Chapter 10
Easy Deployment with PhoneGap
Native apps appear to have two distinct advantages when compared to Mobile Web applications. First, native apps can be distributed in an app store. The most notable app stores include Apple's App Store, Android Market, HP App Catalog, BlackBerry App World, and Windows Marketplace. App stores simplify the user experience when consumers need to search, purchase, install, or rate native applications. Another advantage native apps have is their ability to interact with device APIs. For instance, native applications have the ability to communicate with most device APIs including contacts, calendar, camera, and the network API to name a few.
In this chapter, we will discuss how we can break these Mobile Web ...
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