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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

By : Hazem Saleh

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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

4.8 (4)

By: Hazem Saleh

Overview of this book

If you are a native mobile developer, with some familiarity with the common web technologies of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, or if you are a web developer, then this learning guide will add great value and impact to your work. Learning how to develop mobile applications using Apache Cordova is of particular importance if you are looking to develop applications on a variety of different platforms efficiently.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. An Introduction to Apache Cordova

1. An Introduction to Apache Cordova

What is Apache Cordova?

The differences between mobile web, hybrid mobile, and native mobile applications

Why you should use Cordova

Cordova architecture

Overview of Cordova APIs

Summary

2. Developing Your First Cordova Application

2. Developing Your First Cordova Application

An introduction to Cordova CLI

Developing Sound Recorder application

Building and running Sound Recorder application

Summary

3. Apache Cordova Development Tools

3. Apache Cordova Development Tools

Configuring Android development environment

Configuring iOS development environment

Configuring the Windows Phone development environment

Summary

4. Cordova API in Action

4. Cordova API in Action

Exploring the Cordova Exhibition app

The Cordova Exhibition app structure

Accelerometer

Camera

Compass

Connection

Contacts

Device

Geolocation

Globalization

InAppBrowser

Summary

5. Diving Deeper into the Cordova API

5. Diving Deeper into the Cordova API

Media, file, and capture

Notification

Storage

Finalizing the Cordova Exhibition app

Cordova events

Summary

6. Developing Custom Cordova Plugins

6. Developing Custom Cordova Plugins

Developing a custom Cordova plugin

Developing Android code

Developing iOS code

Developing Windows Phone 8 code

Publishing our plugin to Cordova Registry

Testing our Cordova plugin

Summary

7. Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic

7. Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic

What is Jasmine

Configuring Jasmine

Writing your first Jasmine test

Jasmine Matchers

Jasmine in action – developing Cordova app tests

Automating tests using Karma

Summary

8. Applying it All – the Mega App

8. Applying it All – the Mega App

Mega App specification/wireframes

Preparing for the Mega App

The Mega App architecture

The Mega App model and API

The Mega App user interface

Finalizing Mega App

Deploying and running Mega App

Start contributing to Mega App

Summary

Index

Index

Summary

In this chapter, you developed your first Apache Cordova application. You now know how to use the Apache Cordova Device API at a basic level. You also know how to use the Media and File APIs along with jQuery Mobile to develop the Sound Recorder application. You now understand how to use Apache Cordova CLI in order to manage your Cordova mobile application. In addition, you know how to create a Cordova project, add a new platform (in our case, Android), build your own Cordova mobile application, and deploy your Cordova mobile application to the emulator, and most importantly, to a real device!

In the next chapter, we will show you how to prepare your Android, iOS, and Windows Phone development environments. Along with this, you will see how to make our Sound Recorder application works on Windows Phone 8 and iOS.

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