0.3.9, the [Capacitor SQLite plugin](/docs/sdks/capacitor/sqlite/) supports custom SQLite extensions on both Android and iOS. The catch is that each platform uses a different mechanism, so this guide walks through both — using a custom FTS5 tokenizer as the running example. ## [New CLIs & Xcode 26 in Capawesome Build Stacks](/blog/new-clis-and-xcode-26-in-capawesome-build-stacks/) We've refreshed both Capawesome Cloud [build stacks](/docs/cloud/native-builds/build-stacks/), `macos-sequoia` and `macos-tahoe`. The Capacitor, Cordova and Ionic CLIs now come pre-installed, more package managers are available out of the box, and Xcode has moved to its latest releases. Here's what changed in the build environment and what it means for your native iOS and Android builds. ## [Capawesome May 2026 Update](/blog/2026-may-update/) The Capawesome May update is here — and it's our biggest one yet. This update includes new features and improvements for [Capawesome Cloud](/docs/cloud/) and our [Plugins](/docs/sdks/capacitor/). Let's take a look at the most important changes. Back to top