Create Capacitor Plugin

Generate a new Capacitor plugin.

Usage

npm init @capacitor/plugin [<path>] [options]

:memo: npm init <pkg> requires npm 6+

You can also try the following methods to use this package:

• npx @capacitor/create-plugin
• yarn create @capacitor/plugin
• npm install -g @capacitor/create-plugin && create-capacitor-plugin

Example Apps

As of the 0.8.0 release, example apps for testing are included when initializing a new plugin. To use these templates, you can open the npx cap open android or npx cap open ios command for Android and iOS respectively. Anything in the example-app folder will be excluded when publishing to npm.

Options

--name <name> ............. npm package name (e.g. "capacitor-plugin-example")
--package-id <id> ......... Unique plugin ID in reverse-DNS notation (e.g. "com.mycompany.plugins.example")
--class-name <name> ....... Plugin class name (e.g. "Example")
--repo <url> .............. URL to git repository (e.g. "https://github.com/example/repo")
--author <author> ......... Author name and email (e.g. "Name <name@example.com>")
--license <id> ............ SPDX License ID (e.g. "MIT")
--description <text> ...... Short description of plugin features
--android-lang <text> ..... Language for Android plugin development (either "kotlin" or "java")