Cordova 3, Apps HTML5 para AndroidJorge del Casar (a.k.a. )@JorgeCasar

What's Apache Cordova?A platform for building native mobile applications using HTML, CSS and

JavaScript

An open-source mobile development framework

http://cordova.apache.org

Apache Cordova 3.019 Jul 2013

Main release Notes:New (lighter) Core

New Command Line Tooling (Node.js based)

Release Plugman 0.11.0 (new plugin management)

Change <plugin> to <feature> in config.xml

Breakout Plugins into their own repos

Deprecate Froyo

Apache Cordova 3.102 Oct 2013

Release notes:Initial (alpha) support for Firefox OS

Windows 8 support for CLI project

Unified whitelist syntax on iOS and Android

Documentation translated into several languages:

fr, zh, de, it, ja, ko, ru & es

Apache Cordova 3.222 Nov 2013

Release notes:Bug fixes and enhancements

Fixing Android 4.4 (KitKat) related bugs

Unified whitelist syntax on iOS and Android

Apache Cordova 3.3 RC106 Dec 2013

Release notes: when it shipsInstall or update Cordova and report issues

Release date: 20 Dec 2013

CLI = Command Line Interface1. Install

2. Install Cordova package:

Node.js

sudo npm install -g cordova

Createcordova create <PATH> [ID] [NAME]

Parameters:

PATH: directory to be generated for your project

ID: reverse domain-style identifier (optional)

NAME: application's display text (optional)

Platform(s)cordova platform(s) [{add|remove|rm} <PLATFORM>]

Parameters:

PLATFORM: platform you want to add

android, blackberry10, firefoxos, ios, wp7, wp8, ...

Without parameters: list all installed and available platformsCheck and before add a platformPlatform Support Platform Guides Android

Plugin(s)cordova plugin(s) [{add|remove|rm} <PATH|URI>]

Parameters:

PATH or URI: from where intall the plugin

Without parameters: list all currently installed pluginsYou can find a or Apache Cordova Plugin Create your own one

Preparecordova prepare [<PLATFORM>]

Copies files for specified platforms, or all platforms, so that the project is

ready to build in each SDK

Compilecordova compile [<PLATFORM>]

Builds the app for specified platforms, or all platforms

Buildcordova build [<PLATFORM>]

Shortcut for , then prepare compile

Emulatecordova emulate [<PLATFORM>]

Deploys app in specified (or all) platforms' emulator, opening emulator if

necessary

Runcordova run [<PLATFORM>]

Deploys app on specified (or all) platform devices, which must be properly

connected and configured in each SDK

Platform Support

Core: The main platformssupported

Android

BlackBerry

iOS

Windows Phone

Windows 8

Horizon: next platforms tobecome core

Tizen

Qt

Firefox OS

Ubuntu Mobile (Qt)

Windows (Win32)

Sunset: not distribution anymoreSymbian

webOS

Bada

Core Features:

Supported: Android, BlackBerry 10, iOS, WP7 and WP8

:

Supported: Android and iOS

:

Supported: Android, BlackBerry 10, iOS, WP7 and WP8

cordova CLI

Embedded WebView

Plug-in Interface

Full support Platfom APIsAccelerometer

Camera

Compass

Connection

Contacts

Device

Events

Geolocation

Media

Notification

Splashscreen

Platfom APIs warnings: NO supported in Windows 8

: WP7 and WP8 don't support

: NO supported in BB10, WP7 and W8

: NO supported in Windows 8

: WP7 and WP8 ONLY support

Capture

File FileTransfer

Globalization

InAppBrowser

Storage localStorage

Platform guide: Android1. Check the

2. Install

3. Append in the PATH enviroment:

4. Register as

System Requirements

Android SDK

[adt-path]/sdk/tools

[adt-path]/sdk/platform-tools

Google Play publisher

Apache Cordova PluginsDevice

Connection

Events

Accelerometer

Compass

Geolocation

File transfer

Camera

Media

Capture

File

Notification

Debug console

Contacts

Globalization

Splashscreen

InAppBrowser

Make your onw PluginsYou can lern how reading the and read how to

implement the native code in

plugin development guide

Android

Platform PluginsYou can add a plugin to a specific platform using plugman directly

plugman --platform [PLATFORM] --project [PATH] --plugin [URL]

If you don't have plugman you can install globally:

npm install -g plugman

Merges: customize each platformAll you put inside ./merges/[platform] will overide the files

placed in ./www/ in the specific platform