3 PhoneGap building plans: guide for a PhoneGap app development company

By incorporating web technologies such as CSS3, HTML5 and JavaScript, PhoneGap or Cordova Apache (recently renamed) has ushered in an era of cross-platform application development. This is a great achievement and was applauded around the world. PhoneGap received the 2009 People’s Choice Award. However, there was a significant challenge for every PhoneGap application development company in terms of compiling code to suit different target device platforms, namely Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc. .

Thanks to Adobe! PhoneGap application development companies can make use of their PhoneGap Build service to compile in a homogeneous and efficient way the source code made up of different web technologies. The compilation happens automatically to adapt to different devices or platforms. Therefore, application developers no longer have to worry about the native properties required to create an attractive mobile application. PhoneGap Build is a cloud-based service hosted by Adobe. An application build submitted here is built using the latest SDK (Software Development Kit) available from the native platform owner. For example, if a PhoneGap build has to target an iPhone or iPad running iOS 10, then it will build using the iOS 10 SDK resources that Apple only offers.

In addition to building a PhoneGap build, the cloud service helps with collaboration. Developers can work together from different devices over the Internet and get the job done seamlessly. The project manager can assign jobs to different developers and keep track of all of them. Taking advantage of its built-in feature called Hydration, the service can also be used to debug and push updates to an existing version, allowing all team members to work with the most up-to-date version.

Depending on your requirements, an application development company can choose the appropriate subscription from the available options.

Free plan

  • Number of applications: No restrictions apply from now on. Developers can submit an unlimited number of builds and build based on the target platform.
  • Number of private apps: The plan accepts only one private app. For a private app, the encoding is hosted in a private GitHub repository.
  • Maximum application size: The size of the application must not exceed 50 MB.
  • Cordova core plugins: Applications built with any core Cordova plugin are allowed.
  • Third party plugins: There are no restrictions on the use of third-party plugins.
  • Loading plugin: Developers can upload any number of plugins to GitHub and use them in their application as needed.
  • Collaborators: There is no limit to the number of developers joining the PhoneGap Build service.

Paid plan (from $ 9.99 / month)

  • Number of applications: No restrictions have been placed.
  • Number of private apps: 25 private applications are allowed. For a private app, the encoding is hosted in a private GitHub repository.
  • Maximum application size: An application size that does not exceed 100 MB is allowed.
  • Cordova core plugins: Applications built with any core Cordova plugin are allowed.
  • Third party plugins: There is no limit on the use of the number of third-party plugins.
  • Plug-in loading: no upper limit applies.

  • Collaborators: Expanding the team is not a problem, as there is no limit on the number of users.

Adobe Creative Cloud subscription

This is another paid subscription, but it is a premium membership that provides some additional services from Adobe. This can be subscribed through an Adobe Authorized Reseller. A PhoneGap app development member company can submit apps worth 1GB. All other features remain similar to the paid ones we discussed earlier.

Therefore, Adobe has greatly facilitated the development process of the PhoneGap mobile application. Getting started with the service is pretty easy. Simply, a developer needs to upload the application build that contains the configuration file (config.xml) and the web asset file (index.HTML file). The latter contains HTML, JavaScript, CSS, images, and other components. You can also upload a Zip file instead of the index.HTML file. Giving a Git or SVN repository path is a must. Thereafter, the Adobe service takes care of compilation and packaging and delivers the application URLs for the specific mobile platforms.

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