Comments on: PhoneGap iPhone Tutorial – A good place to start

By: Preet

Preet — Tue, 10 May 2011 05:05:28 +0000

Is there any way to display 2 splash screens by giving time duration while loading iPhone app in phonegapdelegate.m. Because my app is quite heavy and takes 12-15 secs to load. Could you please give some code sample.

Thanks

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:29:18 +0000

The contacts api is being reworked, so expect some changes in the near future.
Follow http://groups.google.com/group/phonegap for more info.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:22:06 +0000

Hi,
This framework is quite easy to install and use, really nice job!
As of the tutorial app, and a little bug that can easily be fixed in the “contacts.html” page, I found a strange issue.
Once contacts were displayed, I tried calling one of them by selecting the recognized phone number.
Once the call is ended, I restarted the tutorial app, and there I had a real issue: the app shows the native contact sheet, with nothing I can do to close and revert back to the app. Is this a known issue?
For the app I intend to write, I would need access to the calendar. I understand this is not hard to add from my own, but it would be nice if this was native from phonegap’s framework, has there been any change from the state we can see on http://groups.google.com/group/phonegap/browse_thread/thread/b64934aac0e9a3d3?pli=1
thanks

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:49:31 +0000

Morten, I work primarily in the iPhone branch of phonegap, so that is my focus. The goal is a common application for all platforms, but without having all the devices and tool-chains setup on a machine this is difficult to achieve.
I also have my own personal goal to make phonegap the easiest way to build an iPhone app.

Most, if not all, of the code used in the example will run on Android if the contents of the www folder are simply dropped into an Android build.

More demos and documentation are perpetually coming, however our focus is on delivering applications to our clients and we roll any additions back into phonegap whenever possible. This is opensource, so we accept contributions from the community as well, you might consider joining the mailing list to ask specific questions, the list / community is very active.
http://groups.google.com/group/phonegap

By: Morten

Morten — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:23:08 +0000

Hi,

Phonegap looks really interesting – but I am a bit confused. The purpose of Phonegap – as I understand – is to create a common application for all platform.

If this is correct – why is this article focused on the Iphone ?

Im having a really hard time finding a place to start – the demo doesnt work – and the examples in the provided demoWWW (android) doesnt work – besides the buzzer)

Im really trying to push this platform to the rest rest of my organisation (worldwide) – but without proper demos and documentation – its going to be tough.

We’re planning on combining Phonegap with Iwebkit (JQTouch does not work with Android (yet))

Kind regards
Morten

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:54:23 +0000

Please, provide a step-by-step guide about downloading and viewing the tutorial and the demo application. The URL http://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-iphone clearly says “phonegap” and not “tutorial app”.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:59:11 +0000

Did something change in the new SDK’s to prevent this project not to work?

pressing any of the “buttons” on the initial screen causes the app to crash in the iPhone Simulator

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By: Radu

Radu — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:41:18 +0000

I would really love to see a full demo application that would demonstrates interesting techniques that we can use, since the documentation is so rare ….

By: Radu

Radu — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:39:51 +0000

I see here http://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-iphone an app but it’s based on a PhoneGapLib app, that’s not part on standard phonegap. So to use that I need to first understand this other PhoneGapLib app. Am I wrong?