# Recommended cordova android versions? **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [August 16, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/recommended-cordova-android-versions/138695 "2018-08-16T22:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rbjudah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@rbjudah](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rbjudah)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/recommended-cordova-android-versions/138695/1 "2018-08-16T22:33:32Z")
Could we please have an updated list of recommended android versions based on the ionic release? angular-ionic 3.9.2 --\> cordova-android 6.4.0 or 7.1.1 angular-ionic 4.0.0 --\> cordova-android ? Current demo project (‘tutorial’) seems to install android 6.2.3 by default, but a plugin requires 6.4.0. The latest is 7.1.1. What does the ionic team recommend/support? Thank you! UPDATE: Thanks to Sujan12 and others, confirmed some discoveries and will continue to make notes. Checked and indeed Cordova CLI 7 will install cordova-android 6.2.3 by default, which is not great, use at least 6.4.0 instead. Updated to Cordova CLI 8 and it did install cordova-android 7.0.0 (Feb 2018). The latest 7.1.1 is Jul 2018 and since it’s been a month and no major issues I suppose it’s safe. **So instead of what is in the docs, the command should instead be** `ionic cordova platform add android@7.1.1` ---
**Author:** ![rapropos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/rapropos/32/100227_2.png) [@rapropos](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rapropos)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/recommended-cordova-android-versions/138695/2 "2018-08-16T22:43:31Z")
I don’t think there is a general answer to this, and it’s far less an Ionic thing than it is a plugin thing. Various versions of various plugins work with certain cordova-android versions, and simply won’t with others. This is especially true of the difference between 6.x and 7.x, because they moved a bunch of stuff around internally. ---
**Author:** ![Sujan12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sujan12/32/108395_2.png) [@Sujan12](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Sujan12)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/recommended-cordova-android-versions/138695/3 "2018-08-16T22:51:45Z")
What cordova platform is installed is not defined by Ionic Framework (`ionic-angular`) or Ionic CLI (`ionic`) but purely by Cordova CLI (`cordova`). The newest Cordova CLI 8.0.0 will install `cordova-android 7.0.0` by default right now, but you should definitely use `7.1.0`. If you are getting 6.2.3, you are probably using an outdated Cordova CLI and should upgrade. And to answer your question: If you don’t have a good reason not to, always use the latest. ---
**Author:** ![rbjudah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@rbjudah](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rbjudah)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/recommended-cordova-android-versions/138695/4 "2018-08-17T07:34:27Z")
If you update from cordova 6 to 7.1.1, you will have to change `android-minSdkVersion` to 19 in `config.xml` or the build will not work. ---
**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/recommended-cordova-android-versions/138695/5 "2021-07-19T21:23:09Z")
Closed on July 19, 2021, 9:23pm UTC