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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

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JavaScript Mobile Application Development
Oct, 2014 | 332 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
JavaScript Mobile Application Development
JavaScript Mobile Application Development
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
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
Summary
2
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
Summary
3
Apache Cordova Development Tools
Apache Cordova Development Tools
Configuring Android development environment
Configuring iOS development environment
Configuring the Windows Phone development environment
Summary
4
Cordova API in Action
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
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
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
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
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

Preparing for the Mega App

In order to create our Mega App's initial files from the Cordova CLI, we run the cordova create command as follows:

> cordova create megaapp com.jsmobile.megaapp MegaApp

Then, we will add the following Cordova plugins to our project using the cordova plugin add command:

  • Camera plugin:

    > cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-camera.git

  • Media plugin:

    > cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-media.git

  • File plugin:

    > cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-file.git

  • Device plugin:

    > cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git

  • Dialogs plugin:

    > cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-dialogs.git

As we support three platforms (iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 8), we run the following cordova platform add command from the app directory to add the platforms that we want to support...

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