How to upgrade cordova-plugin-ionic-webview from 1.2.1 to 5.0.0 without data loss

Question

By upgrading cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 1.2.1 to 5.0.0 the firebase user gets logged out automatically on android devices. It worked properly on ios devices even after upgrading the webview to 5.0.0.

this.angularFireAuth.auth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, pswd);

ionic 3 and cordova-android 10.1.1

I have to upgrade plugin due to AppStore Deprecation notice (Apple will stop accepting submissions of apps that use UIWebView APIs).

Any solutions if anyone had faced the relevant problem?

Answer 1

use these commands:

cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-ionic-webview
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-ionic-webview@latest

If you need a specific version, replace latest by the version you need.