Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION xix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING PHONEGAP 1 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING PHONEGAP 17 CHAPTER 3: BASIC WALKTHROUGH 31 CHAPTER 4: EVENTS 45 CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH THE DEVICE, THE NETWORK, AND NOTIFICATIONS 59 CHAPTER 6: ACCELEROMETER 73 CHAPTER 7: COMPASS 85 CHAPTER 8: GEOLOCATION 99 CHAPTER 9: MEDIA 113 CHAPTER 10: CAMERA 129 CHAPTER 11: STORAGE 143 CHAPTER 12: FILES 157 CHAPTER 13: CONTACTS 179 CHAPTER 14: CAPTURE 189 CHAPTER 15: CREATING A NOTE-TAKING APPLICATION 197 APPENDIX A: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 213 APPENDIX B: TOOLS FOR PHONEGAP 235 APPENDIX C: PHONEGAP.JS 247 APPENDIX D: PHONEGAP PLUG-INS 333 INDEX 349

About the Author

Thomas Myer is a consultant, author, and speaker. He owns Triple Dog Dare Media and specializes in Linux- and Mac-based development, including iPhone apps, CMS, blogs, wikis, dashboard widgets, UNIX systems, and Applescripting. He is the author of several books, including Professional CodeIgniter , Apple Automator with AppleScript , and Mac OS X UNIX Toolbox , among others.