Book Image

Mastering PhoneGap Mobile Application Development

By : Kerri Shotts
Book Image

Mastering PhoneGap Mobile Application Development

By: Kerri Shotts

Overview of this book

PhoneGap is a useful and flexible tool that enables you to create complex hybrid applications for mobile platforms. In addition to the core technology, there is a large and vibrant community that creates third-party plugins that can take your app to the next level. This book will guide you through the process of creating a complex data-driven hybrid mobile application using PhoneGap, web technologies, and third-party plugins. A good foundation is critical, so you will learn how to create a useful workflow to make development easier. From there, the next version of JavaScript (ES6) and the CSS pre-processor SASS are introduced as a way to simplify creating the look of the mobile application. Responsive design techniques are also covered, including the flexbox layout module. As many apps are data-driven, you'll build an application throughout the course of the book that relies upon IndexedDB and SQLite. You'll also download additional content and address how to handle in-app purchases. Furthermore, you’ll build your own customized plugins for your particular use case. When the app is complete, the book will guide you through the steps necessary to submit your app to the Google Play and Apple iTunes stores.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering PhoneGap Mobile Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating an app icon


It isn't necessarily easy to create an app icon that stands out from the crowd, and we can't really cover how to do that in this chapter. This requires creativity, and there really isn't a set of steps that guarantee a creative result. But there are some general ideas that you can use to create an icon that will work for your app.

Here are some things that you typically find in great app icons:

  • The icon plays off the brand or the logo. Note that this isn't the same as saying that the icon is your brand or logo (your brand or logo may not fit within the icon's size without modification, for example). Furthermore, this only works if the brand or logo is well-known (such as Facebook, Twitter, and more)

  • The icon is distinguishable. That is, the icon shouldn't look too much like the other apps the user might have installed on their device. This typically means that you shouldn't go around making an icon that looks a bit too much like the Facebook icon with similar colors and...