1. PhoneGap
Suresh Reddy
Senior Software Engineer
Echidna, Inc.

2. Agenda
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What is PhoneGap
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How Does It Work
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Android Demo.
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Cordova Plugins
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Pros. and Cons.
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Conclusion

3. What is PhoneGap
Free and Open source framework that allows you to
create mobile apps using standardized web APIs for
the platforms you care about.
Developed by Nitobi and Powered by Adobe
Enables to write native apps with HTML, CSS and JS

4. Overview

5. Supported Platforms
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IOS, Android, Blackberry, WebOS, Symbian, Windows, Bada
(Currently Supporting)
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A lot more on the way

6. Android demo
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Install Eclipse 3.4+
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Install SDK + Phonegap

7. Android demo continue...
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Create Android Project
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Under project root create libs and
assets/www
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Add cordova.jar to the class path and
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cordova.js under www directory.
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xml directory to res.
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Update the activity code.

8. Builtin Plugins
Camera
Contacts
Geo Location
File
Storage
Media
Device etc..
http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.9.0/index.html

9. Builtin Plugins (continue)

10. Pros. and Cons.
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HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript Skills Vs. Objective-C,
Android etc.
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Single Codebase for all platforms
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For the most part a native app is much
faster/smoother than mobile web app.
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Poor performance (If your app is graphically intense)

11. References
https://build.phonegap.com/
https://phonegap.com/
https://github.com/phonegap

12. References
https://build.phonegap.com/
https://phonegap.com/
https://github.com/phonegap

13. Questions?

14. Thank You