How to check cordova android version of a cordova phonegap project

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I have received a Security Alert from Google this week that tells me to upgrade my android version of cordova app  The email from google is as below -  This is a notification that your --apps ids--  is built on a version of Apache Cordova that contains security vulnerabilities  This includes a high severity cross-application scripting  XAS  vulnerability  Under certain circumstances  vulnerable apps could be remotely exploited to steal sensitive information  such as user login credentials  You should upgrade to Apache Cordova 3 5 1 or higher as soon as possible  For more information about the vulnerabilities  and for guidance on upgrading Apache Cordova  please see http   cordova apache org announcements 2014 08 04 android-351 html  Please note  applications with vulnerabilities that expose users to risk of compromise may be considered    dangerous products    and subject to removal from Google Play   So  I needed to check the current version of my cordova apps  I can upgrade my cordova installation by using npm update -g cordova on windows cmd  The question is how can I check the current platform  android in my case  version of my cordova app

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just type  cordova platform ls  This will list all the platforms installed along with its version and available for installation plus

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Recent versions of Cordova have the version number in www cordova js

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The file platforms platforms json lists all of the platform versions

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Try      cordova platform version   It will give you the following output   Installed platforms  android 3 5 1  ios 3 5 0 Available platforms  amazon-fireos  blackberry10  browser  firefoxos   Also to know the version of cordodva cli try   cordova -v

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For getting all the info about the cordova package use this command   npm info cordova

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The current platform version of a cordova app can be checked by the following command   cordova platform version android   And can be upgraded using the command   cordova platform update android   You can replace android by any of your platform choice like  ios  or some else   This only applies to android platform  I have not checked  You can try replacing android in the code segments to try for other platforms

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After upgrading the Application  I observed different Cordova versions    Apache Cordova Cli version which is 6 0 0  Cordova Android version which is 5 1 0  Cordova IOS version which is 4 1 1  Docs version is which is 6 0 0  shown on the Cordova Docs website    Now i am confused  On which version basis  Google Dev Console is giving warning   Please migrate your app s  to Apache Cordova v 4 1 1 or higher as soon as possible and increment the version number of the upgraded APK  Beginning May 9  2016  Google Play will block publishing of any new apps or updates that use pre-4 1 1 versions of Apache Cordova   The vulnerabilities were addressed in Apache Cordova 4 1 1  If you   re using a 3rd party library that bundles Apache Cordova  you   ll need to upgrade it to a version that bundles Apache Cordova 4 1 1 or later   And before upgrading  Our Application versions were these    Apache Cordova Cli version which is 5 4 1  Cordova Android version which is 4 1 1  Cordova IOS version which is 3 9 1  Docs version is which is 5 4 1  shown on the Cordova Docs website

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Run   cordova -v    to see the currently running version   Run the npm info command   npm info cordova   for a longer listing that includes the current version along with other available version numbers

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