Making the Mobile Web Native with PhoneGap
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This document discusses how PhoneGap allows developers to build mobile applications using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that can access device capabilities. PhoneGap supports building applications for Android and iOS, and includes APIs for common device features. It also describes PhoneGap Build for cloud-based builds, plugins for extending functionality, and remote debugging tools. The document concludes with a walkthrough of the html5expense sample application built with PhoneGap.
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Making the Mobile Web Native with PhoneGap
- 1. Making the Mobile Web Native with PhoneGap Roy Clarkson and Keith Donald SpringSource, a division of VMware, Inc. © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
- 2. Agenda • Introduction • Support for Android and iOS • PhoneGap API & Plugins • PhoneGap Build • Remote Debugging • html5expense reference app walk-through • Q&A 2
- 4. What problem are we trying to solve? • Each device has a different native development SDK and associated programming language • For a variety of reasons, it may not be feasible to build and maintain multiple native apps • How can we reach all these different devices and app stores? 4
- 6. What is the solution? • Build your application using web standards like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. • But what about accessing other features of the device, such as the camera or contacts list? 6
- 7. What is PhoneGap? “PhoneGap is an HTML5 app platform that allows you to author native applications with web technologies and get access to APIs and app stores. PhoneGap leverages web technologies developers already know best... HTML and JavaScript.” - phonegap.com 7
- 8. PhoneGap and Nitobi in the News • In October 2011, Adobe acquired Nitobi enabling the team to focus solely on the PhoneGap project and continue its work on efficient expressive design and development across devices. • The PhoneGap code was contributed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under the name Apache Callback in October 2011. It is currently under incubation until it can become a full Apache project. 8
- 9. Support for iOS and Android 9 © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
- 10. iOS Configuration • Mac OS X • Xcode 4 • iOS simulator • PhoneGap • Xcode project template 10
- 11. Android Configuration • Eclipse • Android SDK • ADT Plugin for Eclipse • PhoneGap 11
- 12. Phonegap API and plugins 12 © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
- 13. Phonegap Core Device APIs • Accelerometer • Camera / Media Capture • Connection • Compass • Contacts • Events / Notifications • File • Geolocation • Storage 13
- 14. Phonegap Core Device APIs (2) • API Documentation – http://docs.phonegap.com/en/1.1.0/ • Source Code – Android: https://github.com/callback/callback-android – IOS: https://github.com/callback/callback-ios 14
- 15. Demo: Phonegap APIs 15 © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
- 16. Phonegap Plugins • Moving toward “everything is a plugin” model • Core “plugins” included by default • New plugins can be added / developed in a consistent way – JavaScripts – Native bridging for each platform e.g .java • Source Code – https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins 16
- 17. Demo: Plugins 17 © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
- 18. PhoneGap Build • Cross platform – iOS – Android – webOS – Symbian – BlackBerry • No local setup required • Supports Git • https://build.phonegap.com/ 18
- 19. Demo Getting started with Phonegap Build https://build.phonegap.com https://github.com/kdonald/hello-phonegap 19 © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
- 20. Debugging • Weinre – Debugger for web pages – Designed to work remotely – Debug web pages on a phone • Availability – http://debug.phonegap.com/ – http://phonegap.github.com/weinre/ 20
- 21. Demo Remote debugging demo 21 © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
- 22. html5expense walkthrough • Phonegap 1.1.0 • jquery Mobile • Camera API • “Stopgap” for portability • PhoneGap build for native builds – Also created native projects so we can do local builds • Weinre for remote debugging • “Hydra” for dynamic update capability 22
- 23. Q&A 23 © 2011 SpringOne 2GX 2011. All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.