Chapter 3. Creating Cordova projects

This chapter covers

  • Creating Cordova projects from the CLI
  • Adding platform support
  • Working with Android emulators and devices
  • Sending your project to an emulator or device

Now that you’ve got your local environment running, it’s time to look closer at what makes up a Cordova project. At the end of chapter 2, you created a project just for testing purposes; let’s cover how projects are created with a bit more detail, and then examine what’s created in the filesystem. We’ll also walk through setting up an Android emulator and detail how to send an application to it or a real device. Finally, you’ll build a real (although rather simple) application.

Let’s start by looking at the typical process flow ...

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