danielsogl/awesome-cordova-plugins

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Awesome Cordova Plugins is a curated set of TypeScript wrappers for Cordova plugins that expose native device functionality to Ionic, Angular, React, and Capacitor apps. It wraps plugin callbacks in Promises or Observables, providing a consistent async interface across 250+ plugins.

Use cases

• access device camera from an Ionic app
• get geolocation in a Cordova app with TypeScript
• use Cordova plugins inside a Capacitor project
• wrap native plugin callbacks as Observables for Angular change detection
• add push notifications to a hybrid mobile app
• access native device features like barcode scanning or Bluetooth from JavaScript

When to choose

• you build hybrid mobile apps with Ionic, Cordova, or Capacitor and need typed access to native plugins
• you want Promise/Observable-based plugin APIs instead of raw Cordova callbacks
• you use Angular and want plugins integrated with change detection

When to avoid

• you build fully native apps in Swift, Kotlin, or Java
• you use a framework without Cordova/Capacitor support
• you need a plugin not covered by the 250+ wrappers and don't want to write your own wrapper

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sdk mobile-framework plugin-system mobile-development cross-platform developer-tools cordova ionic capacitor native-plugins angular phonegap mobile android ios typescript nodejs

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