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PhoneGap and AngularJS for Cross-platform Development

By : Yuxian E Liang
Book Image

PhoneGap and AngularJS for Cross-platform Development

By: Yuxian E Liang

Overview of this book

PhoneGap is a mobile development framework that allows developers to build cross-platform mobile applications. Building PhoneGap apps is traditionally done using HTML, CSS, jQuery Mobile, Eclipse Editor, and/or Xcode. The process can be cumbersome, from setting up your editor to optimizing your usage of jQuery, and so on. However, AngularJS, a new but highly popular JavaScript framework, eases these tasks with APIs to get access to mobile APIs such as notifications, geo-location, accelerometers, and more. Starting with the absolute basics of building an AngularJS application, this book will teach you how to quickly set up PhoneGap apps using the command-line interface. You will learn how to create simple to advanced to-do lists and add authentication capabilities using PhoneGap's plugins. You will enhance your skills by writing a PhoneGap app using your newly learned AngularJS skills. Furthermore, you will learn about adding animation and interactive designs to your mobile web apps using PhoneGap plugins. By the end of the book, you will know everything you need to launch your app on both Android and iOS devices.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
PhoneGap and AngularJS for Cross-platform Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Preparing your PhoneGap app for an Android release


This section generally focuses on things that are specific for the Android platform. This is by no means a comprehensive checklist, but some of the common tasks that you should go through before releasing your app to the Android world.

Testing your app on real devices

For most of this book, we tested our app on the Android emulator. It is always good to run your app on an actual handset to see how the app is working. To run your PhoneGap app on a real device, issue the following command after you plug your handset into your computer:

cordova run android

You will see that your app now runs on your handset.

Exporting your app to install on other devices

In the previous section we talked about installing your app on your device. What if you want to export the APK so that you can test the app on other devices? Here's what you can do:

  • As usual, build your app using cordova build android

  • Alternatively, if you can, run cordova build release

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