Updating Capacitor – get and set versions

Need to know how run updates for Capacitor?

Updating Capacitor

Update Capacitor Core and CLI with the commands:

npm install @capacitor/cli
npm install @capacitor/core

Whereas, to update the relevant platforms in use:

npm install @capacitor/ios
npm install @capacitor/android

Capacitor version - how to get and set?

Getting the version details

Finding the version you are using for Capacitor, so something like

Capacitor:
   Capacitor CLI      : 2.4.2
   @capacitor/android : 1.5.3
   @capacitor/core    : 1.5.3
   @capacitor/ios     : 1.5.3

This is part of an output from the ionic command

ionic info

The full output for me is

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI                     : 6.19.0 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 5.9.1
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 13.0.3
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 13.0.3
   @angular/cli                  : 13.0.3
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 5.0.3

Capacitor:

   Capacitor CLI      : 3.3.2
   @capacitor/android : 3.3.2
   @capacitor/core    : 3.4.0
   @capacitor/ios     : 3.4.3

Cordova:

   Cordova CLI       : 11.0.0
   Cordova Platforms : none
   Cordova Plugins   : no whitelisted plugins (0 plugins total)

Utility:

   cordova-res : not installed globally
   native-run  : 1.5.0

System:

   ios-deploy : 1.11.4
   ios-sim    : ios-sim/9.0.0 darwin-x64 node-v17.4.0
   NodeJS     : v17.4.0 (/usr/local/Cellar/node/17.4.0/bin/node)
   npm        : 8.5.5
   OS         : macOS Big Sur
   Xcode      : Xcode 13.2.1 Build version 13C100

Setting the details

To manage the Capacitor versioning, use your package.json file.  Under the dependancies area look for the following

    "@capacitor/android": "^3.3.2",
    "@capacitor/cli": "^3.3.2",
    "@capacitor/core": "^3.3.2",
    "@capacitor/ios": "3.4.3",