Mobile Development
How to Share Your Custom PhoneGap Plugin
If you’ve built your own custom PhoneGap plugin for a mobile application and want to publish it to the official Cordova Plugin Repository so others can benefit from it (and you should!!), you may not find it to be as obvious as you might think initially. There’s a tool called plugman that is used to […]
Filed in: Cordova • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
3 Cordova CLI Changes You Should Know About
If you’re using the Cordova CLI (command line interface) to create Cordova/PhoneGap projects, then you should be aware of some recent tool updates that help make things easier when you update to this latest version (Cordova CLI version 3.3.1-0.3.1). Here are some changes I specifically want to highlight: The config.xml file is created in the […]
Filed in: Android • Cordova • HTML/JS • iOS • Mobile Development • PhoneGap
PhoneGap / Cordova Default Project – Android Support for xxhdpi
If you’re creating a new PhoneGap or Cordova project with the CLI and targeting the Android platform, you should be aware of an additional folder you will want to create to specify icons and splash screens on newer Android devices supporting xxhdpi (extra extra high density, 480 dpi). The ../platforms/android/res/drawable-xxhdpi folder is not created by […]
Filed in: Cordova • Mobile Development • PhoneGap • PhoneGap 3.0
Ionic – Mobile UI Framework for PhoneGap/Cordova Developers
Over the holidays I came across this nifty new open source framework called Ionic that I was intrigued by and wanted to share with others. Ionic is currently in alpha state, but it’s definitely worth checking out. It was created by the guys who are responsible for some other successful projects including Jetstrap and Codiqa […]
Filed in: AngularJS • Cordova • Mobile Development • PhoneGap • PhoneGap 3.0
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
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