PhoneGap 3 Beginner’s Guide, 3rd Edition

Create, develop, debug, and deploy your very own mobile applications with PhoneGap

About This Book

• Build hybrid mobile applications with PhoneGap/Cordova using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Optimize and increase the performance of you applications with Phonegap/Cordova plugins
• A step by step guide, filled with real-world examples to help you create hybrid mobile applications

Who This Book Is For

This book is for web developers who want to be productive in the mobile market quickly. In fact, by using PhoneGap, it’s possible to deploy native applications based on web standards. This book assumes a very small knowledge of HTML/CSS/JavaScript and mobile platforms, such as Android, BlackBerry, iOS, and Windows Phone, and takes the reader step-by-step into a deep overview of PhoneGap and its APIs.

What You Will Learn

• Get acquainted with the fundamentals of PhoneGap
• Use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create, debug, and deploy your own mobile applications
• Work with mobile-specific frameworks such as iOS and Android to design your applications
• Install and work with all PhoneGap/Cordova plugins
• Implement device-oriented APIs related to contacts, files, the camera, and geolocations
• Use PhoneGap/Cordova events for accessibility
• Enhance and optimize your application for real-time environments

In Detail

Given the increase in usage of mobile devices, mobile app development is in huge demand. This book provides you with the skills you need to successfully create, develop, debug, and deploy a cross-platform mobile application with PhoneGap 5. The book starts with the basics of PhoneGap, covering setting up your development environment, creating a simple project, and debugging and deploying it to your mobile devices. By sequentially working through the sections in each chapter, you will quickly get to know about the available features of various mobile frameworks and the various PhoneGap plugins you can utilize to create your apps. You will then learn how to build a hybrid application using PhoneGap. Finally, by the end of the book, you will be able to implement the most common features of modern mobile apps and build rich, native-style applications.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to PhoneGap
Chapter 2: Building Your First PhoneGap Project
Chapter 3: Mobile Frameworks
Chapter 4: Working with Plugins
Chapter 5: Using Device Storage and the Files API
Chapter 6: Using the Contacts and Camera APIs
Chapter 7: Accessing the Device Sensors and Locations API
Chapter 8: Advanced PhoneGap
Chapter 9: Getting Ready for Release
Chapter 10: A Sample PhoneGap Project
Appendix A: The JavaScript Quick Cheat Sheet
Appendix B: Publishing Your App
Appendix C: Related Plugin Resources