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JavaScript Mobile Application Development

You're reading from  JavaScript Mobile Application Development

Product type Book
Published in Oct 2014
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781783554171
Pages 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters close

JavaScript Mobile Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
1. An Introduction to Apache Cordova 2. Developing Your First Cordova Application 3. Apache Cordova Development Tools 4. Cordova API in Action 5. Diving Deeper into the Cordova API 6. Developing Custom Cordova Plugins 7. Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic 8. Applying it All – the Mega App Index

Developing a custom Cordova plugin


Before going into the details of the plugin, it is important to note that developing custom Cordova plugins is not a common scenario if you are developing Apache Cordova apps. This is because the Apache Cordova core and community custom plugins already cover many of the use cases that are needed to access device's native functions. So, make sure of two things:

  • You are not developing a custom plugin that already exists in the Apache Cordova core plugins, which were illustrated in the previous two chapters.

  • You are not developing a custom plugin whose functionality already exists in other good Apache Cordova custom plugin(s) that have been developed by the Apache Cordova development community. Building plugins from scratch can consume precious time from your project; otherwise, you can save time by reusing one of the available good custom plugins.

Another thing to note is that developing custom Cordova plugins is an advanced topic. It requires you to be aware...

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