Starter-kit for Cordova applications to streamline the process for creating POCs on Android.
You must have Node.js installed on your system. The demo will be run off the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (9.7 inch) that we have lying around the offices, as such, ensure your machine is set up to support development of Cordova apps for Android devices. Refer to Cordova documentation for requirements.
Note that if you require multiple versions of Cordova on your development machine, consider utilising local-cordova, which will search for a locally installed cordova CLI. Install it via:
npm install local-cordova -g
All source files can be found in the src folder. The project's build process is handled by gulp.js, which is responsible for the following tasks:
- Running browsersync, which works as a server and handles hot-reloading
- Compiling
.scssfiles into.css - Transpiling ES6 with Babel
- Rendering Nunjucks templates into
.html
Styles are written in .scss and can be found in src/scss.
Javascript is written using ES6 syntax and can be found in src/js. Because this is a Cordova app run locally, we have chosen not to implement typical Javascript optimisation practices, and are loading each page's functionalities in their respective Javascript files instead.
Nunjucks is the templating engine, and allows for conveniences like conditional logic, loops, variables and includes. Please refer to official documentation for more details.
Images are directly placed in the www/img folder.
Once repository is cloned, run yarn install or npm install (depending on your package manager of choice), to install all required dependencies. After which, run gulp, to start the local development server.
Before you can deploy the application on a device, you have to add a platform to the project by running:
cordova platform add android
cordova run android --device –debug
cordova emulate android
cordova build android
Follow marked answer on this SO post: How to create a signed APK file using Cordova command line interface?