PhoneGap tools and development workflow

Choose a part of the workflow

PhoneGap combined a native application container with web code and a set of development tools. Those tools had different jobs: creating a project, previewing it, accessing native features, producing an installable application and investigating problems. This directory connects those jobs to the recovered documentation.

Previewing and building are different

The Developer App provided a reusable native shell for previewing a project. A standalone application needed its own build and platform configuration. Custom native plugins also required a native build containing those plugins. The preview environment was useful for iteration, but did not replace release testing.

Read historical projects by version

Start with the project’s configuration, plugin list and PhoneGap or Cordova version. Then choose matching versioned documentation. The old platform guides explain the SDKs and tools used at the time; they are useful for understanding an inherited project.

Continuing development

PhoneGap’s former hosted services are closed. For a maintained project, use the Apache Cordova documentation as the starting point for selecting supported platform tooling. Keep a copy of the original source and signing materials while assessing migration. This archive provides documentation, not cloud compilation or a replacement PhoneGap account.