Mobile application development for android with phonegap

1. Sayed Ahmed
Computer Engineering (BUET), Bangladesh
MSc., Computer Science, Canada
President/Chief Architect/Lead Developer
Justetc (Just et cetera) Technologies
http://www.justetc.net
http://sayed.justetc.net
sayed@justetc.net

2. Address
 Canada Address
 Trudelle Street
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 Contact
○ Sayed Ahmed
○ sayed@justetc.com
 Bangladesh Address
 Justetc Computers
 Habib Complex (2nd Floor)
 Shimultuly, Gazipur, Dhaka
 Bangladesh
 Contact
○ Rafiqul Islam
○ rafik@justetc.com
○ 01942747702
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3. Tools Required
 ADT Bundle (Eclipse + ADT)
 http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
 PhoneGap
 http://phonegap.com/download/
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4. Sample Application
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5. Concept
 Concept
 Develop a web application
 Compile it with ADT for Android
 Implementation Concept
 Create an android project in Eclipse ADT bundle
 Bring Phonegap related libraries and other
associated files into the android project
 Create an index.html file and use it as the
starting point for the web-application
○ Being the entry point of the mobile application
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6. Implementation Concept
 Starting with the Index.html file develop
a web-application/mobile application
 Compile and run the application for
Android
 Debug and test using android emulator or on
a real android device
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7. What to take from
Phonegap
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8. Where to Take
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9. What to Change
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10. What to Change
 Add files into assets folder and www subfolder
 Index.html
 Cordova.js
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11. Change Manifest file
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12. Changes to the Manifest file
 From an example in the Phonegap
package copy the following to the
manifest file in the android project
 phonegap-2.9.0libandroidexampleAndroidManifest.xml
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13. Copy this to Android
Manifest
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14. Copy This to Android
Manifest
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15. Copy Only One Line as
Shown
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16. Combating Errors/Warnings
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17. Combating Warning/Errors
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18. Combating Warnings/Errors
 C:WindowsSystem32Driversetc
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19. Note
 You may need to restart ADB (bridge)
 May take little while for the application to start
 You may see some warning though the
application will run
 Some port, debug, client reject error/warning
may be there but the application may still run
 You can try to get rid of all errors
 Many warnings may be due to settings of the
Android Virtual Device
 The emulated device type may affect
 Try to create new virtual devices if the existing one
does not work
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20. Virtual Device we used
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21. Reference
 http://cleancodedevelopment-
qualityseal.blogspot.com/2012/12/first-
phonegap-app-with-android-using.html
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