Capacitor App Upgrade v4 to v5

Upgrade a Capacitor app from version 4 to version 5.

When to Use This Skill

• User says the app is on Capacitor 4 and must move to v5
• User wants the exact v4 to v5 migration path
• User needs v5-specific native and package updates

Live Project Snapshot

Current Capacitor packages from package.json: !node -e "const fs=require('fs');if(!fs.existsSync('package.json'))process.exit(0);const pkg=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('package.json','utf8'));const out=[];for(const section of ['dependencies','devDependencies']){for(const [name,version] of Object.entries(pkg[section]||{})){if(name.startsWith('@capacitor/'))out.push(section+'.'+name+'='+version)}}console.log(out.sort().join('\n'))"

Procedure