phonegap session at multi-mania.be 2013
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My PhoneGap session at Multi-Mania.be 2013.TRANSCRIPT
PhoneGap & PhoneGap Build
Mihai Corlan / @mcorlan
Multi-Mania.be / 2013
Who I am
Mihai Corlan / Adobe Evangelist / @mcorlan
Welcome toTransylvania
No Vampires!
We <3 …
Who are you?
Mobile Development
1. Native Apps2. Web Apps3. Hybrid Apps
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Why would you use PhoneGap?
Native Installers -> Application Stores Use standard web technologies
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PhoneGap could be your best friend if
You want to target multiple mobile platforms You know HTML/JavaScript/CSS Extend existing in-browser apps with native features Data-centric apps, social networking, simple games
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Contributors
Adobe – of course ;) Microsoft – Windows Phone support BlackBerry - BlackBerry support / Ripple Emulator IBM
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PhoneGap supports 8 platforms
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PhoneGap Plug-ins
Extend the built-in functionality with custom plug-ins http://wiki.phonegap.com/w/page/36752779/PhoneGap
%20Plugins Examples: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins
Delegate heavyweight data processing to native code Create background services
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Who else is using PhoneGap?
SalesForce.com Mobile SDK IBM Worklight Platform SAP
Some numbers: ~ 4% apps in iTunes Store use PhoneGap (Sep 2011) ~ 100,000 monthly downloads of PhoneGap SDK
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Demo
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Building PhoneGap Apps
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What can you use to build your app?
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Untappd
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iOS Android
Build PhoneGap app as you’d build a regular web app
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Creating the native installers
There are 2 different methods: Using the target platform tool chain Using PhoneGap Build – a cloud service
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Using PhoneGap Build
http://build.phonegap.com Supports: iOS, Android, BlackBerry, WebOS, Windows Phone
7, and Symbian It is in beta and it is free; it will always be free for Open
Source projects You upload your files (index.html, CSS, JS, images) Or you provide a Git / SVN link
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Resources
Source code: github.com/phonegap Docs: docs.phonegap.com Wiki: wiki.phonegap.com PhoneGap Build: build.phonegap.com PhoneGap Emulate: emulate.phonegap.com Plugins: github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins Support: groups.google.com/group/phonegap IRC: irc.freenode.net #phonegap Apps: phonegap.com/apps Bugs: issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB
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Questions & Answers!
Thank you!
Mihai Corlan@mcorlanhttp://corlan.org
PhoneGap Debug
http://debug.phonegap.com
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PhoneGap Emulate
http://emulate.phonegap.com
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PhoneGap Build Demo
PhoneGap Build Demo
PhoneGap Build Demo
How does PhoneGap work?
PhoneGap App Mobile Device
PhoneGapNativeEngine
PhoneGapJavaScriptEngine
Web ViewRenders the app UI
Access to nativemobilefeaturesYour Code
HTML/JavaScript/CSS/Images/Frameworks/Libraries
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PhoneGap Apache Cordova?
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