jQueryMobile projects are made of only html files ! There may be folders included in the project because the files associated for the css and js are downloaded. So how to install the project package into smartphones and tablets ? And how to launch it when installed in smartphones and tablets ?
Mobile apps created with HTML/JS/CSS have to be wrapped with something like PhoneGap to be installed like native applications.
More info in PhoneGap wiki entry.
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We developed a phoneGap application running on iPad, which is having multiple PDFs(created using acrobat pro or some other softwares).
We need to edit input fields(of multiple types) in a pdf on "iPad" hybrid application and save the same.
Please suggest how this can be done on iPad hybrid app based on phoneGap framework.
Try this plugin we just released which works with the open source library ILPDFKit (https://github.com/InformationArchiTECH/ILPDFKit-Cordova-Plugin). The only downside we've found is this only works for a range of PDF's. 1.4 and earlier seems to work fine. You can downgrade PDF's using this tool: http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/files/qpdf-manual.html.
i am building a small application using html5 and jquery mobile.
i need to run this on multiple platforms including android, iOS and blackberry.
i used phonegap to build my application successfully.
the apk for android is successfully installed in android device.
but i am not able to install application for black berry and iOS.
blackberry OTA downloads a jad file which is not working with my blackberry device.
i know there are COD files references in jad file that needs to download OTA.
but i am not able to run that.
how to install blackberry OTA?
similarly i need help for iOS?
and what are the licensing schemes for blackberry and iOS?
can i run the phonegap build for blackberry without license, if yes then how, if not then what should i do?
any guidance will be appreciated.
Thanks
After reading this article still i am not clear with Phonegap and Cordova. Some where said that Cordova is an engine which power up the Phonegap (like webkit in browser) My assumption is
Phonegap -- Adobe product --> used for taking remote build Apache , Its not open source
Cordova -- ASF product --> support only native machine build. (For
an example if developer using Windows PC. To take build for IOS, he needs to setup Cordova environment in MAC too), but free of cost when moves to production.
Other than this anyother major concepts left. Best answer for this post will improve better understanding on this basic concepts.
http://docs.sencha.com/touch/2.3.1/#!/guide/cordova what about this one still i am in confused state
PhoneGap is Cordova with some additional tools such as PhoneGap Build (which takes your HTML and packages it into the native installables (APK/IPA/XAP/etc.). Look at docs.phonegap.com and http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.3.0/index.html you'll see they are exactly the same.
Cordova is a bridge between JavaScript and the native hardware. This means you can write a web app which runs on all platforms and uses Cordova to call native hardware calls through an abstract interface (i.e. the Cordova JavaScript library). E.g. I might need to take a photo, save it to the device's storage and then upload it (admittedly, HTML5 supports this out of the box anyway) - but with Cordova I can do this using the same JavaScript code - so much less coding effort.
The difference between a web app you access browsing the web, and a Cordova web app, is the Cordova web app is package into native binaries to imitate a native app (which is accessed through the device's app store and installed/updated like a native app).
What is the difference of native packaging between Sencha touch2 and PhoneGap?
Many people use PhoneGap to natively package app based on Sencha touch, but I find that Sencha touch 2 has a new feature of native packaging.
So which type of native package is better in Performance, scalability, functionality, maturity, etc. ?
How do you choose?
PhoneGap is a middle-platform which is able to access some native APIs on many platforms and its interface language is Javascript. This means that PhoneGap is able to work with many cross-platform mobile web frameworks, such as: Sencha Touch, Titanium, jQuery Mobile, etc.
Sencha Touch 2 also provides a few native APIs (currently available on iOS, Android) through its SDK.
If you are not going to use any native APIs, then they don't have any major differences on performance and functionality as the only work done is just to wrap your Javascript code into a webview native component on corresponding device.
Lastly, the 2 main differences are:
PhoneGap provides much more APIs than Sencha Touch SDK.
PhoneGap supports 7 platforms, while Sencha Touch SDK only 2.
I had the same questions, I agree it's a real mess at first glance. Here is a very good article that "clears up confusion" quite well.
To quote the gist of the article:
Sencha Touch (and jQuery Mobile) are mobile web frameworks. You can use these technologies to create web-based, mobile apps. They don’t have access to any native API’s.
You can use Sencha Touch and jQuery Mobile inside both PhoneGap and Titanium. If you decide your html/js is cool as a native app too, you can use either PhoneGap or Titanium to wrap a browser around your app and put it in the app store or marketplace. This is where, I think, the confusion comes. Putting your Sencha Touch or jQuery Mobile apps in a native wrapper doesn’t make it a native app. It makes it appear as if it is a native app. You might get some extra functionality from PhoneGap or Titanium API’s, but it’s still not necessarily a ‘native’ app. It’s a web app running locally on the device. It’s a great way to use web technologies inside a native-like area.
The difference is that Sencha Touch allows you to build native iOS-Applications even on Windows, whereas PhoneGap 'only' bundles your HTML files into an XCode project, which further needs to be compiled on OSX for distribution/packaging.
I am new to PhoneGap I want to know whether PhoneGap is only for Native Applications or for remote web app HTML pages too. Please any one answer me.
Thank you Lakshmi
Phonegap! enables software programmers to build applications for mobile devices using JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3, instead of lower-level languages such as Objective-C/core-java. The resulting applications are hybrid, meaning that they are neither truly native (all layout rendering is done via the webview instead of the platform's native UI framework) nor purely web based (they are not just web apps but packed for appstore distribution, and have access to part of the device application programming interface). You can try Sencha, Ext-JS HTML5! frameworks to create remote web app HTML pages.
Phonegap! enables a web developer access to mobile devices's phonebook, Geolocation, compass, accelerometer,etc.(A browser is not exposed to these APIs')
Appcelerator Titanium! is another platform for developing mobile, tablet and desktop applications using web technologies.
PhoneGap can be used on webapps too, if loaded through PhoneGap. It won't work in mobile safari directly, you must also open the site via PhoneGap (the app on iDevices)
The power of Phonegap is that you can build apps with web technologies and then package them to install as native apps from the app stores. To the user there is no differentiation between a pure native app and a phonegap app. The average user just sees an "app" that they are used to. If you're going to build a vanilla mobile website, you won't have access to the native libraries which is what Phonegap is intended to leverage.