--- title: Updating to Capacitor 7.0 description: Capacitor 7.0 is here! Find out what breaking changes have been made to the Capawesome plugins and how to update your code. date: created: 2025-01-25 updated: 2025-07-01 authors: - robingenz categories: - Capacitor - SDKs --- # Updating to Capacitor 7.0 Capacitor 7.0 is finally here and brings a lot of improvements! Make sure to check out the [official announcement post](https://ionic.io/blog/capacitor-7-has-hit-ga){:target="_blank"} from the Ionic team. In this article, you can find out what breaking changes have been made to the Capawesome plugins. !!! tip "AI-Assisted Upgrade" For a more guided experience, add the [Capawesome skills](https://github.com/capawesome-team/skills){:target="_blank"} to your project with `npx skills add capawesome-team/skills --skill capacitor-app-upgrades` and use the following prompt with your preferred AI coding assistant: ``` Use the `capacitor-app-upgrades` skill from `capawesome-team/skills` to help me upgrade my Capacitor app to Capacitor 7. ``` ## Plugins The following plugin functionality has been modified or removed. Update your code accordingly. More information can be found in the respective `BREAKING.md` file of each plugin. ### App Update - The `country` property has been replaced by the `appId` property in the `OpenAppStoreOptions` interface. ### Cloudinary - On Android, the `cloudinaryAndroidVersion` variable has been updated to `3.0.2`. ### Firebase Analytics - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseAnalyticsVersion` variable has been updated to `22.2.0`. ### Firebase App - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseCommonVersion` variable has been updated to `21.0.0`. ### Firebase App Check - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseAppCheckPlayIntegrityVersion` variable has been updated to `18.0.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseAppCheckDebugVersion` variable has been updated to `18.0.0`. ### Firebase Authentication - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `facebookLoginVersion` variable has been updated to `18.0.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseAuthVersion` variable has been updated to `23.1.0`. - On Android, the `playServicesAuthVersion` variable has been updated to `20.7.0`. - On Android, the `accessToken` and `serverAuthCode` are now only requested when the `scopes` option is set. - Error codes are now prefixed with `auth/` to be consistent with the Firebase Web SDK. ### Firebase Crashlytics - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseCrashlyticsVersion` variable has been updated to `19.4.0`. ### Firebase Firestore - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseFirestoreVersion` variable has been updated to `25.1.1`. - Error codes are now prefixed with `firestore/` to be consistent with the Firebase Web SDK. ### Firebase Functions - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseFunctionsVersion` variable has been updated to `21.1.0`. ### Firebase Messaging - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseMessagingVersion` variable has been updated to `24.1.0`. ### Firebase Performance - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebasePerfVersion` variable has been updated to `21.0.4`. - The web implementation now throws an error when a `trace` is not found for a given `traceName`. This behavior was already in place on iOS and Android in earlier versions. ### Firebase Remote Config - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseConfigVersion` variable has been updated to `22.1.0`. ### Firebase Storage - The Firebase Javascript SDK has been updated to `11.2.0`. - On Android, the `firebaseStorageVersion` variable has been updated to `21.0.1`. ### Live Update - The `getBundle()` method has been replaced by the `getCurrentBundle()` method. - The `setBundle()` method has been replaced by the `setNextBundle()` method. - The `checksum` property has been removed from the `DownloadBundleOptions` interface. The server should now return a `X-Checksum` header instead. - The `enabled` configuration option has been removed. The plugin is now always enabled. - The `location` configuration option has been replaced by the `serverDomain` configuration option. - The default value of the `readyTimeout` configuration option has been changed from `10000` to `0` to disable the timeout by default. - The `resetOnUpdate` configuration option has been removed. Capacitor always resets the app to the default bundle during a native update. ### ML Kit Barcode Scanning - On Android, the `mlkitBarcodeScanningVersion` variable has been updated to `17.3.0`. - on Android, the image resolution used for barcode scanning has been increased to `1280x720` to improve the barcode scanning performance and be consistent with the iOS implementation. Previously, the resolution was `640x480`. - On iOS, make sure to set the deployment target in your `ios/App/Podfile` to at least `15.5`. - All the methods related to the torch have been moved into a separate [Capacitor Torch plugin](../../sdks/capacitor/torch.md). If you want to use the torch, just install the `@capawesome/capacitor-torch` package. - The `barcodeScanned` event has been replaced by the `barcodesScanned` event. The event payload now contains an array of `Barcode` objects instead of a single `Barcode` object since multiple barcodes can be scanned at the same time. ### ML Face Detection - On Android, the `mlkitFaceDetectionVersion` variable has been updated to `16.1.7`. - On iOS, make sure to set the deployment target in your `ios/App/Podfile` to at least `15.5`. ### ML Selfie Segmentation - On Android, the `mlkitSelfieSegmentationVersion` variable has been updated to `16.0.0-beta6`. - On iOS, make sure to set the deployment target in your `ios/App/Podfile` to at least `15.5`. ### ML Translation - On Android, the `mlkitTranslateVersion` variable has been updated to `17.0.3`. - On iOS, make sure to set the deployment target in your `ios/App/Podfile` to at least `15.5`. ### NFC - On iOS, the `id` property of the `NfcTag` interface was returned reversed for ISO 15693 tags. This issue has been fixed in this version. The `id` property is now returned correctly and behaves the same way as on Android. More information can be found in the discussion [#200](https://github.com/capawesome-team/capacitor-plugins/discussions/200){:target="_blank"}. ### Posthog - On Android, the `posthogVersion` variable has been updated to `3.10.0`. ## Related Posts - [How to Fix Capacitor Plugin Build Errors with AGP 9](./how-to-fix-capacitor-plugin-build-errors-with-agp-9.md) - [How to Upgrade Your Capacitor App to Capacitor 8](./how-to-upgrade-your-capacitor-app-to-capacitor-8.md) - [How to Upgrade Your Capacitor Plugin to Capacitor 8](./how-to-upgrade-your-capacitor-plugin-to-capacitor-8.md) - [Support 16 KB page sizes in Android with Capacitor](./support-16kb-page-sizes-with-capacitor.md)