Capacitor 3.x Plugins #3227
Description
Welcome to the plugin planning issue! This issue is now closed because the work described by it has been complete! See the plugins repo. Subscribe to #3133 for higher-level updates on Capacitor 3. Thanks!
As part of planning for Capacitor 3, the team has rethought core plugins. The concept of Capacitor being "batteries-included" is attractive, but additional use cases (e.g. "Embedded Capacitor"), App Store warnings and rejections and app bloating and slowdowns (e.g. #4038, #2992, #1942), and better available alternatives (e.g. community or third-party plugins that are better than a core plugin), have caused us to reevaluate including the core plugins in Capacitor.
While we may be splitting plugins into their own packages, the Capacitor CLI may still offer a set of plugins to be installed by default (and optionally excluded or uninstalled). We call these included plugins (✅).
See Rethinking Plugins in the Capacitor 3 Upgrade Guide to learn more about how apps and plugins will be affected by these changes.
Decision Legend
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ⚪ | Keep plugin in Capacitor core (API may change). |
| ⚫ | Move plugin from Capacitor core into a new official plugin (import will change, API may change). |
| 🔴 | Delete the plugin. |
Plugins
| Plugin | Decision | Included | Assignee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | ⚫ | @dwieeb | published (@capacitor/screen-reader) |
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| App | ⚫ | ✅ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/app) |
| Background Task | 🔴 | |||
| Browser | ⚫ | @ikeith | published (@capacitor/browser) |
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| Camera | ⚫ | @ikeith | published (@capacitor/camera) |
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| Clipboard | ⚫ | @carlpoole | published (@capacitor/clipboard) |
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| Console | ⚪ | |||
| Device | ⚫ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/device) |
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| Filesystem | ⚫ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/filesystem) |
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| Geolocation | ⚫ | @carlpoole | published (@capacitor/geolocation) |
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| Haptics | ⚫ | ✅ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/haptics) |
| Keyboard | ⚫ | ✅ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/keyboard) |
| Local Notifications | ⚫ | @theproducer | published (@capacitor/local-notifications) |
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| Modals | ⚫ | split into @capacitor/action-sheet and @capacitor/dialog |
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| Motion | ⚫ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/motion) |
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| Network | ⚫ | @ikeith | published (@capacitor/network) |
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| Permissions | 🔴 | @jcesarmobile | done (#3386) | |
| Photos | 🔴 | @jcesarmobile | done (#3385) | |
| Push Notifications | ⚫ | @theproducer | published (@capacitor/push-notifications) |
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| Share | ⚫ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/share) |
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| Splash Screen | ⚫ | ✅ | ||
| Status Bar | ⚫ | ✅ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/status-bar) |
| Storage | ⚫ | @dwieeb | published (@capacitor/storage) |
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| Toast | ⚫ | @jcesarmobile | published (@capacitor/toast) |
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| WebView | ⚪ |