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PhoneGap Beginners Guide (third edition)

You're reading from   PhoneGap Beginners Guide (third edition) Create, develop, debug, and deploy your very own mobile applications with PhoneGap

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784392284
Length 284 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to PhoneGap FREE CHAPTER 2. Building Your First PhoneGap Project 3. Mobile Frameworks 4. Working with Plugins 5. Using Device Storage and the Files API 6. Using the Contacts and Camera APIs 7. Accessing the Device Sensors and Locations API 8. Advanced PhoneGap 9. Getting Ready for Release 10. A Sample PhoneGap Project A. The JavaScript Quick Cheat Sheet B. Publishing Your App C. Related Plugin Resources D. PhoneGap Tools Index

The PhoneGap Developer App

In earlier chapters, we have seen several ways to run/debug our PhoneGap project. The easiest way is to use the PhoneGap Developer App. It's a mobile application available for Windows, Android, and iOS platforms. Once you have installed the mobile application, you can easily test your project without actually building and installing the application on your physical device connected to the same wireless network as your desktop.

Once you have the project ready to test, you can use the serve command of the PhoneGap command-line tool to start a local server listening on an IP address.

The PhoneGap Developer App

Now, open the installed application in your device, enter the IP address listed on the command line, and click the Connect button. Now, your desktop computer and the mobile device will be wirelessly paired, and you can see your app on the device. Any changes made to the code will be instantly reflected on the device. The device APIs that do not work on browsers, will be working...

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