PhoneGap Essentials

Use PhoneGap to build cross-platform mobile applications quickly and efficiently About This Book • Build native mobile phone applications with HTML5 JavaScript and CSS • Incorporate smartphone capabilities such as GPS camera accelerometer and more into your apps for any mobile platform • Use Cordova view to embed PhoneGap into native applications to either transit smoothly to PhoneGap or incorporate PhoneGap functionalities Who This Book Is For If you are a mobile application developer in iOS or Android or a web application developer who wants to learn how to make cross-platform mobile applications using PhoneGap this book is perfect for you. To make the most of this book it will be helpful if you have prior knowledge of HTML5 CSS and JavaScript. What You Will Learn • Get to grips with the fundamentals of PhoneGap to get started • Set up a development environment for Linux Mac OS and Windows • Use Cordova CLI workflows and Plugman Plugin manager to create mobile applications efficiently • Understand the development workflow to create native cross-platform mobile applications • Embed plugin support to transition to PhoneGap or use it to enhance existing applications • Improve your mobile development knowledge using object-oriented programming (OOP) reusable components and AJAX closures • Be empowered to build your own mobile apps quickly with ease • Discover tips and tricks to make app development fun and easy In Detail PhoneGap is an open source framework that allows you to quickly build cross-platform mobile apps using HTML5 JavaScript and CSS. PhoneGap Build is a cloud service that allows you to quickly develop and compile mobile applications without SDKs compilers and hardware. PhoneGap allows you to use its existing plugins or create new ones as per your requirements to enhance your mobile applications. Starting by installing PhoneGap youll develop an app that uses various device capabilities through different plugins and learn how to build an app in the cloud with PhoneGaps Build service. Youll discover how to use PhoneGap to create an application view along with how to use a camera geolocation and other device capabilities to create engaging apps. Next youll augment applications with PhoneGaps plugins using minimalistic code. Youll explore the app preparation process to deploy your app to the app store. By the end of the book youll have also learned how to apply hybrid mobile UIs that will work across different platforms and different screen sizes for better user experience. Style and approach This is an example-based fast-paced guide that covers the fundamentals of creating cross-platform mobile applications with PhoneGap.