# ionic-team/ng-cordova

OBSOLETE: Please move to Ionic Native https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-native

Repository: https://github.com/ionic-team/ng-cordova
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ng-cordova
Homepage: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-native
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-10-23T02:26:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4476, "days_push": 2872, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3440, forks 1023 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.061952+00:00)

## What it is
ngCordova was a library of AngularJS wrappers around 67+ Cordova plugins, simplifying access to native device features (camera, geolocation, Bluetooth, etc.) in hybrid mobile apps. It is officially obsolete and no longer maintained; users are directed to Ionic Native / Awesome Cordova Plugins instead.

## Use cases
- wrap cordova plugins in angularjs services
- access device camera and geolocation from a hybrid app
- use native bluetooth or barcode scanning in an ionic 1 app
- maintain a legacy angularjs cordova mobile app

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy AngularJS/Ionic 1 app already using ngCordova
- you need reference for how the old wrappers worked

## When to avoid
- starting any new mobile project
- using modern Angular or Ionic versions
- you need maintained plugin wrappers - use Ionic Native or Awesome Cordova Plugins instead

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: mobile-framework, plugin-system, sdk
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: cordova, angularjs, ionic, hybrid-apps, obsolete, native-plugins, mobile, android, ios, javascript

## Member repositories
- ionic-team/ng-cordova (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.061952+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:37:39.563250+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ionic-team/ng-cordova (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.061952+00:00, sha 5524bedcec09)
  - homepage: https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-native (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:41.388248+00:00, sha 9f0a053ebccf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.