Short Introduction of Apache Cordova

This article will help to understand about cross platform Apache cordova. here is only short introduction of cordova.

Apache Cordova

Cordova wraps your HTML/JavaScript app into a native container which can access the device functions of several platforms. These functions are exposed via a unified JavaScript API, allowing you to easily write one set of code to target nearly every phone or tablet on the market today and publish to their app stores.

Supported Platforms

The following shows the set of development tools and device APIs available for each mobile platform. The device APIs listed here are provided by the core plugins, additional APIs are available via third-party plugins. Column headers display the CLI's shorthand names.

	Android	blackberry10	ios	Ubuntu	wp8 (Windows Phone 8)	windows (8.1, 10, Phone 8.1)
Cordova CLI	ü  Mac, Windows, Linux	ü Mac, Windows, Linux	ü Mac	üUbuntu	üWindows	ü
Embedded   WebView	ü   (see details)	×	ü(see details)	×	×	×
Plugin Interface	ü(see details)	ü(see details)	ü(see details)	ü	ü(see details)	ü

Core Plugins

The most current version of the Cordova Core Plugin APIs are found in their respective GitHub repositories linked to below:

• Battery Status
• Camera
• Contacts
• Device Info
• Device Motion (accelerometer)
• Device Orientation (compass)
• Dialogs (notification)
• File
• File Transfer
• Geolocation
• Globalization
• InAppBrowser
• Media Capture
• Network Information
• Splash Screen
• Status Bar
• Whitelist
• Vibration

General Plugin Discovery

You can also find a full directory of Cordova Plugins on the Cordova Plugin page.