Posts by Hasan on the IMG.LY blog.https://img.ly/blog/author/hasan/en-ushttps://img.ly/apple-touch-icon.pnghttps://img.ly/blog/author/hasan/AstroWed, 10 Jun 2026 12:21:45 GMT60https://img.ly/blog/cordova-plugin/https://img.ly/blog/cordova-plugin/Integrating third-party libraries requires either native platform experience or a time-consuming learning curve. To set you on a smoother path, we are introducing a new Cordova plugin that integrates our native iOS and Android SDK for you!Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:59:07 GMT<p>In a perfect world, Cordova should enable web developers to target multiple platforms with one codebase. Yet in reality, developers using Cordova to build cross-platform apps, need to be experienced with the development tool stacks and programming languages of the native platforms. This is particularly the case when integrating native third-party libraries from scratch, as we detailed in a <a href="https://img.ly/blog/photoeditor-sdk-cordova-dabe146e6c13/?utm_campaign=wrapper%20support&#x26;utm_medium=blog&#x26;utm_source=ghost&#x26;utm_content=cordova%20plugin">previous blog post</a>.</p> <p>We are proud to introduce our all-new <strong>Cordova plugin</strong> integrations <code>[cordova-plugin-photoeditorsdk](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-photoeditorsdk)</code> and <code>[cordova-plugin-videoeditorsdk](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-videoeditorsdk)</code> for our native <a href="https://img.ly/products/photo-sdk">PhotoEditor SDK</a> and <a href="https://img.ly/products/video-sdk">VideoEditor SDK</a> versions. The interplay of both products allows you to add comprehensive image and video editing tools to your Cordova app for iOS and Android - within minutes.</p> <p>While crafting our new plugins, the primary objective was to minimize the required platform-specific knowledge and skillset. We are thrilled to provide a wealth of <a href="https://github.com/imgly/pesdk-cordova/blob/master/types/configuration.ts">configuration and customization options</a> to developers without forcing them to leave their JavaScript tooling and programming environment.</p> <h2 id="bye-bye-native-platform-specific-asset-management">Bye-bye native platform-specific asset management</h2> <p>Our new utility function <code>loadResource()</code> simplifies the process to pass static assets to the native SDKs. By using it, e.g., in your <code>index.js</code> file, our plugins will take care of resolving the correct platform-specific asset file paths.</p> <p>The following snippet demonstrates this convenience for customizing the sticker tool (lines <code>15</code> to <code>30</code>) and for passing an input image to the editor (line <code>33</code>). The only requirement is to make the corresponding images available in your app’s <code>www/assets</code> folder.</p> <h2 id="further-examples">Further examples</h2> <p>We created a separate repository each for our <a href="https://github.com/imgly/pesdk-cordova-demo">photo editor example project</a> and <a href="https://github.com/imgly/vesdk-cordova-demo">video editor example project</a> to prevent our sample assets from unnecessarily increasing the size of your <code>node_modules</code> folder when installing our plugins.</p> <h2 id="ionic">Ionic</h2> <p>Ionic is built on Cordova, so you’re able to use the plugin for your Ionic application as well. Just take a look at our repositories for our <a href="https://github.com/imgly/pesdk-ionic-demo">photo editor example project</a> and <a href="https://github.com/imgly/vesdk-ionic-demo">video editor example project</a>, to get started with integrating our SDKs with your Ionic app.</p> <h3 id="thank-you-for-your-time-to-stay-in-the-loop-with-our-latest-articles-and-case-studies-subscribe-to-our-newsletter">Thank you for your time! To stay in the loop with our latest articles and case studies, subscribe to our <a href="https://photoeditorsdk.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=dc9f652839dbb620d14d6d28d&#x26;id=04a306e4b2">Newsletter</a>.</h3>HasanCordovaApp DevelopmentPhoto EditorVideo EditorCompany