Cordova

Notes:

• installed according to http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.1.0/guide_getting-started_android_index.md.html
  • Eclipse Classic / Android SDK, then after Android SDK restart Eclipse (will not work otherwise).
  • inside eclipse install ADT Plugin according to http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
  • Using default folders, except for eclipse workspace
  • phonegap extracted into the eclipse-ws.

• Subversion in Eclipse:
  • Help, Install Software, Work with repository:
    1. http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/releases/ = Graphical Editing Framework GEF (needed for subclipse)
    2. http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.8.x = Subclipse Subversion 1.8. NOTE: disable the mylin integration
• Open SVN Perspective:
  • Menu: Window, Open Perspective, Other, SVN Repository Exploring
  • in the perspective right click, new, repository location, https://biowikifarm.net/svn, navigate in tree to NaturePilot
  • checkout, select "Check out as project in the workspace", project name: Naturepilot

Cordova/Phonegap:

• Resources
  • getting started
  • wiki
  • API Reference
• Training:
  • After installing Eclipse, SDK, and ADT-plugin inside Eclipse:
    • NOTE: to install new or different SDK version, in Eclipse press down arrow upper left below menu = Android SDK manager!
  • new application project, icon, new activity
  • In eclipse, in assets create www subfolder, then from phonegap drop the js to www, and jar to lib filder
  • put the phonegap xml folder into the eclipse-project res folder
  • In eclipse, right click lib, select build path, configure build path, select libraries tab, click button add JARs, select project name, libs folder, cordova-jar.
  • navigate to the src-folder, drop all example folder files into it
  • Select project itself, File, Export, choose Android, Export Android Application, select keystore,

Some interesting pages for developing:

• http://www.vogella.com/articles/Android/article.html
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6220602/android-webview-with-back-button-if-else
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7756982/get-last-loaded-url-of-webview-without-doing-a-webview-goback-in-android
• http://samcroft.co.uk/2012/posting-data-from-a-phonegap-app-to-a-server-using-jquery/