Adding Native Device Functionality to the Hybrid Web Container

PhoneGap (now known as Apache Cordova) is an open source framework that leverages Web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to access native (system and third-party) functionality across platforms.

Sybase Unwired Platform comes with the Cordova libraries, which handle common tasks supported by most devices, linked in and ready to use. Integrating PhoneGap plug-ins with Hybrid Web Containers allows you to extend the set of APIs available within a Hybrid App. See www.phonegap.com for information about the supported PhoneGap APIs.

PhoneGap API calls are made from the Hybrid App JavaScript files.

• Supported JavaScript PhoneGap APIs
  The Hybrid Web Container comes with the PhoneGap library linked in and ready to use.
• Implementing PhoneGap
  The recommended mechanism for implementing PhoneGap is to use the AppFramework, or load PhoneGap (Apache Cordova) in the same way it does.
• PhoneGap Custom Plug-ins
  You can write custom plug-ins for PhoneGap.
• Removing PhoneGap From the Hybrid Web Container
  If PhoneGap functionality is not required, you can make a few modifications to remove all references to the PhoneGap library that is linked to the Hybrid Web Container.
• Initializing the PhoneGap Library for the Windows Mobile Hybrid Web Container
  You must initialize the PhoneGap library before using it.
• PhoneGap Library Downgrade
  Sybase Unwired Platform included PhoneGap 1.4.1 libraries embedded inside the iOS and Android Hybrid Web Containers.