Do I need to install Cordova if I'm using Capacitor?

Capacitor
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In the documentation, it says to use the following to build for Android:

ionic cordova build android --prod --release

Thus far, I’ve been testing mainly in browser and iOS devices/simulator. I’ve had no issue and have not been prompted to install Cordova, even though I’m using the following Cordova plugins.

cordova-plugin-google-analytics (1.9.0)
cordova-sqlite-storage (5.0.0)
es6-promise-plugin (4.2.2)

Typically, I just open my Ionic projects in Android Studio and do my final builds there. But I’m trying to iron out a build error ( see forum post ) so I want to be sure I understand what’s going on.

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No, if you are using capacitor, you do not need to install cordova CLI.

For building and shipping an app with capacitor, you follow the docs here

https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/android

3

That makes sense, thanks!