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PhoneGap is a software development framework by Adobe System, which is used to develop mobile applications. To develop apps using PhoneGap, the developer does not require to have knowledge of mobile programming language but only web-development languages like, HTML, CSS, and JScript.
A good way to understand the difference between Apache Cordova and Adobe PhoneGap is to think about how Apple has its Safari browser, but it is based on the open source WebKit engine. The same is true here: Cordova is the open source version of the framework, while PhoneGap is the Adobe-branded version.
Since 2008, the industry and market has evolved and PhoneGap usage has declined. “In the context of these developments and declining PhoneGap usage, Adobe is focusing on providing a platform that enables developers to build, extend, customize and integrate with Adobe products,” the company wrote in a post.
Can I continue using PhoneGap after Adobe discontinues its support? PhoneGap will remain free and open sourced, however it will not be actively developed. Gradually, as iOS and Android operating system updates are released, the PhoneGap tooling will become incompatible with the latest version of Apache Cordova.
Phonegap Build is "in the cloud" and makes it easy to build all targets at once. You just upload your html/css/js in a zip file and they build it on all supported platforms. You can then upload the resulting binaries to the appropriate app stores.
Phonegap runs on your desktop and you are required to have the development tool of the environment you want to compile for. So for iOS you need XCode installed. This allows for more configuration control and more access to plugins at the cost of more complexity.
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