PhoneGap 3 Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- PhoneGap 3 Beginner's Guide -- Credits -- Foreword -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Time for action - heading -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - heading -- Have a go hero - heading -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with PhoneGap -- PhoneGap and Apache Cordova -- The evolution of PhoneGap from 1.4 to 3.x -- A note about operating systems -- A note about the command-line tool -- Installing PhoneGap -- Installing dependencies -- Setting up your development environment -- Time for action - setting up Android using PhoneGap 2.x -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setting up iOS using PhoneGap 2.x -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setting up Windows Phone using PhoneGap 2.x -- What just happened? -- Getting Started with Android and Eclipse -- Time for action - installing ADT into Eclipse -- What just happened? -- Getting started with iOS and Xcode -- Getting started with Windows Phone and Visual Studio -- Creating a common code base for multiplatform apps -- Summary -- 2. Building and Debugging on Multiple Platforms -- Development tools -- Sublime Text -- IntelliJ IDEA -- Adobe Brackets -- Time for action - configuring the cloud service in Bracket -- What just happened? -- Eclipse -- Native, web, and hybrid apps -- Working with desktop browsers -- WebKit debugging (Chrome, Safari, and Opera) -- Gecko debugging (Firefox) -- Internet Explorer 10 -- Mobile debugging workflow -- Remote debugging -- Using iWebInspector (OS X only).

Time for action - configuring iWebInspector for iOS debugging -- What just happened? -- Debugging with weinre -- Time for action - configuring Node.js and weinre -- What just happened? -- Wireless debugging with Adobe Edge Inspect -- Time for action - integrating Edge Inspect and weinre -- What just happened? -- iOS 6 remote debugging -- Mimicking mobile counterparts -- Have a go hero - improve the "Hello World" app -- Pop quiz - getting started with mobile apps -- Summary -- 3. Getting Started with Mobile Applications -- Mobile-centric HTML/CSS/JavaScript -- The viewport meta tag -- Unwanted telephone number linking -- Autocorrect -- CSS media queries and mobile properties -- JavaScript for mobile 101 -- querySelector and querySelectorAll -- addEventListener -- Screen orientation -- Device orientation -- Shake gestures -- Media capture API -- Data URI -- Performance best-practices -- Understanding screen size and pixel density -- Time for action - scaling UI images according to pixel density -- What just happened? -- Writing effective JavaScript -- Loose coupling -- Event handling best practice -- Choosing web app templates -- HTML5 Mobile Boilerplate -- Foundation -- Bootstrap -- jQuery Mobile -- Which is the right one? -- Setting up your project using cordova-cli -- Time for action - installing cordova-cli using npm -- What just happened? -- Your first application - "Hello World" -- Time for action - creating your first cross-platform app -- What just happened? -- Add interactivity to your app -- Time for action - programmatically opening a modal window using Bootstrap -- What just happened? -- Achieving a native look and feel on iOS -- Time for action - setting up a native-like CSS for your app -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - improve the "Hello World" app -- Pop quiz - getting started with mobile apps -- Summary.

4. Architecting Your Mobile App -- Fine-tuning your development environment -- Speeding up folder access with jump (OS X) -- Creating a server alias with serve -- Customizing your shell with iTerm2 (OS X) -- Time for action - customizing the shell -- What just happened? -- Let LiveReload refresh pages for you (OS X) -- Time for action - enabling Live Reload -- What just happened? -- Reviewing the JavaScript guidelines -- Exploring the sample app -- The navigation flow -- The app architecture -- Communication between modules -- The anatomy of a module -- Building the app's core -- Bootstrap loader -- Time for action - Require.js Bootstrap -- What just happened? -- Mustache templates -- Time for action - creating a Mustache template -- What just happened? -- Template initialization -- Time for action - loading and parsing a template -- What just happened? -- The splash screen -- Time for action - adding a splash screen to your app -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - preparing additional app assets -- Pop quiz - getting started with mobile apps -- Summary -- 5. Improving the User Interface and Device Interaction -- Exploring JavaScript compression -- Google Closure Compiler -- Time for action - compressing files using the Closure Compiler -- What just happened? -- UglifyJS2 -- Time for action - using UglifyJS with the Closure Compiler -- What just happened? -- Optimization with Require.js -- Time for action - optimizing JavaScript with Require.js -- What just happened? -- Comparing compression tools -- Using template engine compression -- Time for action - compiling a template using pistachio -- What just happened? -- Handling a retina display user interface -- Time for action - user interface elements and retina display -- What just happened? -- Creating fluid, multiple app views -- PhoneGap lifecycle events.

Time for action - accessing the device API -- What just happened? -- App views -- Time for action - creating the templates -- What just happened? -- Navigation between views -- Using hardware-accelerated transitions -- Alice.js -- Getting started with the PhoneGap APIs -- Exploring the Connection API -- Pop quiz - getting started with mobile apps -- Have a go hero - create a network detection utility -- Summary -- 6. Using Device Storage and the Contacts API -- Application data storage -- Exploring the PhoneGap LocalStorage API -- Time for action - reading and writing data on the LocalStorage -- What just happened? -- Exploring the PhoneGap SQL storage -- Database storage with PhoneGap -- Time for action - populating a local database -- What just happened? -- Database limitations -- The Contacts API -- The ContactName object -- The ContactField object -- The ContactAddress object -- The ContactOrganization object -- The Contact object -- Filtering contact data -- Time for action - filtering device contacts -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - getting started with mobile apps -- Have a go hero - create a Todo list app -- Summary -- 7. Accessing Device Sensors -- What are device sensors? -- Sensors and human-computer interaction -- Accelerometer -- Detecting shakes -- Time for action - detecting shakes in your app -- What just happened? -- Device orientation events -- Handling orientation with JavaScript -- Time for action - handling device orientation with JavaScript -- What just happened? -- Compass -- Creating a compass -- Time for action - using the Compass API -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - getting started with mobile apps -- Have a go hero - rendering the device orientation -- Summary -- 8. Using Location Data with PhoneGap -- An introduction to Geolocation -- The PhoneGap Geolocation API.

Time for action - showing device position with Google Maps -- What just happened? -- Other Geolocation data -- Time for action - discovering places with Google Places -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - getting started with mobile apps -- Have a go hero - improving the Google API usage -- Summary -- 9. Manipulating Files -- Understanding the Files API -- Reading directories and files -- Time for Action - listing folders and files recursively -- What just happened? -- Writing and reading a file's data -- Time for Action - reading and rendering an Image -- What just happened? -- Transferring files -- Time for Action - downloading and saving a file -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - working with files -- Have a go hero - uploading files -- Summary -- 10. Capturing and Manipulating Device Media -- Camera API or Capture API? -- Accessing the camera using the Camera API -- Time for action - accessing the device camera -- What just happened? -- Controlling the camera popover -- Time for action - controlling the position of the camera roll -- What just happened? -- The Capture API -- Time for action - manipulating images with a canvas -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - getting started with media -- Have a go hero - applying effects -- Summary -- 11. Working with PhoneGap Plugins -- Introduction to plugins -- Getting started with plugins -- Using plugins with Plugman -- The anatomy of a plugin -- Working with plugins -- The Push Notifications plugin -- Time for action - using push notifications on Android -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - getting started with PhoneGap plugins -- Have a go hero - improving the push notifications example -- Summary -- A. Localizing Your App -- Time for action - rendering localized messages -- What just happened? -- Summary -- B. Publishing Your App -- Publishing on Google Play -- Publishing on the Blackberry World.

Publishing on the Apple App Store.