Capacitor 6 has been released, although it is still in beta mode, so many developers are confused whether they should migrate from Capacitor 5 to Capacitor 6 or not. Ionic Capacitor has a plugin in VS Code that also recommends that you migrate to Capacitor 6 beta. Well, it is still in beta mode, so I will say no based on my experience and research. But why? Let's see.
 |
| VS Code Plugin recommendations |
Reason 1: Capacitor 6 is still in beta mode
As I said earlier, Capacitor 6 is still in beta mode, which means it is still in the testing and development phase. Currently the developers are doing a lot of testing and the Capacitor team will also be managing their plugins. So in this they are releasing beta versions but it would not be appropriate to use them for now.
Reason 2: Plugins not supporting Capacitor 6
Since Capacitor 6 is still in development, they may be developing support for Capacitor 6 right now, so why should we use Capacitor 6 for our projects if no plugin is currently supporting it? We can migrate it very easily in future also.
Reason 3: Not needed for migration as of now (JAN 2024)
The month of January 2024 is going on, so for now there is absolutely no need to migrate to Capacitor 6! May I explain why?
 |
| Capacitor Official documentation |
Actually, Capacitor 6 is going to be released for Android 14 and iOS 17, that is, your mobile app should be able to run with the latest system, but if you would have seen in their documentation, then you would have come to know that they themselves are saying that currently you can use Capacitor 5. Use only that and use it only for your development.
Reason 4: for App store and Play store doesn't required now
The update of Capacitor 6 is going to come due to the update of Android 14 and iOS 17 but currently no one has required it in App Store or Play Store. By the time that happens, the final version of Capacitor 6 will be out and it will be supporting mostly plugins. So right now there is no need to worry.
 |
| Ionic blog post on the Capacitor 6 |
When the final update of Capacitor 6 comes out, you will need to use SDK version 34 in Android, which you will find in the official documentation of Capacitor JS.
Reason 5: Capacitor 5 is still Up to Date
This has become a matter of saying the same thing over and over again, but still the capacitors are up to date and the ionic capacitors themselves are saying this.
Summary:
Ionic Capacitor 6 is in Beta mode and it's not complete yet or you can say it's in development mode so not up to date, from my side it's not recommended to use it. I will say please wait till final Capacitor version release. so keep reading the documentation and keep learning.
Thank you very much.
Comment for any questions.
0 Comments