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Book review: PhoneGap Beginner’s Guide, by Andrew Lunny
PhoneGap Beginner’s Guide, by Andrew Lunny Packt Publishing, https://www.packtpub.com/ I’m reading the PDF version of this book, which displayed very nicely on Adobe Reader. This book covers a lot of...
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Checking for an active Internet connection
https://developer.mozilla.org/ has a wonderful script that checks whether an Internet connection exists, then gives a readout (ONLINE or OFFLINE) to inform the user. Here is the code as it works in my...
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Saving localStorage to a more secure folder location
If you are worried whether your localStorage will persist after an iOS version upgrade or be backed up to iCloud, one coder, Kerri Shotts, has graciously given us a Javascript script that saves the...
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Installing Weinre remote debugger on the Mac OSX Lion
Weinre, which is short for Web Inspector Remote (pronounced “winery,” “wine-ray,” “whiner,” or “weiner,” depending on your native accent or sense of humor), allows us to debug our mobile app code...
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Book review: PhoneGap Mobile Application Development Cookbook, by Matt Gifford
October 2012. Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84951-858-1. Packt asked me to review the book, which I did in PDF format. About the author: “A regular presenter at national and...
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Easily Add Search Functions to Your App
I have been adding a Search function to my Cordova PhoneGap apps for a few years now. It is so easy that I want to share it with you who have wondered how to do the same. I use a product that works in...
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Installing Chris Brody’s SQLite Database with Cordova CLI (Android)
The HTML5 SQLite spec results in a database with a limit of 5MB. Chris Brody’s SQLitePlugin, however, breaks this barrier. Here is how to implement it. These steps assume you’ve already created the...
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