This document provides instructions for installing Cordova on Windows to develop hybrid mobile apps. It outlines system requirements, downloading necessary software like Node.js, JDK, and Android SDK, setting environment variables, and using the Cordova CLI to create, build, and run a sample Cordova project on Android.

1. Cordova(PhoneGap)
Windows
Installation
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2. Agenda
• Introduction
• System Requirement
• Download and Install Needed Software
• Setup Environment Variables
• Create and Run Sample Project
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3. Introduction
• Cordova is a open source version of PhoneGap
• Full/Major parts of application can be created just by
HTML5 [HTML + CSS + JS]
• Supports more than 8 mobile platforms (e.g. iOS,
Android, Windows Phone and etc.)
• Developers are allowed to create more customizable
components in their native code and able to integrate by
Cordova Platform specific project.
• Command Line Interface (CLI) is a tool to CREATE,
UPDATE and maintain Cordova projects easily.
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4. System Requirement
• Computer with Windows Operating System (Can be
Windows 7, 8 or 10)
• RAM : Minimum 2GB, Recommended 4GB
• Internet Connection (Mandatory for Cordova Installation
by NPM)
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5. Download and Install
Needed Software
• JDK (Java Development Kit)
o http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
• Node.js
o https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• Apache ANT
o http://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi
• Android SDK
o http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other
• Brackets (Optional)
o http://brackets.io/
• Genymotion (Optional)
o https://www.genymotion.com/#!/download
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6. Setup Environment
Variables
• JAVA_HOME
• ANT_HOME
• ANDROID_HOME
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7. Create and Run Cordova
Project
• cordova create Aaroraa com.aarooraa Aarooraa
• cordova add platform android
• cordova build android
• cordova run android
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8. Thank You
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