{"id":4952,"date":"2019-08-22T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:26:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T03:56:32","slug":"how-to-setup-and-build-cordova-application-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-and-build-cordova-application-for-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup and build cordova application for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to setup and build cordova application for Android<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Date : 22\/08\/2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Apache Cordova is an open-source mobile development framework. It allows you to use standard web technologies – HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for cross-platform development. So we can use it in any kind of platforms. It will come under hybrid apps categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In cordova, there are certain plugins are used to to communicate with os and HTML\/CSS. In the following tutorial we will see how to create cordova application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing the Cordova CLI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Cordova command-line tool is distributed as an npm package. Firstly, install npm package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Windows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:\\>npm install -g cordova<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In IOS and LInux:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$ sudo npm install -g cordova<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

g is we are set this up as globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create Your App<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to the directory you want to install the application. Make sure you are root user or running these commands using sudo<\/code>. And run this command<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cordova create demoapp com.test.app Hey!<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just this. Now you have create cordova app. Do this <\/p>\n\n\n\n

cd demoapp<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run this command to add whatever platform you want to add. You can check available platform. You can also check the requirement for a platform. For this run <\/p>\n\n\n\n

cordova paltform android requirements<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before, you should have added the platform in your project. Do this<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cordova platform add android<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can add any number of platform in your project. To know more about what you can do, run cordova --help, cordova platform --help<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment setup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We will setup environment for android platform. In android studio, you need<\/p>\n\n\n\n