Phonegap and AngularJS

Phonegap and AngularJS
– A Getting Started Guide

Set up Android Environment
● Install Apache Ant http://ant.apache.org
● Download ADT from http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/bundle.html
● Configure $PATH to include

– <adt_path>/tools
– <adt_path>/sdk/platform-tools
– Apache ant
● Run Android from command line
● Download API 19
● Create atleast one AVD http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/managingavds.html

Set up iOS Environment

● Download and install Xcode
● Run Xcode and accept the license

agreement.

Set up NodeJS

● Download NodeJS from http://nodejs.org
● Install NodeJS in /usr or /usr/local
● Check if NodeJS is working
● 'node' and 'npm' should be working

Install Cordova

● Install Cordova using npm (Node Package
Manager)
– sudo npm install cordova -g

Create Cordova Project

● cordova create CordovaDemo
com.neevtech.cordovademo
● cordova platform add android

● cordova platform add ios

Add Necessary Plugins

● cordova plugin add
org.apache.cordova.device
● cordova plugin add

org.apache.cordova.geolocation
● cordova plugin ls

Setting up Jquery & Bootstrap 3
● Download bootstrap 3 from
http://getbootstrap.com
● Add bootstrap.min.css to www/css
● Add bootstrap.min.js to www/js
● Add fonts fonts folder to www
● Add jquery.min.js from http://jquery.com to

www/js

Set up AngularJS
● Download AngularJS from http://angularjs.org
● Download angular-routes

http://code.angularjs.org/<angular_version>/
angular-route.js
● Copy to www/js folder

Modify Index.HTML to add CSS and JS
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<html ng-app=”cordovaApp”>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no" />

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<title>Cordova Demo</title>
</head>
<body ng-controller="SuperController">
<div class=”container” ng-view=""></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/angular.min.js"></script>
● <script type="text/javascript" src="js/angular_route.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Add Phonegap Module
● Add Phonegap module from
https://github.com/mstaessen/angular-

phonegap/blob/master/src/PhoneGap.js to
www/js
● Add the reference script tag in index.html

Create app.js in www/js and Add to index.html
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'use strict';
var cordovaApp = angular.module('cordovaApp', ['ngRoute','PhoneGap']);

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cordovaApp.config(['$routeProvider',
function($routeProvider) {
$routeProvider.
when('/', {
templateUrl: 'partials/welcome.html',
controller: 'WelcomeCtrl'
});
$routeProvider.
when('/login', {
templateUrl: 'partials/login.html',
controller: 'LoginCtrl'
});
$routeProvider.
otherwise({
redirectTo: '/'
});
}

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]);

Create HTML Files
● Create partials folder under html
● Create welcome.html under partials
● <div class="jumbotron">
● Welcome to Cordova App
● </div>
● <button ng-click=”gotoLogin()” ngshow=”isAppLoaded”>Go to Login</button>

Create Super Controller

● cordovaApp.controller('SuperController',
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function SuperController($scope,
$location, PhoneGap) {

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● );

Creating WelcomeCtrl
● cordovaApp.controller('WelcomeCtrl',

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function WelcomeCtrl($scope, $location, PhoneGap) {
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$scope.isAppLoaded = false;
● // to detect if app is loaded
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PhoneGap.ready().then(function() {
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alert("App loaded");
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$scope.isAppLoaded = true;
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});
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$scope.gotoLogin = function() {

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$location.url('/login');
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};
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}
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Create Login html
● Create login.html in partials folder.
● <form role="form">
● <div class="form-group">
● <label for="exampleInputEmail1">Email address</label>
● <input type="email" ng-model="email" class="form-control"
id="exampleInputEmail1" placeholder="Enter email">
● </div>
● <div class="form-group">
● <label for="exampleInputPassword1">Password</label>
● <input type="password" ng-model="password" class="form-control"
id="exampleInputPassword1" placeholder="Password">
● </div>
● <button type="submit" ng-click="showVals()" class="btn btndefault">Submit</button>
● </form>

Create LoginCtrl
● cordovaApp.controller('LoginCtrl',
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function LoginCtrl($scope, $location, PhoneGap) {
$scope.showVals = function() {

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alert($scope.email + " " + $scope.password);

Add Controller Links to index.html

Cordova Build

●cordova build android

●cordova emulate android

Yippie!!
The supporting code
is available here.

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