You're reading from JavaScript Mobile Application Development Create neat cross-platform mobile apps using Apache Cordova and jQuery Mobile

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2014

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ISBN-13 9781783554171

Length 332 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

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PhoneGap

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Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Hazem Saleh

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. An Introduction to Apache Cordova FREE CHAPTER

2. Developing Your First Cordova Application

3. Apache Cordova Development Tools

4. Cordova API in Action

5. Diving Deeper into the Cordova API

6. Developing Custom Cordova Plugins

7. Unit Testing the Cordova App's Logic

8. Applying it All – the Mega App

Index

Configuring Android development environment

In order to install Android development environment, we first need to install Java Development Kit (JDK). JDK 6 or 7 can work perfectly with Android development tools. In order to get JDK, use the following URLs:

Once the download page appears, accept the license and then download the JDK installer that matches your operating system, as shown in the following screenshot. After downloading the JDK installer, follow the steps of the JDK installer in order to properly install JDK.

Configuring Android development environment

Downloading JDK 1.7

If you want to have an Android development environment installed quickly on your machine, you can download Android Developer Tools (ADT) Bundle. The ADT Bundle includes the essential Android SDK components and a version of the Eclipse IDE with a built-in...

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Authors (1)

Hazem Saleh

Hazem Saleh has 10 years of experience in Java EE, mobile, and open source technologies. He has worked as a technical consultant for many clients in Europe (Sweden), North America (USA and Canada), South America (Peru), Africa (Egypt, Morocco, and Zambia), and Asia (Qatar, Kuwait, and KSA). He is an Apache committer and a person who has spent many years of his life writing open source software. Besides being the author of JavaScript Unit Testing, Packt Publishing, and Pro JSF and HTML5: Building Rich Internet Components, Apress, and the co-author of The Definitive Guide to Apache MyFaces and Facelets, Apress, he has also authored many technical articles. He is also a contributing author recognized by developerWorks and a technical speaker at both local and international conferences such as ApacheCon in North America, GeeCon, JSFDays, CONFESS in Vienna, and JavaOne in San Francisco, Moscow, and Shanghai. Hazem is now working for IBM Egypt as an advisory software engineer. He is a member of the IBM Mobile Global Center of Competency (CoC) and an IBM Certified Expert IT specialist (L2).

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