Mobile Development
How to Write a PhoneGap 3.0 Plugin for Android
Recently I posted a tutorial on how to write and use a custom plugin on Android using PhoneGap here. In this new tutorial I will show you how you can use a similar custom plugin in your PhoneGap 3.0 application. Please note that some of this is duplicated from my original tutorial but changed where [...]
Filed in: Adobe • Cordova • Mobile Development • PhoneGap • PhoneGap 3.0
PhoneGap – Icons and Splash Screens Help
If you’re using the PhoneGap 3.0 CLI to build your applications there may be some confusion around where and how to set your icons and splash screens. It may appear that you can just specify them in your project’s root www folder since the default config.xml generated by the tool has them specified in there, [...]
Filed in: Android • Cordova • iOS • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
PhoneGap 3.0 – Stuff You Should Know
PhoneGap 3.0 was announced recently and there are some important things to note that I have attempted to summarize below . PhoneGap CLI If you hadn’t heard yet, the fastest and easiest way to use PhoneGap 3.0 is with the new Command Line Interface. To install the CLI, follow the specific instructions here. So what [...]
Filed in: Cordova • HTML/JS • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
Quick Start Guide to PhoneGap+AngularJS
I’ve created a sample mobile application to help developers get started building mobile applications with PhoneGap and AngularJS quickly. The sample application includes view navigation, some standard user interface components and code to help avoid common pitfalls in mobile application development (click delays etc). Below are a few screenshots showing parts of the application. It [...]
Filed in: Adobe Flash Platform • AngularJS • Cordova • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
ADC Web Standards Monthly – FREE Newsletter
Brian Rinaldi at the Adobe Developer Connection (ADC) has recently put together a free monthly newsletter to help keep you up to date on all the latest and greatest content available on the ADC. The topics span a variety of subjects including HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Mobile Development, PhoneGap, Responsive Design and more. The January newsletter [...]
Filed in: CSS • HTML/JS • Mobile Development • PhoneGap • Uncategorized
Push Notifications Plugin Support added to PhoneGap Build
I’m happy to post today there is now support for a generic push notifications plugin for PhoneGap Build. The new plugin is called PushPlugin and works for both iOS and Android push notifications. The iOS support is based on the Apple Push Notifications Service (APNS) and the Android support is based on Google Cloud Messaging [...]
Filed in: Cordova • Mobile Development • PhoneGap • Push Notifications
Introducing Adobe TechLive!
Our team has been busy working on a new initiative called Adobe TechLive, a place where we’ll be hosting interactive online webinars on various topics. Some upcoming topics include Adobe’s Create the Web tour introducing Adobe’s latest new tools and web technologies, a PhoneGap Open Session where you can come to get your questions answered [...]
Filed in: Adobe • Cordova • HTML/JS • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
Geo-based Push Notifications with PhoneGap and Pushwoosh
Recently I blogged about sending push notifications via the Pushwoosh service and specifically with PhoneGap applications. While working with the service I noticed it had something built in for setting up geozones for your push notifications (aka: geofencing). If you’re not familiar with this term, it’s basically the ability to send push notifications to a [...]
Filed in: Cordova • HTML/JS • iOS • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
Easy PhoneGap Push Notifications with Pushwoosh
I recently posted regarding the use of Push Notifications on both iOS and Android with PhoneGap. Both of those addressed sending push notifications from a general 3rd party server where you write the server side push code. However, there are many services out there you can leverage for sending push notifications as well and this [...]
Filed in: Cordova • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
Tutorial: Embed PhoneGap as a Subview in your Native iOS Application
Something cool that many mobile developers (and particularly native developers) might not be aware of at this point, is the option to use PhoneGap (aka Cordova) as a component within your mobile application, as a web “subview” of a whole native application where you want to render HTML/JS content and/or interact with the PhoneGap APIs. [...]
Filed in: Cordova • HTML/JS • iOS • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
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