ronnyo / appcoin_phonegap

New repo for phonegap trying out different way to build with much less in the repo (no platforms/plugins)

Directory Contents

hooks: scripts to be run during build process. platforms: platform specific generated files plugins: installed plugins www: our phonegap entry point directory, containing the phonegap market preloader materials

Project.json Configurations per target name.

Adding/Removing platform

cordova platform add ios cordova platform remove ios

Notes: plugins automatically installed during platform add, so not sure why need 010_install_plugins.js hook (TODO)

Building all

cordova build

Building for iOS

cordova build ios

Running on iOS emulator (also builds)

cordova emulate ios

Build/Run for target (see project.json for target names):

TARGET=local cordova emulate ios TARGET=local cordova build ios

Installing Facebook plugin

There is some issue with installing from plugin directory so need to download copy of phonegap-facebook-plugin repo and something like: cordova -d plugin add ./phonegap-facebook-plugin-master --variable APP_ID="139398209567366" --variable APP_NAME="Appcoin Test"

Debugging - Emulators:

For emulators Mac/iOS & Chrome&Android provide similar "inspector" tools. Debugger starts "fresh" each time (forgets breakpoints), to overcome this we can show an alert stopping execution while we set breakpoints.

Debugging - iOS - javascript log from device on XCode http://robandlauren.com/2014/01/16/console-logging-phonegap/

Creating Ad-Hoc build in XCode

0) Open XCode project in phonegap/platforms/ios (SEE BELOW FOR WHY TO DUPLICATE DIRECTORY FIRST)
1) Make an archive (Product->Archive, available when target is device)
2) Window->Organizer, see recently created archive, export to Ad-hoc to create ipa file

Issues - XCode doing something wierd to file system

After opening xcode project, command line will fail with permission error:
localhost:phonegap yotamshacham$ TARGET=local cordova emulate ios cp: copyFileSync: could not write to dest file (code=ENOENT):/Volumes/WORK/appcoin_main/client/market/phonegap/platforms/ios/._MarketTest/config.xml Solutions:

• recreate entire directory under phonegap/platforms/ios
• dupliate phonegap/platforms/ios to another directory and work on it from there (TODO - figure out the cause, looks like something with Mac hidden files)

Issues - Make sure XCode is synced to apple developer member center

After making changes in the apple developer member center won't be reflected automatically in your XCode.
To refresh provisioning profiles in Xcode
  In the Xcode Preferences window, click Accounts.
  Select your team, and click View Details.
  In the dialog that appears, click the Refresh button in the lower-left corner under the Provisioning Profiles table.
  Xcode updates the list of profiles in the Provisioning Profiles table.