Writing applications for phones has been a daunting task since every platform uses it's own language and API's. PhoneGap will solve this problem for you by utilizing the browser capabilities. In this session we will see how we can turn a web based application into a native app. We will also look at posibilites to integrate native functionality, like the camera or accelerometer, in our application. The final part of the presentation is about deployment of these applications. Adobe offers a cloud based service called PhoneGap Build which easily builds your application for all platforms.

1. Phonegap
Martin de Keijzer
iOSOnRailsConf2013 13-14 April, Alushta Ukraine
Native Javascript apps with
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2. Introduction
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3. About me
Martin de Keijzer
Dutch web developer
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@Martin1982
PHPBenelux Board Member
Working for Ibuildings
http://www.martindekeijzer.nl
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4. Subtitel
What is PhoneGap?
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5. What is PhoneGap
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A way to wrap you HTML
app as a native application.
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6. What is PhoneGap
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A way to bridge ‘Native’ functionality to a Javascript API
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7. Mission
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PhoneGap’s mission is for
PhoneGap to cease to exist!
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8. WTF?!?!?
Cordova, PhoneGap
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9. PhoneGap Pre-Adobe
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by
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10. PhoneGap acquisistion by Adobe
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Acquired by
Donated to
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11. Acquisition by Adobe
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“PhoneGap” “Callback”
“Cordova”
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12. PhoneGap now
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Where changes get committed
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13. PhoneGap now
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PhoneGap releases, still identical to
Apache Cordova
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14. In conclusion
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You’ll use PhoneGap!
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15. Getting ready for lift-off
Installing PhoneGap
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16. Getting PhoneGap
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http://phonegap.com/download/
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17. Lib is where the magic lives
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“lib” contains all supported
platforms.... and a
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ CLI tool ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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18. XCode Command Line Tools
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19. Creating your first project
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$ ./path/to/cordova-ios/bin/create
/path/to/my_new_cordova_project
com.example.cordova_project_name
CordovaProjectName
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20. Creating your first project
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XCode Project
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21. The app
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22. First Run
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23. Ready for action
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Always use the “www” folder & always assume your
app is running from a filesystem instead of a web server!
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24. Let’s take it easy
PhoneGap build
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25. Creating builds using XCode
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The pain:
Running updates and checking requirements over
and over again!
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26. Creating builds using XCode
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27. PhoneGap build to the rescue!
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http://build.phonegap.com
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28. PhoneGap build in a nutshell
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29. Getting started
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OR
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30. Getting started
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31. Getting started
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OR
Repository that represents
“www”
Zip-file that represents
“www”
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32. Getting started
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33. The power of PhoneGap Build
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Title
Code
Metadata Test
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34. Build statusses
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Grey: Still building, be patient
Blue-ish: Build succeeded, click to download
Red: Build error, action required
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35. Build errors
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36. Working in teams
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37. Building like a pro
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config.xml
W3C Widget Specification
https://gist.github.com/Martin1982/5063962
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38. When the web just doesn’t suffice
Plug-ins
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39. Accelerometer
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Get device movement
in an X,Y, Z space.
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40. Camera & Capture & Media
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Use the device’s library,
camera and microphone to
work with local audio, video
and images.
<input type="file" accept="image/*" capture="camera">
Don’t forget iOS 6 supports:
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41. Compass
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API to detect which way a
device user is pointing
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42. Connection
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See if a user is connected and
inspect the type of connection:
Wifi, xG, Ethernet
Caution navigator.isOnline is your close friend
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43. Contacts
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Access the user’s contact list
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44. Device
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•Name
•Cordova version
•Platform
•UUID
•Version
•Model
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45. Events
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Handles application state
(deviceready, paused etc)
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46. File
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Filesystem bridging, based
on the W3C File API
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47. Geolocation
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Caution: Already supported by browsers!
API to get the latitudes and
longitudes of the device.
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48. Globalization
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Currency, language, date time
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49. InAppBrowser
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The browser opened by
window.open()
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50. Notification
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•Alert
•Confirmation
•Beep
•Vibrate
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51. Splashscreen
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No matter how beautiful your splash screen is,
eventually you’ll need to show and hide it
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52. Storage
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SQL storage based on the W3C
WebSQL specification.
Caution; WebSQL is no longer maintained
IndexedDB is the new superhero!
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53. Why reinvent the wheel
User plugins
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54. Pick what you want
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https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins
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55. QUESTIONS
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56. mdkeijzer@ibuildings.nl
@Martin1982
Thank you for listening
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