Chapter 5. Mobile design and user experience

This chapter covers

  • What works (and what doesn’t) on mobile devices
  • How to use Bootstrap for responsive, mobile-optimized design
  • An overview of Mobile UI frameworks

So far we’ve discussed how to install Cordova, how to generate native binaries from HTML, and how to make use of fancy device features with plugins. For the most part, what we’ve discussed has been fairly straightforward. Install an SDK, install the command-line tool, write some HTML, and whammo!, see it on your device.

5.1. Congratulations—you’re a (horrible) mobile developer!

Okay, that may be just a tiny bit over the top, but most likely there’s a bit of truth to it as well. What we haven’t yet discussed is how to create a ...

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