How to use PhoneGap with Visual Studio

Question

I'm having trouble getting started with PhoneGap on windows 8, VS 2012, namely:

I don't know how to install the templates

• I open the template projects I've downloaded from PhoneGap, but they are in compatible with VS2012

I don't know where to start in respect to creating my first simple CRUD application

• I want to connect to a WCF API and make some calls

How to publish the result allowing installation on many devices:

• I mainly want to use iPhone and Android devices

How do I get started with PhoneGap?

Answer 1

@Smithy, Microsoft just made it possible to develop Cordova apps with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2.

Its just a preview as far as I understand, but go have a look.

If you have the latest version of Visual Studio installed, you need to go to Microsoft'd download page and download the installer:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42675

This comes along with documentation on how to get started and how to install and set it up in VS 2013.

Good luck.

UPDATE:

With the release of Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition along with Update 4, MS has made it easier than ever to create Cordova project....and best thing of all is it's FREE!!!!

Benefit is that if your used to VS like me, this is a comfortable environment, and its super easy to get started.

To get access to these templates, follow the steps when creating a new project in VS, and you will be prompted to install additional software, including but not limited to SDK Manager, adt, iTunes, emulators etc..

After these are installed, it is now simple to create projects, edit and run them in the included RIPPLE emulator.

These projects can also in addition be deployed to your device from VS.

To check if your device is picked up on your PC, open a cmd and run "adb devices" to see if your device is picked up on your PC and a list of connected devices.

Easy, effective and it works. From, see link on terms of use and limitations in organisations: Free Dev Tools

Download link here: http://www.visualstudio.com/en-gb/products/free-developer-offers-vs

Q: Who can use Visual Studio Community? A: Here’s how individual developers can use Visual Studio Community: Any individual developer can use Visual Studio Community to create their own free or paid apps. Here’s how Visual Studio Community can be used in organizations: An unlimited number of users within an organization can use Visual Studio Community for the following scenarios: in a classroom learning environment, for academic research, or for contributing to open source projects. For all other usage scenarios: In non-enterprise organizations, up to 5 users can use Visual Studio Community. In enterprise organizations (meaning those with >250 PCs or > $1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue), no use is permitted beyond the open source, academic research, and classroom learning environment scenarios described above.

Thanks Microsoft!

Answer 2

You can use VS to edit the html, css, and javascript files, but I don't believe there are any VS project templates available. At least I've never seen any.

But, you won't be able to compile and deploy. The templates for Android for instance are eclipse project templates since phonegap is building a java application in order to deploy to android.

If you want to develop for android, follow the getting started guide from Phonegap ( I can't get you a link right now due to firewall issues). The files you put in the www folder will be the html, css, and javascript files for your project and you can use anything you want to edit them, including VS.

Answer 3

You can create PhoneGap application using

1. Cordova vs plugin
2. Telerik App Builder
3. vsnomad

for more information please see the below link

http://sourcefreeze.com/cross-platform/visual-studio-cordova-plugins-for-cross-platform-mobile-apps/