20 RECIPES FOR PROGRAMMING PHONEGAP

by Munro

About the 20 Recipes for Programming Cross - Platform Mobile Development for Android and iPhone Gain hands - on experience with the amazing PhoneGap library,using the practical recipes in this handy guide. With thesesolutions, you can enable your mobile web apps to interact withdevice - specific features such as the accelerometer, GPS, camera,and address book. Learn how to use your knowledge of HTML, CSS, andJavaScript to build full mobile apps for iOS, Android, and severalother platforms without rewriting apps in the native platformlanguage. Each recipe includes sample code you can use in yourproject right away, as well as a discussion of why the solutionworks. Add functionality that's available only on a certain device orplatform Retrieve the device's current GPS location and place a marker ona map Create and save a new contact or edit an existing contact in theaddress book Take pictures with the camera or select one of the user'sexisting photos Upload a file from the local device to an external server Allow the device to record audio or video through your app Enable your application to save files locally Contents Chapter 1 The Recipes Determining Whether the Device Is Ready Retrieving Information About the Device Creating a Persistent Navigation System Detecting the Device's Network Status Detecting When the Network Status Changes Executing a Callback Function Once the Device Is Ready Detecting When the App Is Moved to the Background orForeground Using the GPS and Displaying a Position on a Map Using the Compass to Help the User Navigate Using the Accelerometer to Detect Motion Displaying Table - View Data Retrieving Contacts in the Address Book Creating a New Contact in the Address Book Accessing the Camera and Photo Album Saving Data to a Remote Server Capturing Audio and Video Notifying the Device with Alert, Confirm, and Vibrate Storing Data to the Device Reading Data from the Device Extending PhoneGap with Plug - ins About the Jam

96 pages, Paperback

Published May 26, 2012