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PhoneGap and AngularJS for Cross-platform Development
PhoneGap and AngularJS for Cross-platform Development

PhoneGap and AngularJS for Cross-platform Development: Build exciting cross-platform applications using PhoneGap and AngularJS

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PhoneGap and AngularJS for Cross-platform Development

Chapter 2. Getting Ready for PhoneGap

As you might already know, PhoneGap (http://phonegap.com/) is a really cool open source project (now owned by Adobe), that allows you to create cross platform mobile apps using JavaScript/CSS/HTML.

This means that you can readily use your web development skills to developing mobile apps. Since this book assumes basic familiarity with PhoneGap, I will advance to how to install PhoneGap. You will primarily see examples related to Android and iOS since we are going to create mobiles apps that only support Android and iOS.

Note that we are focusing on using PhoneGap Version 3.3.0 and, as much as possible, we will be building the apps via the latest command-line interface provided by PhoneGap.

Just for your information, all source code found in this chapter—whether automatically generated by PhoneGap or coded by us—can be found in the source code folder, chapter2.

Preparing for PhoneGap development

We will now go quickly through the installation process for Android and iOS platforms. The basic instructions for this section can be found at http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.3.0/guide_platforms_index.md.html#Platform%20Guides.

Installing Android

The instructions to install Android SDK can be found at http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.3.0/guide_platforms_android_index.md.html#Android%20Platform%20Guide.

In order to benefit from this chapter, you need to follow the instructions till the point where you can run the Hello World example in your Android emulator. This will include things like installing the Android SDK, Eclipse Tools, and so on.

Installing iOS

If you are using Mac and want to develop an app for iOS, then you will need to install the SDK for iOS as well. In general, you will need to install Xcode from the App Store and you will need to register as an Apple Developer in order to deploy the app in the App Store.

You can follow the instructions given at http...

Command-line interface for both Android and iOS

Once you have finished installing the individual platforms, it's time to move on to the command-line interface. This section contains the most important commands for the command-line interface. To start off, you need to install Node.js (www.nodejs.org). Once you have installed node.js, perform the following steps:

  1. Run the npm –g install cordova command. This installs the command-line interface on your computer.
  2. Change the directory to the place where you will be saving your project files for this chapter.
  3. Once in the directory, issue the cordova create todo com.project.todo ToDo command. This will create a folder containing your basic files for PhoneGap.
  4. Now, change directory to /todo.
  5. Once in the directory, we need to install the various platforms we will be supporting:
    • For iOS, use the cordova platform add ios command
    • For Android, use the cordova platform add android command
  6. Now, let's try to run the Hello World example in Android...

AngularJS on PhoneGap

Before we begin this section, let's take a look at how much magic the PhoneGap command-line interface has. Navigate to the directory where you saved your code; you should see something like the following screenshot:

AngularJS on PhoneGap

Directory layout of the code

The previous screenshot is how my code directory looks after issuing the PhoneGap commands of the previous section. Notice that I've created the folder phonegap/, and the PhoneGap command line helped us create the todo/ project folder with other folders such as hooks/, merges/, platforms/, plugins/, and so on. Our platform-specific commands created the folders android/ and ios/ and they are found under merges/ and platforms/ respectively.

Note

The automatically created folders are meant to hold important files that belong to different platforms. For example, you will find Android-related files in android, while you will find iOS related files in ios/. In the plugins/ folder, you will find the various plugins that you have...

Creating a to-do list app using AngularJS on PhoneGap

For this section, we'll start off by transferring the to-do list app from the chapter1 folder to PhoneGap. As you may have already guessed, shifting the to-do list app to a PhoneGap version simply requires the installation of cordova.js. Let's see how this is done in the next section.

A basic version of a to-do list using AngularJS on PhoneGap

Let's quickly get started by shifting the to-do list app from chapter1 to PhoneGap. Perform the following steps:

  1. Change the directory to chapter2 and navigate to www/ where your PhoneGap files are located.
  2. Change index.html to index_concepts.html.
  3. Now, copy the contents from index.html from chapter1 (where the basic HTML structure for todo app resides) to our new index.html file.
  4. Copy todo.js from todo/ in chapter1 to js/ in www/ in the chapter2 folder.

    Your directory should look like this for todo app of chapter2:

    A basic version of a to-do list using AngularJS on PhoneGap

    The code directory

  5. So, as of now, your index.html file for this chapter should...

Summary

Let's quickly discuss what we have done in this chapter. We have prepared ourselves for PhoneGap development by installing SDKs for both Android and iOS. Next, we touched on how we can make use of PhoneGap command-line interface to set up our app, install, and prepare for different platforms and run our apps on iOS and Android emulators. We've also learned the commands to run our apps on real devices.

However, we are still far away from a decent mobile app. What we have now is just a basic version of the todo app on PhoneGap; we need to improve on it. Specifically, we need to make it look more like a mobile app. For instance, can we design the look and feel of the to-do list so that it when we tap on it, we are shown the individual todo item on a single page, instead of just appending it to the bottom of the page? We'll do this and more in the next chapter.

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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.

Who is this book for?

This book is intended for people who are not familiar with AngularJS and who want to take their PhoneGap development skills further by developing apps using different JavaScript libraries. People with some knowledge of PhoneGap, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will find this book immediately useful.

What you will learn

  • Learn about the features of AngularJS and use it to organize your code
  • Create RESTful web apps using AngularJS
  • Reduce the hassle of developing PhoneGap apps using the commandline interface
  • Quickly integrate AngularJS to enhance authentication capabilities via PhoneGap plugins
  • Use AngularJS touch modules to optimize your PhoneGap app
  • Build a crossplatform application with PhoneGap and AngularJS
  • Learn how to use the concepts of twoway data binding and directives along with PhoneGap for mobile application development

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Table of Contents

8 Chapters
1. Introduction to AngularJS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Getting Ready for PhoneGap Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. From a Simple To-do List to an Advanced To-do List Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Adding Authentication Capabilities Using PhoneGap Plugins Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Sprucing Up the App Using Animations and Mobile Design Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Getting Ready to Launch Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
A. References Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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I bought the kindle version of the book, but wasted a lot of time trying to figure out why some of the programs weren't working as they should. There were 5 separate mistakes/typos which caused errors or the programs not to run before I had even finished chapter 3. The downloadable content only seems to be available for chapters 1,2 and 5 for some reason which meant I was stumped on chapter 3. The actual book seemed quite useful, but was let down by the mistakes and missing content.
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Although the book covers the basic steps to create a phonegap application with angular, it doesn't go much further.Certain things such as angular routes, files urls and such aren't covered.It's a nice intro to the subject, but nothing more.
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