Overview

Create cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new language! PhoneGap is an open source solution, ideal for web developers wanting to build cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new language. Using HTML, CSS, and Javascript, PhoneGap allows you to jump into the mobile world and develop apps for iPhone, Android, and the BlackBerry. * Walks you through installing the development software * Covers the basics of each of PhoneGap's functional units * Introduces various projects you can build with the framework * Discusses using HTML, CSS, JavaScript * Explores the features accelerameter and compass * Examines media, storage and files, camera, contacts, geolocation, and more Within Beginning PhoneGap, each new chapter builds on the lessons taught in the previous so that by the end of the book, you can have mobile apps up and running! ""NOTE: Several significant changes to the PhoneGap software occurred shortly after this book was published. The author has written extra pages to address these and other changes. You can download the updates to this book from the book's support page on the Wrox website.""

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Author:   Thomas Myer
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Wrox Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.668kg
ISBN:  

9781118156650

ISBN 10:   111815665
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   06 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION xix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING PHONEGAP 1 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING PHONEGAP 17 CHAPTER 3: BASIC WALKTHROUGH 31 CHAPTER 4: EVENTS 45 CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH THE DEVICE, THE NETWORK, AND NOTIFICATIONS 59 CHAPTER 6: ACCELEROMETER 73 CHAPTER 7: COMPASS 85 CHAPTER 8: GEOLOCATION 99 CHAPTER 9: MEDIA 113 CHAPTER 10: CAMERA 129 CHAPTER 11: STORAGE 143 CHAPTER 12: FILES 157 CHAPTER 13: CONTACTS 179 CHAPTER 14: CAPTURE 189 CHAPTER 15: CREATING A NOTE-TAKING APPLICATION 197 APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 213 APPENDIX B: TOOLS FOR PHONEGAP 235 APPENDIX C: PHONEGAP.JS 247 APPENDIX D: PHONEGAP PLUG-INS 333 INDEX 349

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Thomas Myer is a consultant, author, and speaker. He owns Triple Dog Dare Media and specializes in Linux- and Mac-based development, including iPhone apps, CMS, blogs, wikis, dashboard widgets, UNIX systems, and Applescripting. He is the author of several books, including Professional CodeIgniter , Apple Automator with AppleScript , and Mac OS X UNIX Toolbox , among others.

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