JavaScript Mobile Application Development

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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

Overview of this book

JavaScript Mobile Application Development

JavaScript Mobile Application Development

Credits

About the Author

About the Author

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

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Preface

Free Chapter

An Introduction to Apache Cordova

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

Developing Your First Cordova Application

Developing Your First Cordova Application

An introduction to Cordova CLI

Developing Sound Recorder application

Building and running Sound Recorder application

Apache Cordova Development Tools

Apache Cordova Development Tools

Configuring Android development environment

Configuring iOS development environment

Configuring the Windows Phone development environment

Cordova API in Action

Cordova API in Action

Exploring the Cordova Exhibition app

The Cordova Exhibition app structure

Diving Deeper into the Cordova API

Diving Deeper into the Cordova API

Media, file, and capture

Finalizing the Cordova Exhibition app

Developing Custom Cordova Plugins

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

Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic

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

Applying it All – the Mega App

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

Index

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Configuring Android development environment

In order to install Android development environment, we first need to install Java Development Kit (JDK). JDK 6 or 7 can work perfectly with Android development tools. In order to get JDK, use the following URLs:

Once the download page appears, accept the license and then download the JDK installer that matches your operating system, as shown in the following screenshot. After downloading the JDK installer, follow the steps of the JDK installer in order to properly install JDK.

Downloading JDK 1.7

If you want to have an Android development environment installed quickly on your machine, you can download Android Developer Tools (ADT) Bundle. The ADT Bundle includes the essential Android SDK components and a version of the Eclipse IDE with a built-in ADT...