blog: announce ios 8.1.0 (#1504)

* blog: announce ios 8.1.0

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Co-authored-by: エリス <erisu@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: NiklasMerz

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+---
+layout: post
+author:
+    name: Niklas Merz
+title:  "Cordova iOS 8.1.0 is now available!"
+categories: announcements
+tags: news releases
+---
+
+We are happy to announce that we have just released `Cordova iOS 8.1.0`! This is one of Cordova's supported platforms for building iOS applications.
+
+This release contains fixes for several bugs that were reported against the 8.0.1 version.
+
+* [cordova-ios@8.1.0](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-ios)
+
+**To upgrade:**
+
+```bash
+cordova platform remove ios
+cordova platform add ios@8.1.0
+```
+
+**To install:**
+
+```bash
+cordova platform add ios@8.1.0
+```
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+* **Fix for Ionic WebView plugin**
+
+    Re-add an implementation of the deprecated `shouldOverrideLoadWithRequest:navigationType:` selector because the Ionic WebView plugin relies on it.
+
+* **Fix `/_app_file_/` URLs not working**
+
+    During refactoring of the **URLSchemeTask** handler for cordova-ios 8, an error was introduced where `/_app_file_` URLs were treated as being relative to the resources directory rather than as filesystem paths.
+
+* **Fixes various build issues**
+
+<!--more-->
+## Changes include:
+
+**Fixes:**
+
+* [GH-1653](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1653) fix(actions): fix CDVURLSchemeHandlerTest warnings
+* [GH-1652](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1652) fix(actions): IPhone 16e not found on macOS 26 for latest OS
+* [GH-1640](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1640) fix: `NSInternalInconsistencyException: "No response has been sent for this task"` - second attempt
+* [GH-1637](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1637) fix(build): Target a generic **iOS** simulator for building
+* [GH-1632](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1632) fix(ionic): Add workaround for Ionic WebView plugin
+* [GH-1618](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1618) fix(xcode): Fix library search paths for target
+* [GH-1621](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1621) fix(xcode): Ensure we do NFD normalization on PRODUCT_NAME
+* [GH-1616](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1616) fix(spm): Ensure the deployment target always gets set
+* [GH-1606](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1606) fix(webview): Ensure scheme task is always finished
+* [GH-1610](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1610) fix(scheme): Fix /_app_file_/ URLs not working
+* [GH-1612](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1612) fix(spm): Set deployment target in Package.swift
+* [GH-1597](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1597) fix: ignore spm build artifacts
+
+**Others:**
+
+* [GH-1650](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1650) chore: remove redundant Hello World template files
+* [GH-1647](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1647) chore(deps): bump @xmldom/xmldom from 0.8.12 to 0.8.13
+* [GH-1634](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1634) doc: `keepCallback` and `setKeepCallbackAsBool:` of `CDVPluginResult`
+* [GH-1646](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1646) chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1
+* [GH-1644](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1644) chore(deps): bump @xmldom/xmldom from 0.8.11 to 0.8.12
+* [GH-1642](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1642) chore(deps): bump picomatch
+* [GH-1639](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1639) chore: update package-lock
+* [GH-1635](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1635) chore: Fix improperly ignored deprecation warning
+* [GH-1633](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1633) chore: Bump patch level for ongoing dev work
+* [GH-1628](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1628) chore: Fix missing licence headers
+* [GH-1627](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1627) release(8.0.1): Update release notes and version
+* [GH-1623](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1623) chore(ci): draft release
+* [GH-1624](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1624) chore: cleanup license headers
+* [GH-1625](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1625) chore: add DEVELOPMENT.md & cleanup `README`.md
+* [GH-1622](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1622) refactor(versions): Refactor version code for test reliability
+* [GH-1619](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1619) chore(deps): Update to latest jasmine & c8 versions
+* [GH-1614](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1614) doc(readme): improve badges
+* [GH-1601](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1601) chore: Remove compileBitcode from export options
+* [GH-1611](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1611) chore: set swift-tools-version to 5.9
+* [GH-1599](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1599) chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23
+* [GH-1598](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1598) Add missing trailing new line
+* [GH-1592](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1592) doc(readme): add minimum **iOS** version
+* [GH-1591](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1591) doc(readme): add Link to **iOS** Platform Guide
+* [GH-1588](https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/1588) chore: update release audit workflow & license headers