In this section, we will build an Android application using PhoneGap. This development is performed on your local computer.
PhoneGap is a tool to build a cross-platform mobile app using web technologies, such as HTML5, JS, and Angular. This tool can cut down your mobile development time. Once you have created the PhoneGap app, you can compile it to Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and Blackberry. Please visit http://phonegap.com to get more information about PhoneGap.
In this section, I only share how to build a PhoneGap app for an Android platform target. The following are required libraries for PhoneGap:
Java JDK, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Android SDK, https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Node.js, http://www.nodejs.org
You need to install an Android API, for instance, Android 4.0.x, Android Kitkat 4.4, and Android simulator. These are used for development. Configuring an Android...