Advantages & Disadvantages of

PhoneGap

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PhoneGap App Development

Company

Introduction

Modern mobile phones gadgets have created a stir in the

world of gadgets.

Their definition has changed from being just an instrument to

a complete pre-loaded package of well-defined features.

More than 50 percent of the world is using smartphones.

Demand and app development are proportional to each other.

HTML5 Driven Web Applications

These smartphones are now fully loaded with modern

browsers enabled with HTML5 driven web applications.

Such applications are platform independent and require

comparatively less efforts in development which then results

in lower costs.

There are some characteristics that relate to different ways

the apps can be programmed.

PhoneGap Build

PhoneGap is one such framework for development of cross-

platform apps based on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript for

seven different mobile platforms.

Today internet is loaded with articles on PhoneGap, written

by all kinds of developers, from native app developers to

cross-platform developers.

Their feedback completely relies on their main field of

activities; thus PhoneGap can neither be only “cool” or

“flawed”.

Cont…

You will easily find software programmers writing code solely for

PhoneGap apps, and study the changing aspects of cross-platform

framework.

There is no mantra for both native and cross platform development.

It is your software development that decides the path for

development and these dynamics help in deciding about the

PhoneGap platform.

Cross-Platform App Development

The properties of cross-platform apps of PhoneGap are

seen in a way that code for native project is produced,

typically for all the seven platforms, that comprises of

a browser as an important component.

As a plus point there are other objects as well that

allow PhoneGap build tool to regulate many other

features of mobile devices running on the many mobile

operating systems.

PhoneGap Build Contains 4 major functional parts:

A native browser for seamless webView

Access native functionality of any mobile device using

JavaScript code

Code writing for native plugins

File storage containing HTML, CSS and JavaScript and other

resources

PhoneGap Application Development

PhoneGap build serves complete service-oriented and

one-page HTML5 application build service.

To conclude, listed below are some very useful tips on

PhoneGap App Development - for saving development

time and avoid any hassle or pressure.

Cont…

The lesser the outside libraries used, the better. Opt for a

library wisely and try to use their capabilities to the fullest.

It is not mandatory that the app has to look same on all

the platforms and versions of operating systems. Keep the

performance and speed unharmed by keeping the trade-off

in style.

Cont…

Use CSS to enhance the look and feel of the back. CSS

will help the background to display images. Thus an

image will only be loaded if an element from the list

displays on the screen.

Avoid using shades or gradient where ever possible.

All this will only consume extra power.

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