Geolocation and the Android 2.3.3 emulator
Just so someone else doesn’t waste an afternoon banging their head against a wall, here’s how to make the Android 2.3.3 emulator work if you want to access geolocation. This applies to the javascript...
View ArticleTowards a native maps plugin for PhoneGap/Cordova and Android
I recently did some prototyping for a native maps plugin for Android. For iOS/phonegap, you have the mapkit plugin which I was able to get working on phonegap 2.0, with some help from the google...
View ArticleHow to collect usage statistics in your phonegap/cordova application
My company recently wrote a couple of mobile applications. Since one is for consumer use (search for ’8z neighborhood’ in the App Store/Google Play if you live in Colorado or the Bay area and want to...
View ArticleRunning multiple versions of Cordova 3.x
cordova, the command line interface to the Cordova development framework, is a node package. npm, the node package manager, has the concept of a ‘global’ install and ‘local’ installs. Typical installs...
View ArticleHeadline: Android User Buys App
Photo by liewcf A few weeks ago, I bought my first app on Google Play. Wait? I thought Android users don’t buy apps? Well, what can I say, I like to break the mold. Actually, I think I’m pretty...
View ArticleDo you need a mobile app? Probably not
This post from the folks at 18F does a great job of covering why you should default to a responsive web site rather than a native mobile app. While tools like cordova and react native decrease the...
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