Temporary measure to install a different version of Cordova in Meteor

install-meteor-cordova.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Make sure to update METEOR_VERSIONS below to point to your app's versions file

TARGET_VERSION=$1
BASEPATH="$(dirname "$0")"
BASEPATH="$(cd "$BASEPATH" && pwd)"
METEOR_VERSIONS=$BASEPATH/../app/.meteor/versions

if [ "$TARGET_VERSION" == "" ]; then
	echo "Specify target version. Example: ./install-meteor-cordova.sh 4.0.0"
	exit 1
fi

METEOR_TOOL_VER=$(cat $METEOR_VERSIONS | perl -lne 'print $1 if /meteor-tool@([0-9a-z-_\.]+)/')
LIB_PATH=~/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/$METEOR_TOOL_VER/meteor-tool*/dev_bundle/lib
LIB_PATH=$(cd $(dirname $LIB_PATH); pwd)/$(basename $LIB_PATH)
CORDOVA_PATH="$LIB_PATH/node_modules/cordova"
CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat $CORDOVA_PATH/VERSION)
CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE="$LIB_PATH/cordova-archive"
CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_CURRENT="$CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE/cordova-$CURRENT_VERSION"
CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_TARGET="$CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE/cordova-$TARGET_VERSION"

if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION" == "" ]; then
	echo "Existing cordova version could not be determined using VERSION file technique."
	echo ""
	echo "CURRENT_VERSION: $CURRENT_VERSION"
	echo "TARGET_VERSION: $TARGET_VERSION"
	echo "METEOR_TOOL_VER: $METEOR_TOOL_VER"
	echo "LIB_PATH: $LIB_PATH"
	echo "CORDOVA_PATH: $CORDOVA_PATH"
	echo "CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_CURRENT: $CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_CURRENT"
	echo "CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_TARGET: $CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_TARGET"
	exit 3
fi

if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION" == "$TARGET_VERSION" ]; then
	echo "Cordova version $TARGET_VERSION already installed."
	exit 2
fi

echo "Cordova versions different: is $CURRENT_VERSION, need $TARGET_VERSION."

( set -e; echo "Installing cordova@$TARGET_VERSION..."
	mkdir -p "$CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE"

	if [ ! -d "$CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_CURRENT" ]; then
		cp -r "$CORDOVA_PATH" "$CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_CURRENT"
	fi

	rm -rf "$CORDOVA_PATH"

	if [ -d "$CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_TARGET" ]; then
		cp -r "$CORDOVA_PATH_ARCHIVE_TARGET" "$CORDOVA_PATH"
	else
		cd $LIB_PATH
		npm install cordova@$TARGET_VERSION
		#npm install "https://github.com/meteor/cordova-cli/tarball/898040e71f6d6900cac4d477986b0451fb196ff1"
		echo $TARGET_VERSION > $CORDOVA_PATH/VERSION

		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browser-pack/node_modules/JSONStream/test/fixtures
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browserify-zlib/node_modules/pako/benchmark
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browserify-zlib/node_modules/pako/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/buffer/perf
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/crypto-browserify/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/derequire/node_modules/esprima-fb/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/derequire/node_modules/esrefactor/node_modules/esprima/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/insert-module-globals/node_modules/lexical-scope/node_modules/astw/node_modules/esprima-fb/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/esprima/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/module-deps/node_modules/detective/node_modules/esprima-fb/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/syntax-error/node_modules/esprima-fb/test
		rm -rf node_modules/cordova/node_modules/cordova-lib/node_modules/cordova-js/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/umd/node_modules/ruglify/test
	fi
); if [[ $? > 0 ]]; then echo -e "\033[0;31m FAIL\033[0m"; exit 3; else echo -e "\033[0;32m OK\033[0m"; fi

"Before Meteor 1.0 is released" - Is there a method to call, post Meteor 1.0, to change the Cordova version being used?

@trymbill -- no... and I don't blame them either, since they'd have to make sure to handle any cordova differences for each version and support all the various versions and their quirks.

I've had success with Cordova 4.1.2 (couldn't get 4.0.0 working...), but I override all the meteor packages that reference cordova plugins and point those dependencies to the github repos' master tips as well.

FYI I just updated the script above to keep copies of the various versions being installed so that one can swap back to the meteor version (3.5.0-0.2.4) and then back to whatever version without a re-install via npm. Useful when maintaining different apps using different cordova versions!