PhoneGap by Dissection
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PhoneGap by Dissection

My first PhoneGap 3.x app

About the Book

A detailed journey into app development using PhoneGap 3.x, HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.

About the Author

Daniel Rhodes
Daniel Rhodes

Curious software tinkerer.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1 Conventions used in the text
  • 2. What you’ll need
  • 3. What is PhoneGap
  • 4. Getting started
    • 4.1 The cool new way
    • 4.2 The fiddly older way
  • 5. Quick run-through of the default app
  • 6. First things first: The layout
  • 7. First things first: The tabbing mechanism
  • 8. The Search tab
    • 8.1 Layout and interface
    • 8.2 Creating the database
    • 8.3 Querying the database
    • 8.4 Results scrolling
    • 8.5 Extra credit challenges
  • 9. The Discover tab
    • 9.1 Layout and interface
    • 9.2 Extra credit challenges
  • 10. The Write tab
    • 10.1 Layout and interface
    • 10.2 Filling the screen
    • 10.3 Displaying a random character
    • 10.4 Finger doodling
    • 10.5 Extra credit challenges
  • 11. Splash screen
  • 12. Launcher icon
  • 13. Submitting to Google Play
  • 14. That’s all folks!

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