Extending HTML5 with Native Code: PhoneGap Plugins

This talk is a technical deep-dive in how PhoneGap works, and how to extend it by writing plugins and implementing other features with PhoneGap and the Android SDK. This will cover the following:

• How to use plugins with PhoneGap Android
• How to implement non-PhoneGap features to work alongside PhoneGap
• How to deal with compatibility across the various versions of Android with PhoneGap

Due to the increasing diversity of devices, it’s likely that a user may want to add support for a device-specific feature. This will allow users to write apps that take advantage of the best the web and native have to offer so that their app can be a First Class application on Android.

This talk will be based on previous work done by Nitobi and other PhoneGap developers and will look at various case studies where we decide what the best tool for the job is, and show exactly what can and what can’t be done with PhoneGap, even with the Android browser.