Push Notification are - Simple messages that one receives from the apps installed in the device. Very popular among mobile devices, iPads and what not..!! For example, Whatsapp and Facebook message notifications in the notification bar of the home screen or lock screen. It is a way to - notify user, update user about new updates, send offers, notifications related to the app. Components we're going to use to implement PhoneGap Push Notification: PhoneGap Plugin Push (A 3rd Party Plugin) - A 3rd Party Plugin to implement push notification in a PhoneGap app. Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Service - Google Cloud...

RSS stands for Rich Site Summary. An RSS web feed includes summarized or full text of a blog. It also includes metadata like URL, Title, Published date, and time etc. To build the PhoneGap RSS Reader.. ..we're going to integrate PhoneGap components with Google Feed API. Google Feed API will fetch the feeds of the website and these feeds will get displayed in the PhoneGap App. PhoneGap RSS Reader allows you to reach your subscribers and send them news feeds of your latest blog posts through a mobile app..!! Benefits of PhoneGap RSS Reader Let's take a look at the benefits...

PhoneGap Contacts Plugin lets the user to manage contacts stored in the device through a mobile app. Things a user can do using this plugin are - Create a contact Delete a contact Update a contact Search/Find a contact We’re going to build this Contact Management App by using PhoneGap & jQuery Mobile Interface. Now, Let's take a look at the methods, arguments, and objects offered by PhoneGap Contacts Plugin. Methods, Arguments and Objects of Contacts Plugin Methods contacts.create : Creates contact. [html]var contact = navigator.contacts.create(properties);[/html] contacts.find : Search all contacts. [html]navigator.contacts.find(contactFields, contactSuccess, contactError, contactFindOptions);[/html] Arguments contactFields: It is mandatory for find() method, it specifies the fields...

Bluetooth is a software(Based on wireless technology) which is generally used for making the communication or information exchange... ...between two electronic devices such as mobile phone computer tablet etc. Though we have various fast data transfer technology today, which are capable to exchange data with a very fast speed rate, still we are carying and upgrading this bluetoth technology with time... ...because of its amazing merits such as low cost, low interference, automatic, low energy consumption, Instant PAN(Personal Area Network). In This post we are going to explain how to turn on your device bluetooth with a phonegap application. You...

PhoneGap InAppBrowser plugin works according to its name. It opens a new browser window within the application,i.e., no external browser needed to open links in the application. Benefits:  It gives you the ability to access web content within the application itself. You don't need to open the documents, pdf's or web pages in any external browser. Very easy to use and works exactly like any other browser. You just need to call cordova.InAppBrowser.open() with the URL to open and "_blank" if you want the URL to open in the new window. Idea Of The App: Features It simply opens the link within the app's...

What is SQLite? SQLite is an embedded database software for local database / client-side storage. Features Serverless: It doesn't follow the client-server model. Zero-Configuration: No headache of configuration or administration because of residing on the client side. Transactional: It is transactional in nature. Self Contained: It is self-contained in nature, i.e, no external dependencies. Reads/Writes: Read/Write operation performed to an single disk file (ordinary file) as there is no server. Replacement for fopen() : It is no replacement for database like Oracle, but for fopen(). High Performance: It has a high performance for low memory environments like embedded devices, PDA's, Cell phones etc....

PhoneGap device plugins are one of the important plugin sets which can provide the important information about your device. These plugins have the capability to use the features of  device hardware as well as software. PhoneGap device plugin uses the device hardware to make a discovery about the device like device model, device version, device UUID(Unique ID for device identification) and etc... The device sensors are used to get the motion(Accelerometer) and orientation(compass) of the device. In a broad way,  both the plugins are used to get the device direction, vibration, and orientation. Device motion gives the coordinate values in three...

Data - Today, it is the most important and valuable entity on the web. The most common way to store data is database, but what if you don't have a lot of data to store? Database proves to be an overhead in that case. So, what we should use then? Well, the answer is HTML5's Local Storage. It is also known as persistent storage because it lasts longer than sessions. Local Storage was introduced by W3C. HTML5 uses browsers local storage to store data. The major advantage of local storage is that data lasts even after the page is closed and...

PhoneGap is a very nice & useful framework  which allows you to develop the mobile application using HTML5, CSS3 and JAVA SCRIPT. The PhoneGap Apps are hybrid Apps and  can run almost across all platforms such as android, ios, windows and etc. It is very easy to code and simple to develop your mobile app which is compatible with all platforms. In this tutorial, I am going to explain, how to make PhoneGap Camera App using PhoneGap Camera Plugin. PhoneGap Camera Plugin is a code script which allows your mobile App to use the device camera and related hardware functionality. Using your...

Splash Screen: It is the very first appearance or impression that you often see when you click on any application. "First impression can be the last impression" so you have to very careful while deciding your splash screen. It can be a text with an image or text without an image, depends on requirements. You can use it to promote your brand icon and brand name. You can use it for hiding some background operations like loading data from a database or any other network related processes. It is also known as a welcome screen, you can use it to illustrate...

Geolocation can be defined as the real time geographic location of anything. To build an app, we're going to integrate PhoneGap's Geolocation Plugin API with Google Maps Javascript API. PhoneGap's Geolocation Plugin API will grab user's current location and Google Maps Javascript API will grab nearby addresses. Idea Of The App: Features A multi screen. Show nearby ATMs, Hospitals and Restaurants on the basis of user's current location. First screen: User will be asked to choose any one out of the three (ATM, Hospital and Restaurant). Second screen: User's location will be grabbed and results will be displayed. Technologies Used jQuery Mobile : For Interface / UI Designing We're...

Config.xml is a platform specific configuration file. With the help of this configuration file, it is possible to modify the default values of PhoneGap application elements like - Widget Name Description Plugins API Icons Splash Screens etc. Important Points About Config.xml Make sure it is at the top level of your application. You can take a look at the file structure of PhoneGap here. Its major purpose is to let developers specify the metadata about the application. Now let's take a look at the steps through which you can create a configuration file: Step 1: Including XML Element The very first step...

Plugin: A plugin is an extension (also known as an add-in, add-on etc..) code which adds an extra feature to an existing code program irrespective of the core features of the program. when a code program supports plug-in, it set-up a customization. API(Application Programming Interface): a set of functions and procedures that provide an interface between two application. It allows you to get the features or data of any operating system, application or any other services.  What are the PhoneGap/Cordova plugins? A plugin is a bit of add-in code that provides JavaScript interface to native components. They allow your application...

Now that you've completed the Installation of PhoneGap, let's understand the process of creating, running and building process of an app developed by PhoneGap. Create An App There are two ways to create an app: GUI CLI Create An App With GUI: You need to open the PhoneGap Desktop App. Click on '+' symbol and then choose 'Create new PhoneGap project'. Fill the following details: Local Path Name ID (Optional) The app has been created. You need to click on the green button to run the app. The server address at the bottom indicates that your app is running and it...

PhoneGap: PhoneGap is a framework for quickly building a cross-platform mobile application. It has been developed by Adobe System... ...and further taken care of by Apache group with a new name Apache Cordova. It is completely free and open source for use. PhoneGap Apps are written in HTML5 ,CSS3 and  Javascript. Apache Cordova is the core of the backend and erstwhile known as PhoneGap. It has a bounded performance because of hybrid nature of Apps. Nature of Apps? While developing the mobile application, we generally see two kinds of application which are listed below: Native App:- These are the dedicated application for...

Installation of PhoneGap consists of 2 simple steps: Installation of Desktop Application PhoneGap provides 2 ways to install desktop application: GUI (Graphical User Interface): PhoneGap has provided GUI interface for users' comfortability and ease. It is a perfect alternative of PhoneGap's CLI Installation.  PhoneGap has separate installers of desktop application for Mac OS X and Windows. Mac OS X Installation Download PhoneGap Installer for Mac OS X Run the installer by double-clicking it. You will be asked to accept the license agreement. Drag the PhoneGap application into the Applications folder. Open the application and you're good to go. Windows Installation Download...

Whenever we want to switch or transfer data from one application to another application or one activity to another activity, at that time you have to use Intent. An intent is an abstract description of an operation to be performed. It is a way of 'Message passing between two or more than two components of android'. Different activities interact with each other with the help of intent in Android. In Android, basically, there are two type of intent. Types of Intent: Implicit Intent Explicit Intent In this blog post we will be explaining about Implicit Intent, in next blog we will be...

In this blog, we will make our First Android applications by using text views, button and image view for background. You can learn about Views in Android from our previous blog. BMI Android Application will take weight and height from the users to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI)  with the information, whether user is underweight, normal or overweight. In previous blogs we have already learned how to make an android application project and basic designing using views in XML that you can refer first before moving forward in this post.     Designing First Android Application (BMI Calculator) For making an application...