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PhoneGap 3.x Mobile Application Development HOTSHOT

By : Kerri Shotts
Book Image

PhoneGap 3.x Mobile Application Development HOTSHOT

By: Kerri Shotts

Overview of this book

<p>PhoneGap allows you to use your existing knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create useful and exciting mobile applications.<br /><br />This book will present you with 12 exciting projects that will introduce you to the dynamic world of app development in PhoneGap. Starting with their design and following through to their completion, you will develop real-world mobile applications. Each app uses a combination of core PhoneGap technologies, plugins, and various frameworks covering the necessary concepts you can use to create many more great apps for mobile devices.</p>
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
PhoneGap 3.x Mobile Application Development HOTSHOT
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

What do we build?


We'll be working on Version 2 of our Filer app. Visually, it won't look any different, but behind the scenes, we want to move away from storing notes in localStorage and use the filesystem instead.

What does it do?

The changes we make to the project will allow it to access the app's sandboxed file system, just like native code does. While this may not seem like a huge deal initially—after all localStorage worked fine—it actually helps us out a great deal down the road. For one, we're going to need access to the filesystem when it comes to adding different kinds of notes (video, audio, and so on). For another, some app stores are a bit persnickety when it comes to approving non-native apps, and they often want apps to use native features. (This is a common reason for rejection by Apple.) Although one might not immediately think of the filesystem as a native feature, it is, and it can improve the chances of an app being accepted.

Why is it great?

We'll be covering several technologies...