Create a new project using the PhoneGap CLI:

$ phonegap create ContactsApi

Change the current working directory to the directory that is newly created:

$ cd ContactsApi

Add the required platforms to the project. We will add Android for this example:

$ phonegap platform add android

Install the Contacts plugin to the project:

$ phonegap plugin add cordova-plugin-contacts

In the www/index.html file, you need to replace the content and add the following code. To start with, let's create an event listener and bind that to a function. In the following code, when the device is ready, the OnDeviceReady method will be fired:

<script type=”text/javascript” charset=”utf-8”>
    document.addEventListener(“deviceready”, onDeviceReady, false);
</script>

Now, let's add the content for the OnDeviceReady method:

function onDeviceReady() {
    var options = new...