Intro to Mobile App Development with Cordova 7

[@cheeks3112]

tutorial starts at 7:30 for those of you that dont want the history lesson

[@jorgecortes601]

P1ZZA thanks bruv

[@sytzebuz]

Hello Steve. Many thanks for this tutorial. Towards the end I got so exited that I thought I head my blood pumping in my ears, but soon realized that the rushing sound came from your recording. :-) . I will advocate this to as many people as I can.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Yeah. My old recordings were made on a cheap microphone. The new ones are much better. And Thanks. Please do share the channel. I am continuing to post new videos every week.

[@cdkslakkend5742]

Fantastic. Great introduction to Apache Cordova and thank you for the back story which puts the evolution of this into perspective. Cheers.

[@nickmbuyane6550]

Hey, Steve I've just started watching your videos because I've decided to earn something new. I like how you present your material. I can't wait to get into more videos in this series. Thank you very much!!!

[@augustinsorret1445]

Very clear tutorial, you just earned a new subscriber ! Thanks a lot Steve !

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Thanks!

[@chellovlogs]

That was the command I was searching for: emulate! I was always using build. Thank you!

[@giveitatry3258]

Well amazing way of teaching & showing something new.Made my day was going through some articles previously but this was the best.

[@THEKapergame]

thanks for not sounding like a person with a frog stuck in their throat ;-)

[@marcwinner567]

Awesome video Steve. Thanks for the introduction to Cordova!

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Glad you liked it!

[@vargheseocp]

Excellent presentation Thanks for your support

[@mohammedkhaledkhan6122]

This tutorial saves my day. Thank you so much.

[@traumegaz]

For anyone who as issues getting the emulator to work, you have to disable hyper-v if you are on windows 10, and you have to install haxm manually through the folder on your computer...

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Thanks Mark. Hyper-V and Haxm is another topic that needs a tutorial!

[@taukirkhan4916]

how to disable hyper-v and install haxm manually through the folder reply fast pls

[@SimplyMolly]

I'm trying to follow your tutorial but I cannot get my command prompt to understand what you did at 10:30. Please let me know. I have Windows 10. I don't have "brackets" but in Windows I don't different Code view.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

on Windows the command to list the directory contents is `dir` instead of `ls`

[@SimplyMolly]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 thank you so much. I also found your other videos...so helpful!

[@roger19921000]

Great Tutorial Had a slight hick up running the app straight to my phone Got it sorted out Thanks

[@SchwadoGaming]

Thanks for the overview. I appreciate that!

[@dhanrajyadav3754]

build and run ios app from ubuntu is it possible through the cordova or i need macbook for ios developement

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

You need macos to build for ios.

[@dhanrajyadav3754]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Thanks also i want to design the project which is cordova so should i use ionic or cordava help me out...!!

[@donpietro2137]

8:07 It says "npm command not found"?? Although I'm sure it has installed (node -v works) (npm -v doesn't) What's the problem here??

[@ayobamidurojaiye]

Install npm

[@lokman02naza17]

At 16:16 I can't get the emulator to run. I saw you have already open & setup emulator on android studio before emulated it. I already Installed android studio but I still can't run the emulator.

[@lokman02naza17]

Nevermind, I got it :)

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I was just going to suggest that you have a look at this video about the AVDs and the Emulator - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmXPY3SKiM2Ue7s

[@dragonniteIV]

Lokman02Naza How did you do it?

[@einsteinwallah2]

you ran the platform add command when you were in www ... does that mean cordova recognizes that you want to add it to latest project you created ... if you had shut down and ran command in next boot up would it still recognize that latest project is current ... i am sure there can be multiple projects created and so some kind of switching between projects should be possible?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

when you run the command it looks for the nearest config file and treats the containing folder as your project folder and applies your cordova commands there.

[@ahmedalmeleh]

you didn't tell us how to get android emulator installed without gradle zip not responding (I have 40 GB of RAM, Intel i7 8700 Windows 10, I just think file explorer is crap.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I have several videos about the Android environment on windows in the playlist - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW8YpmIj96Wfc0 Don't know what issue you are having with the gradle zip file. Things change over time though and the videos may be slightly out of date.

[@awad1342]

Thank you so much, Steve for sharing your knowledge. Is it possible for a mobile app in this environment to have multiple html pages?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Absolutely

[@kebman]

This was extremely interesting and well made! Do you have any more tutorials planned for Cordova? I'm really interested in how you manage different kinds of app permissions and how to make local temp storage when offline vs RESTful calls when online, possibly with some kind of authorisation.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I have a playlist of Cordova videos and I continue to add videos to it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW8YpmIj96Wfc0

[@nulI_dev]

im running into a problem with my react app routing on iOS, but works fine on Andriod. Any idea what could be the cause? My main landing page works but it seems like the assets can't load on route changes and just gives a blank white screen on iOS

[@hichamhicham3847]

Hello, thanks for the Tuto, i'm asking if we can create a transport tracker with cordova and google maps api, like uber application we can see the driver moving in the maps. Thank you!

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I have tutorials on Google maps and geolocation which will help this. The geolocation object can use the watchPosition method to continually ask for the latest position and then update your map. No plugin is needed for Google maps, just the Google maps javascript api script.

[@robertlongoria765]

Thanks Steve.. well presented and clear...can i interface with google sheets?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Do you mean use the Google Sheets API? If so, they I don't see why not as long as you have the appropriate ids and token. Cordova apps are just like any web app running in a browser. Here is a tutorial talking about setting one up with a React App. levelup.gitconnected.com/google-sheets-api-tutorial-with-javascript-588f581aa1d9 React is not required to do this.

[@danielandersen2759]

Getting the emulator and java to work turned out to be a terrible experience, I dropped it. "Cordova emulate android" keeps throwing new errors. I had to create a few envvars to get this far. Even having installed Android studio, I still had to install Gradle manually, and now there's a mismatch between my Gradle version and installed Java version.

[@חייםחדד-ח2מ]

16:17 - How to install and operate the emulator?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

There are several videos in the Cordova playlist - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW8YpmIj96Wfc0 that talk about the android environment, setting it up, and creating AVD - Android Virtual Devices. Installing Android Studio is the best way to start.

[@dongdongzheng]

@Steve, can you please kindly explain how to use cordova-plugin-globalization plugin? I have learning cordova through your wonderful series. Now I have a cordova project with typescript language. When I install cordova-plugin-globalization plugin, I can successfully use the plugin in app.js. But I don't find any information how to access the plugin from my typescript files. Any guidance is much appreciated.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Sorry. I don't use Typescript currently, and I have not used that plugin before.

[@RamonChiNangWong078]

Nice, took me a while to setup the Android build in one of my many Linux VMs It's very interesting for me to look back at Cordova 7 from 11.1.0 while most of my friends are suggesting me to use React Native or Nativescripts Yeah, I know it's outdated and such, but it's Cordova is still usable? and I don't need to learn some strange weird javascript framework Also thanks for the excellent in depth tutorial!

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Cordova is still usable. It's original goal was to exist only until native HTML5 APIs did nearly everything that native ones did. We are getting close to that goal. PWAs with HTML and JS can do a lot of the stuff that I used to do in Cordova. Cordova bundles your app to be able to put it in one of the mobile stores. I also use React Native and Flutter for cross-platform apps. That is where I spend my time now, getting the performance benefits and native device APIs through those frameworks. If putting something on a store is your goal then I would opt for React Native or Flutter.

[@RamonChiNangWong078]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 I never liked js framework and their kinds, and I'm looking at you jQuery. But also recently I noticed that there's also Tauri an electron alternative and there's also Tauri mobile and I hope that this is similar like Cordova and better

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

@@RamonChiNangWong078 Capacitor is the most popular replacement for Cordova

[@ChannelAbinyaMuhammad]

i honestly your explanation is good Sir.. i subscribe you

[@mpkvgr]

കുറേ തിരഞ്ഞ് നടന്നു ഭായ് ഇങ്ങനെ ഒരു വീഡിയോ കിട്ടാൻ. ഇപ്പോളാണ് കുറച്ചൊക്കെ തന്ത്രം കിട്ടിയത്. I searched a lot to get a video like this. Now I 've got some ideas. Where is your country... I am from Kerala - India

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I am Canadian.

[@iroshanaravishan1388]

@steve, can you tell me the command how to check the cordova version of the application. I found many unrelated contents

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Do you mean the version of Cordova that was used to build the app? cordova.apache.org/docs/en/11.x/reference/cordova-plugin-device/index.html

[@iroshanaravishan1388]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 yess steve, the link is helpful😀... thanks...

[@Metalistforlife]

Thanks for this. Don't feel like learning kotlin/java ect.

[@lanigoespew]

it's been 6 years. Is this still relevant today or have tons of updates made this course obsolete? I really want to know cause I'm planning to use Cordova for my Software ENG Capstone

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Cordova is still used. It is still valid. Alternatively a Progressive Web App can do most of what Cordova does with the same performance. More popular approaches now for building cross platform mobile apps are React Native and Flutter.

[@getreadytotube]

Thanks!

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Thank you very much! 😀 🙏🙏

[@vipinsharma-zx9cb]

can we also generate .apk files for android, using Cordova? I know we can do it using phonegap but how to do it by cordova.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Yes. The build command for Cordova will create .apk and .ipa files once you have the platform requirements installed. Lots more videos in my Cordova playlist.

[@Mohid123-SE]

It gives me this error "compile sdk version is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle" Could you please suggest a solution to this error

[@Monster33336]

What software are you using to hold your folders? I have done a lot in Android Studio, should I continue to use it and finish the Droid version?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Back when I made this video I was using Brackets as my IDE. Currently I use VS Code for my Cordova work. Android Studio I use if I am doing Android Native work.

[@dattabayo5961]

Thank you so much! i definitely going to try it out

[@abhisheksharma-jk6iy]

i am not able to run the command 'cordova emulate android' it is showing "Failed to find 'JAVA_HOME' environment variable. Try setting it manually." please help me

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

There are other videos in the Cordova playlist that talk about setting the ENV variables - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIKXamuGfrOmrdU and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYnNnJSEbdWmppI

[@jishnusuresh9955]

Awesome tutorial Is there a future for it?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Definitely. As long as Apple is dragging its heels about supporting Progressive Web Apps and native functionality through the browser. Keeping in mind that their stated goal 10 years ago was to do this until all native functionality was supported through the browser.

[@karthikeyansekar7364]

Awesome video bro.. u really have a good narration voice & It sounds similar to gerard butler's voice😁 and thank you for sharing u r knowledge. It was really helpfull.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

This ain't Sparta.

[@samuelmatheson9655]

This playlist dosnt show up unless u explicitly search for "Steve Griffith Cordova playlist"

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

If you go to my channel homepage you can see many of my lists or click on the playlist link to see them all

[@samuelmatheson9655]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 I guess i just dont know how to use you tube, lol. thanks

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

@@samuelmatheson9655 😛 I also did a search for "Cordova tutorial" and found it.

[@abhisheksharma-jk6iy]

i am not able to run the command 'cordova emulate android' it is showing "Could not find either `android` or `avdmanager` on your $PATH! Are you sure the Android SDK is installed and available?" please help me (android sdk is already installed)

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

You need to add the locations of the various parts of the SDK to your environment variables. II have several videos on setting up ENV variables on OSX and Windows and for Cordova.

[@Incommensurableme]

hey steve, so i'm testing this out and i keep getting this error and i don't know what to do. E:\GB 2 APK\MyApp>cordova emulate android Checking Java JDK and Android SDK versions ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=undefined (recommended setting) ANDROID_HOME=undefined (DEPRECATED) Using Android SDK: C:\Users\incom\AppData\Local\Android\sdk Could not find an installed version of Gradle either in Android Studio, or on your system to install the gradle wrapper. Please include gradle in your path, or install Android Studio I have Android Studio installed, so idk what it wants me to do.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

There are a couple videos on the Android environment in the Cordova playlist where I talk about those variables.

[@abdelrahmangamalmahdy]

pretty cool, but how is it possible to use html, css & js to control the camera, speakers and show notifications ?!

[@madhavjariwala4548]

they have inbuilt libraries for that

[@ammaralawad8912]

I'm new to the course but I can't install cordova on my wondos, what is the solution please?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIKXamuGfrOmrdU

[@batigol202020]

so can we use all mobile resources like native with Cordova? or we have any limitations. thanks a lot for ur video :)

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

To use native resources you need to include a Cordova plug in for each resource

[@batigol202020]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Thanks for ur response. that's mean Cordova can made for example full e-commerce app with no issue

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

@Ahmed Abuzeid sure. Anything you do in a website you can do in Cordova. Generally speaking an e-commerce site doesn't need any native mobile features.

[@batigol202020]

​@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 appriciated

[@ryansatriayudha]

How can I run the application without the Android Emulator? Can I just scan and use ExpoGo like React Native?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

No. It's not the same as using expo. It's more like pure react native without the expo app and additional tooling level

[@ryansatriayudha]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Can I use Emulator without Android Studio Code?

[@rajprudhvi1]

Nice video for beginners. Very helpful for taking a start. Thank you! Are there any IDE plugins that you suggest for Cordova development or do you think starting with command line is more helpful?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

The one I recommend most is Emmet - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoWyfJZ5rryhfqc - but there are tons of free plugins depending on the technology that you are working with.

[@rajprudhvi1]

Thank you!

[@radovansurlak7445]

Thank you for the tutorial Steve :)

[@AKT1610]

Can anyone tell me what is terminal that he opened to install cordova and check the version of node. PS: I'm beginner in programming world. Don't know the jargons.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Terminal is the command line interface that you get on MacOS. If you are using Windows then you would use the command prompt, which is called "cmd" if you are looking for the program to run.

[@AKT1610]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Thank you Steve for the quick response.

[@saulgood2548]

I’m new to this! If phone gap is installed through node.js all the dependencies are include in the download including the emulator?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Node just installs the modules used to create the cordova project, access plugins, and the starter projects for specific platforms like ios and android. You still need to set up your computer with the platform sdks to be able to compile the project or emulate the project. If you use phone gap instead of Cordova then the compiling gets done on the adobe server and you are given the compiled app. You still need to install the emulator or simulator yourself

[@saulgood2548]

Steve Griffith Thank You for responding in a timely manner!

[@saulgood2548]

Steve Griffith To eliminate complication is it better to use Cordova over Phonegap because of the compiling get done on the Adobe server?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

@@saulgood2548 depends on your comfort level with configuring your system for mobile development and if you want to pay for support (adobe phone gap gives support)

[@saulgood2548]

Steve Griffith Is it possible for me to use phonegap like Cordova? I did my research and notice that you zip files to the Adobe server to compile the app for IOS, Windows platform! It took me one hell of time to download the software to my laptop because of cache issues! If I can avoid that process I want by all means necessary!

[@edessamediagroup8062]

Great tutorial Steve! what is the next step in this?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I have a whole playlist on Cordova that you can find on my channel homepage

[@abdelmoneimnafea8498]

thanks Steve ... great tutorial

[@trollhunter200]

Very useful tut. I want to implement Cordova in one of my projects, but am confused whether Apache Cordova is still valid in 2021. Can u plz guide me.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

It is absolutely still valid. It is one of many options available for making mobile apps - PWAS, React Native, Flutter, Capacitor... All require learning an approach and a framework.

[@iyyappan_nathan]

Where to get that Android emulator for Mac ? Thanks for the video.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Just install android Studio and you will be able to create any emulator you want

[@nategurian6627]

Hey Steve, do you have any tutorials about taking an existing web app and wrapping it in a Cordova app?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Not specifically, however, it is pretty much just copying all your images, html, css, and js into the WWW folder in your Cordova project.

[@nategurian6627]

Ok thanks, will give it a shot!

[@hassuunna]

Great tutorial, How can I download this emulator, I'm working on windows 10 and edit in VS code

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

If you are referring to the Android Emulator then you just need to download and install Android Studio and the Java Developer Kit. See this video for reference - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIKXamuGfrOmrdU

[@hassuunna]

I have jdk and working on netbeans for java projects but Android studio is too heavy for my machine can I get this emulator (or alternatives) without android studio?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

The full version of Visual Studio also has an Android Emulator plugin. Both are big programs though.

[@hassuunna]

OK, I'll try to handle it with Android studio as I have it installed already but have only VS code till I have a new device Thanks for your concern and quick reply, Steve

[@shreyasambre295]

Nice tutorial sir, with silent and slow speaking.

[@arsalanasgari9819]

Hello, Mr. Steve Hope you are good! I have a new question? How to keep the code of the app made in Cordova hidden in the Android Editor? I mean, the code is hidden after making the program. thank you

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

A Cordova App is HTML, CSS, and JS. You can't hide it from anyone. Even if the app is downloaded from the App store, the web code is always accessible.

[@arsalanasgari9819]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 There is no method to limit this access. For example, the code is cluttered

[@arsalanasgari9819]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 For example, the code is displayed in disguised form

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

@@arsalanasgari9819 You can use a tool to obfuscate your JS code if you want but it will still be accessible. If you are using VS Code then there are plugins to do this.

[@arsalanasgari9819]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Thank you so much for answering my question

[@abdelrahmangamalmahdy]

pretty cool, but how is it possible to use html, css & js to control the camera, speakers and show notifications ?! If it's only good for displaying a website content, then it's no good than any modern smartphone browser.

[@frostden]

Plugin APIs give cordova the functionality of a 'native' app. Camera, geolocation, etc: cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/#plugin-apis

[@ضياء6]

How can I make an app that work in the background with cordova?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Depends on the feature you want running in the background and the plugins you use.

[@AGUNGKAYA]

Is this content still relevant in 2022? Hope you update it if it is not. I like cordova. Thanks!

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

The content still works for Cordova. Not much has changed with Cordova in the last few years. I am not making new videos about Cordova. I taught Cordova for 8 years and now I am teaching React Native and Flutter as cross platform mobile development.

[@AGUNGKAYA]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Ok Sir, I'll check it out the contents. Thanks

[@AGUNGKAYA]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Btw, is the reason you change to React Native and Flutter due to cordova cannot solve your problems anymore or to grab wider audience Sir?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

@@AGUNGKAYA The stated purpose of Cordova / PhoneGap was to make itself redundant by encouraging development of web apis that can accomplish the same things. A lot of what Cordova does can now be accomplished through PWAs with HTML5 apis. In terms of performance, both React Native and Flutter have better performance. If you need to have an app in the app store then I would now opt for one of these.

[@geraldminoza2921]

Hi Steve, how can we design for app logo when we will deploy it to google playstore?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Wbp5aggtt7b68 - is how you add your own launcher icons to the project

[@waynep1200]

I've got this up and running but just viewing it through the chrome browser. I think I may of missed something though as the "connecting to device" message is only showing and not the "device is ready message" Good tutorial by the way.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Wayne Pickett if you just opened the html file in the browser then you will never see the message. You have to launch it on a device or emulator for the device ready event to fire

[@waynep1200]

Wow that was a quick reply. After I done a bit of searching. I kind of guessed it was device specific. I'm just running the project through netbeans to chrome. II'll go ahead and add android/ios emulator. Thanks for the quick reply.

[@atulprogrammer594]

Nice Tutorial !!! Can we use the wordpress to make an android app with cordova ?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Well, wordpress has all the server-side code which is generating the pages and the content. I think I saw a plugin a long time to be able to dynamically load the content from a word press site into the app. However, it is not something that I would ever recommend doing. You are just going to end up with a really bloated app. If you have a wordpress site then keep it as a wordpress website and use a theme that has good mobile styling. If you are building an app there should be a reason why you want it to be an app and not a website.

[@haydarm.al-samawe9819]

Thanks Sir really nice introduction .. so i have one question before i start diving in this fremwork .. is Cordova is webview inside the Android or iOS system? Or It's Native code and just we change the xml to html ?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Cordova uses the WebView component on the native system. We are building the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for a website that will be rendered inside that WebView. The plugins for Cordova are native code that acts as an interface for Cordova to access native capabilities through JavaScript.

[@haydarm.al-samawe9819]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 thank you Sir now very clear to me

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

Error. DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated?

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

This happens when I try to emulate

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

That is a NodeJS thing. It is just a warning that you can't use Promises in Node without having a .catch( ) method.

[@heinzawbo1131]

I got a problem, Sir. When I type and enter "cordova platform add android", cmd shows that it's failed. So, I'd found solutions on net and try again and again, but nothing changes. Please help me, Sir.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

You have to have your system set up for android development first. You need the JDK and the Android SDK installed and you need all the environment variables set too.

[@shaneumayanga6189]

Nice tutorial, don't you need to install git as well? or is it optional? Thanks

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Git is optional. You would use git if you want to manage your project source code, back things up, collaborate with other developers etc. But Cordova has no requirement for git. It uses Node for managing things internally

[@rushikeshshirkar4097]

Which android sdk version is best suitable for latest cordova ?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

The latest version of Cordova will be looking for API 28. However, you can use any of the APIs from KitKat onwards. You just need to indicate in your project settings what you want to use to build the Android app.

[@amitithape8981]

Which jdk and gradle version required?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

@@amitithape8981 jdk 8.x and latest gradle

[@amitithape8981]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 A problem occurred configuring project ':CordovaLib'. > Could not resolve all artifacts for configuration ':CordovaLib:classpath'. > Could not resolve com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:2.1. This error appears

[@rajatsolanki7415]

it is great tutorial, how i can install my app on my device, which file i should use to install on my device. thanks

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Keep watching the whole playlist.

[@lamyaeaf9212]

Hey Steve, do you have any tutorials about how to insert an web app (vue.js) in a Cordova app? the configuration !

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Not currently

[@shareefalshareef7149]

Can I use VS Code instead of Brackets?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Yes. You should now

[@sjshdhehbesjks]

can i use express and mogodb(mongoose) in cordova?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Express works on the server, not the client. If you have an api, the Cordova app can make fetch calls to the api. The api can talk to Mongodb

[@sjshdhehbesjks]

i can do alot of cool stuff then . thanks alot replying on a old video@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3

[@davidmwadjehafohangula168]

I was creating my first cordova app, thanmy pc shutdown accidentally. How do i resume my work?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Just open the files that you were working on. There is nothing special that you need to do to work on the app again. If your PC crashed before you saved the files then the files are gone.

[@davidmwadjehafohangula168]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 i don't even have to run the serve again? Because the files are not changing when i am putting the same address into the browser?

[@davidmwadjehafohangula168]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 it worked thank you

[@sleeponwhooo]

Great tutorial. Though I'm stucked, whenever I type the command 'cordova emulate Android's I get the error 'adb: Command failed with exit code UNKNOWN' how do I fix this?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Sounds like you don't have Android fully configured with the Environment variables. Keep watching the whole Cordova playlist for the sokution

[@sleeponwhooo]

Can I get to contact you directly? Please I need to fix this error as I have to present the project I'm working on as soon as possible

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Sorry. I make these videos because I don't have time to directly support people.

[@sleeponwhooo]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 Okay thank you. We really appreciate your help with the videos. You're doing a great job👍

[@traumegaz]

Can you explain or point to video or documentation how to get that emulator to pop up, i have android studio and everything is installed correctly but the next steps are very vague, that video you recommend down below just tells how to install not how to get the emulator to pop up, thanks for your time.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Hi Mark, I have a playlist on Cordova, see the link in the description above, it includes lots of videos on Cordova and the environment. I don't have a video specifically on launching the emulator, however I do have one on creating Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) which are what the emulator uses to run - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmXPY3SKiM2Ue7s - you can launch the emulator from the screen where you add, edit, or delete the AVDs.

[@traumegaz]

thanks, i found a video and set up an emulator now im hitting play and nothing is happening, i dont know what to do this is frustrating

[@traumegaz]

ill look at your video and try your way maybe this video i watched was old im not sure

[@traumegaz]

Steve Griffith I dont know whats going on im restarting my computer, it says it running but i dont get a icon or an emulater

[@traumegaz]

Steve Griffith im getting hardware excelaration error..ill just keep googling trying to solve this...then continue watching your videos im sure they are helpful if i can an emulator to pop up lol

[@AMG96]

hello, Terminal don't do any thing when I write "ls" command. I'm using Windows 10

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Ls works on linux, unix and osx. Windows uses dir

[@AMG96]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 thank you

[@kenjohnsiosan9707]

you can use cmder for windows10, to run linux commands on cli.

[@muhammedziyad5340]

Great one Mr Steve

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

So how can I fix .catch method Error? Thanks for help by the way.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

It is a warning. The problem is not with that. That problem will be something else with your configuration. The Node warning is just how some problems end up appearing. I have a couple other videos in the Cordova list about various configuration issues. There are a lot of moving parts with Cordova. Very difficult to diagnose exactly remotely.

[@thirumurugan325]

Apache Cordova + node.js +socket.io +HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. chat app example?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I don't currently have a chat app example with Cordova. However, I do have lots more Cordova app tutorials planned. I can add that to my list.

[@_iamkrist_6596]

Great Tutorial.. kinda having a hard time getting hold of AVD as i cant find in Android Studio?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Here are a couple other videos that should help - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmXPY3SKiM2Ue7s and kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqmseK2Zh8d1m9k

[@_iamkrist_6596]

Thanx Steve, seems like I have other problems.. maybe with install.

[@BilalAhmad-so6io]

Hi Sir. I have a very special request. Would you please make a tutorial of the same thing but on Cordova and in also we would be able to send the mail directly and don't have to go back to the composer, for example, an email app and image capture and attachment (as shown above). Please I need the tutorial on this

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I already have a Cordova tutorial on capturing images. And sending an email is just bundling data and POSTing it to a server. You need a mail server to send the email.

[@crisjohnjimenez1426]

Hi, is it ok if i use django in backend?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

You can use whatever you want as the backend. Cordova is completely separate from the backend

[@crisjohnjimenez1426]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 ok thansk :)

[@josephusmaglupay2957]

where did you get the android emulator?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

It is the emulator that comes with Android Studio.

[@josephusmaglupay2957]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 do you have a tutorial on how to open it? sorry it's my first time I still got a lot to learn

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Yes. In the Cordova playlist there is a tutorial on how to create AVDs - Android Virtual Devices, which is what the emulator runs to replicate different devices.

[@jacksonrogers2147]

When trying to install cordova is says permission denied and missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules. I'm on the admin account and confused about why it's being stopped in this way

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

You can check to see who owns that global node_modules folder. You may have to use sudo to do global installs. this is a fairly common thing on OSX.

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

So sudo npm install Cordova ????

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

Steve Griffith this is the error I got as well. I'm the only user though. Can you plz help. How do I check who owns the folder?

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

I tried sudo

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

Nevermind lol I guess I didn't try sudo

[@YasirMalik24]

Getting error 16:22 showing error

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

If you are getting an error adding Android to your project - do you have the Android SDK already installed on your computer? As well as all the configuration and Environmental variables set up for Java and Android?

[@YasirMalik24]

yes i have installed but where can i recheck all again ?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Most of it can be checked on the command line... However, there are a lot of moving parts. I have several videos in the Cordova playlist - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3SugZ-waJprp5I that talk about configuration and environmental variables.

[@BaxishParmar]

Thanks Steve, Thumbs up..

[@libassediop4764]

Hi! I built a mobile apk app already but I wanted it to webize it. Basically the opposite.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Definitely not the regular route for app dev. I don't know of any tools that let you work in the reverse way. Sorry, you will have to learn development with HTML, CSS, and JS if you want a web version. Hopefully you can use my hundreds of tutorials to help you do that.

[@libassediop4764]

no problem

[@rajatsolanki7415]

hi, i am beginner for cordova, i want to know more, please guide me. thanks

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Please continue to watch the whole Cordova playlist

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

I get an error when trying to install Cordova. I'm so salty because of it, please help.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Need a lot more information before I can answer any questions.

[@shedrickwilliams7049]

Sorry forgot the error code but different question. Is this stuff still up to date with all the new versions etc...

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Cordova was on version 7 when I made this video. Version 8 is the standard one now. However, all this should work.

[@justreader7116]

Can I use windows 10 for do this? my system is windows 10 not MAC

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

You can use Cordova on Windows, Mac, or Linux. It is available for all three. You can also install Android Studio (to get the Android SDK) on all three. You need a Mac in order to do the compiling for iOS though.

[@justreader7116]

actually I want to creat ios apllication ): thanks

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Well, if you have a powerful enough machine then there are some hack-ish ways to do it. learnappmaking.com/develop-ios-apps-on-windows-pc/

[@justreader7116]

thanks Mr Steve I will see it today , you are helpful

[@1stAzot]

How to export the project?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I have several videos in the Cordova playlist where I talk about installing and testing on devices. No videos on publishing to the Play or App stores.

[@ashutoshmehere5915]

cordova app database video?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

I'm doing a series on IndexedDB this week.

[@ashutoshmehere5915]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 ok thank you

[@lscodeschool957]

Steve how can i use my android nexus 5 as an emulator

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

If you have an Android phone then you don't need the emulator. You can install and run the Cordova app directly on the phone. Once you have the Android environment set up properly and you create your Cordova app, then connect your phone with a USB cable. It should display a prompt asking if you want to allow your computer to access the phone. Say yes. Make sure that you have the phone set up as a developer device. Look in the settings menu on the phone to see if you have an item called "Developer Options". If not, go into the About phone section and look for the Build Number. Tap on that 7 times to activate the Developer options. Then reconnect the phone to your computer as described above. Finally, on the command line, from inside your project folder, type cordova run android That will build your project and attempt to install it on the phone. Check out my other videos in the Cordova playlist for more help with setting up your Android Environment.

[@lscodeschool957]

Thanks very much sir. I will do that. So for this moment i have been able to install the browser platform for testing. and its working just fine. am able to use the inspect element option on Chrome to specify the the type of phone in which i want to see the app with the toggle device toolbar. I hope i can later do the above as you instructed? Thanks

[@zj5317]

you left out sooooooo much like how tf are you supposed to get the emulator????? Mine just builds and does nothing.

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

There is an entire playlist about Cordova on my channel. One video intro video will barely scratch the surface.

[@zj5317]

@@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3 You might want to say "hey.. yours wont pop up a emulator even though you just typed in 'emulate' and one would assume that since my tutorials shows it as such that it woudl be as such, but it is not and we will discuss this in a different video"

[@GeraldTags]

cordova vs ionic?

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

ionic sits on top of Cordova. It's not a replacement.

[@corporategreed]

> Emulates with android studio > Sudden loud fan in background hmmmm

[@SteveGriffith-Prof3ssorSt3v3]

Yep. Android emulator takes a lot of horse power for the virtual machine.