It is an example from the book "PhoneGap by Example".
- Install Node.js from Node.js official website
- Install Cordova with NPM:
$ npm install -g cordova
In order to be able to run the application being developed in iOS Simulator or on an iOS device connected to our computer, we need the following:
- OS: Mac OS X
- IDE: Xcode (6.0 and newer)
- iOS SDK
You can download Xcode from https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/ and iOS SDK from https://developer.apple.com/ios/download/
The only disappointment when developing for iOS with the ability to debug on your computer is a limitation of the operating system by Apple. Unfortunately, it only must be Mac OS X operating system.
Setting up the project to run the application on Android platform looks a little bit easier. But also has its complexity. To run the application in the Android simulator or on Android device connected to our computer, we need the following:
- OS: Linux or Windows or Mac
- Java: Oracle JDK
- IDE: Android Studio
- Android SDK
After that you can clone this repo and we can run the application.
- Open Xcode project
travelly/platforms/ios/Travelly.xcodeproj - Select the intended device from the toolbar's Scheme menu
- Press the Run button that appears in the same toolbar to the left of the Scheme. That builds, deploys and runs the application in the emulator. A separate emulator application opens to display the app.
A similar procedure can be done with the help of Cordova CLI.
$ cordova build ios
This generates ios platform-specific code within the project's platforms subdirectory. The cordova build command is a shorthand for the following:
$ cordova prepare ios
$ cordova compile ios
To run our application in iOS emulator it is enough to execute the following command:
$ cordova emulate ios
And we see the same application in the emulator that we saw when run from XCode.