Mobile App/Cordova Development Notes

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This page contains notes regarding the development of the Open Food Facts mobile apps.

The current Open Food Facts apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone use Apache Cordova (previously known as Phonegap).

Cordova: http://cordova.apache.org/

Installing Cordova 3.6 : http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.6.0/guide_overview_index.md.html

http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.6.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-Line%20Interface

Following notes are for the Windows Platform, but most of it probably applies for Mac or Linux.

Install Node.js

Install git client

Install Cordova

in git-bash client:

  • npm install -g cordova

cordova -v : 3.6.3-0.2.13

  • "error android_home is not set and android command not in your path" when doing "cordova platform add android"

Java JDK

Cordova plugins

May be of interest for future apps