I'm using PhoneGap Build to make an app for Android and Windows Phone. I'm trying to show a notification using the Alert function in JavaScript. The app works perfectly by showing the alert when i open it in a browser or install it on my Windows Phone but it fails on Android.
I have tried using the following functions to show a notification; however none of them seem to work:
navigator.notification.alert("PhoneGap is working", function(){}, "", "");
navigator.notification.alert("PhoneGap is working");
alert('We were unable to use location services in order to determine your location.');
I also added the following to the config.xml one at a time to add the notification plugin:
<gap:plugin name="org.apache.cordova.Notification" /> // generated an error on PhoneGap Build
<feature name="Notification">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.dialogs.Notification" />
</feature>
<gap:plugin name="org.apache.cordova.dialogs" />
<gap:plugin name="Notification" value="org.apache.cordova.Notification" />
Any ideas where I'm going wrong?
Thank you
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When I open my application in the browser of my iPad Pro 12.9in while serving it with the PhoneGap app on my desktop, it opens as it should. But when I install the application and open it, it opens with a lower resolution. I saw this could be because of lower resolutions spash screens but I designed a new splashscreen with resolution 2732x2048 for the iPad pro.
Should I maybe change something in the config.xml file? I have tried a lot but still haven't found a solution.
These are the imported splash images for iOS with their resolutions
This is how the app looks when installed (1)
This is how the app looks when installed (2)
This is how the app should look - like it is now in the browser (1)
This is how the app should look - like it is now in the browser (2)
Have you added your new Splashscreen to your config.xml?
You need the following entries in that file:
<platform name="ios">
<allow-intent href="itms:*" />
<allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
<splash src="<your path>/Default#2x~universal~anyany.png" />
<splash src="<your path>/Default#2x~universal~comany.png" />
<splash src="<your path>/Default#2x~universal~comcom.png" />
<splash src="<your path>/Default#3x~universal~anyany.png" />
<splash src="<your path>/Default#3x~universal~anycom.png" />
<splash src="<your path>/Default#3x~universal~comany.png" />
</platform>
In my case path is <project>/res/ios
For using these, you need at least CLI 7.0.1 or 7.1.0 to target iOS Phonegap Version 4.4.0
Additional information:
https://medium.com/#photokandy/phonegap-build-supports-ios-launch-storyboards-44a4180bfafe
https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/cordova-plugin-splashscreen/
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2251428
I am using the PhoneGap Desktop emulator to test my app that just takes a picture using the device camera. All works well in the PhoneGap app on Android and iOS. I get the prompts before I take a picture asking to allow PhoneGap to have access to the camera. Then, all future camera requests work OK. As I would expect.
However, when I create the native apps, and run them on iOS/Android devices, they no longer prompt me for permission to use the camera, and on iOS it just crashes when I try to open the camera. On Android, it just does nothing when I trigger the camera.
I'm struggling to work out why it works using the PhoneGap App, but doesn't when I run it as a native App? Am I missing something?
I am creating the App structure, adding platforms/plugins etc. using the cordova CLI on my Ubuntu server. I am using the Adobe PhoneGap build servers (v7.0.1) to compile the native Apps. I was only using PhoneGap desktop to test this issue.
iOS device OS version = v11.0.3
Android device OS version = 7.0
My config.xml file:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.mycameraapp" version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
<name>My Camera App</name>
<description>
Test App
</description>
<author email="hello#mycameraapp.com" href="http://www.mycameraapp.com">
My Camera App
</author>
<content src="index.html" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1" />
<access origin="*" />
<allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
<allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
<allow-intent href="tel:*" />
<allow-intent href="sms:*" />
<allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
<allow-intent href="geo:*" />
<platform name="android">
<allow-intent href="market:*" />
</platform>
<platform name="ios">
<allow-intent href="itms:*" />
<allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />
</platform>
<engine name="ios" spec="~4.5.3" />
<engine name="android" spec="~6.3.0" />
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera" spec="^3.0.0">
<variable name="CAMERA_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value="To take pictures from within the App" />
<variable name="PHOTOLIBRARY_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" value="To take pictures from within the App" />
</plugin>
</widget>
The JavaScript that triggers the camera:
function upload_case_image(mode) {
openCamera(mode);
}
function setOptions(srcType) {
var options = {
// Some common settings are 20, 50, and 100
quality: localStorage.getItem('image_quality'), // Image quality is defined in the database
destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.DATA_URL,
// In this app, dynamically set the picture source, Camera or photo gallery
sourceType: srcType,
encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.JPEG,
mediaType: Camera.MediaType.PICTURE,
allowEdit: false,
correctOrientation: true //Corrects Android orientation quirks
}
return options;
}
function openCamera(mode) {
var srcType = Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA;
var options = setOptions(srcType);
navigator.camera.getPicture(function cameraSuccess(imageUri) {
upload_image(mode, imageUri);
}, function cameraError(error) {
console.debug("Unable to obtain picture: " + error, "app");
}, options);
}
My index.html is in the normal place within www, and references the corodva.js file:
<!-- Cordova -->
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova.js"></script>
Looks like I've worked out where I was going wrong.
I was using Cordova, rather than the PhoneGap CLI. I installed Node.js on my PC, then installed PhoneGap (npm install -g phonegap#latest).
Then using command prompt I created the App using PhoneGap in Windows, instead of using Cordova on Ubunutu.
When I uploaded it to the Adobe build servers to build the PhoneGap App, it appears to work now.
Makes sense why I would encounter some difficulties.
I am unable to initiate the call and mailto via href on my iOS Cordova app. For the code:
Call
I get the error in the Xcode console as
There is no registered handler for URL scheme tel.
Same for mailto. How can this be fixed? I've added these to config.xml.
<access origin="tel:*" launch-external="yes"/>
<access origin="geo:*" launch-external="yes"/>
<access origin="mailto:*" launch-external="yes"/>
<access origin="sms:*" launch-external="yes"/>
<access origin="market:*" launch-external="yes"/>
I'm using Cordova v6.0.0, Xcode v7.2.1 and developing for iOS v9.2.
Restating the comments above - use a real device not the simulator.
This question answered many times, but I still can't fix my problem. I'm trying to play a music when my scene starts, I'm using Media class, but I get the error ReferenceError: Media is not defined. I'm using browser yet (I want to deploy it to android and ios later).
I'm using Cordova 3.5, PhoneGap 3.6.
Here's what I did so far:
1
ran the command in the command line standing in my project directory: cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-media.git
2
modified the config xml:
<feature name="Media">
<param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.media.AudioHandler" />
</feature>
3
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
My js code is:
var music = new Media("sounds/main_theme.ogg");
Instead of using PhoneGap via this tutorial, rather use command line cordova via this tutorial.
I am trying to create an app that makes use of the camera on the device. When I run the app on my Android phone, I can get it to work no problem. However, when I package it using the Phonegap builder, I can't seem to get the camera to open.
My guess is it's a problem with the config.xml file. This is what mine looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<widget xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"
xmlns:gap = "http://phonegap.com/ns/1.0"
id = "com.test.testApp"
version = "1.0.0">
<name>Test App</name>
<description>
Test Description
</description>
<author href="http://mysite.com"
email="geoff#email.com">
Geoff Baum
</author>
<gap:platforms>
<gap:platform name="android" minVersion="2.1" />
<gap:platform name="webos" />
<gap:platform name="symbian.wrt" />
<gap:platform name="blackberry" project="widgets"/>
</gap:platforms>
<icon src="icon.png" gap:role="default" />
<!--<gap:splash src="weirdo.png" />-->
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/geolocation"/>
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/network"/>
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/geolocation"/>
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/file"/>
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/camera"/>
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/media"/>
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/device"/>
<!--<preference name="orientation" value="default" />-->
<!--<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="7" /> -->
</widget>
Does that look correct? I have this file at the root level of the folder I am packaging and sending to Phonegap. Is this the proper approach? I am not sure what else I can do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
UPDATE:
So I tried including the Android specific JS file cordova-1.7.0.js and everything worked. So it looks like the Phonegap build is not adding the necessary files. Does anyone know anything about that? Thanks.
Any reason why you have
<feature name="http://api.phonegap.com/1.0/geolocation"/>
twice?
So the solution lay in the include files. I was still including the phonegap.js file, and it was breaking the build process. I removed the various references to that file and it fixed it.