Introduction to Apache Cordova

Sang, Le Thanh

sang@go1.com.au

Apache Cordova is a platform for building native mobile

applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

History

• PhoneGap build by Nitobi 2009, MIT license

• Adobe acquired Nitobi

  • PhoneGap became a product of Adobe

  • PhoneGap source code translated to Apache Software Foundation (ASF), license change to Apache License

• Nitobi's team wanted another name that had a meaning to them -> rename to Cordova

• PhoneGap still a product of Adobe. It is a distribution of Apache Cordova.

Example

$ sudo npm install -g cordova

$ cordova create hello com.go1.hello HelloWorld

$ cd hello

# Add platforms
$ cordova platform add ios
$ cordova platform add android
$ cordova platforms ls

# Build
$ cordova build
$ cordova emulate android

References

• http://cordova.apache.org
• http://plugins.cordova.io
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhoneGap

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