Building Cordova plugins for iOS

1. Building Cordova Plugins for iOS Jay Garcia 1Wednesday, September 25, 13

2. Agenda • Why is hybrid so important? • Look at the anatomy of a Cordova Plugin • Explore some examples 2Wednesday, September 25, 13

3. BYOD image: http://emergingtech.tbr.edu/sites/default/ﬁles/styles/ﬂexslider_full/public/BYOD_0.jpg?itok=W5xrH3rr 3Wednesday, September 25, 13

4. “The main beneﬁt of these hybrid apps appears to be the need for companies to support as many operating systems as possible” http://tabtimes.com/news/ittech-stats-research/2013/02/05/extreme-pressure- pushing-enterprise-deploy-hybrid-mobile-apps The BYOD Reality 4Wednesday, September 25, 13

5. The future is Hybrid “While hybrid apps will be the majority of enterprise mobile apps, web technologies like HTML5 will make up the most commonly used languages for building mobile applications by 2015” -David Mitchell Smith, VP & Gartner Fellow. 5Wednesday, September 25, 13

6. Anatomy of a Hybrid app • Deployed via a compiled binary • Uses HTML5 for a portion of the UI • Can integrate with native UI controls • Features typically extend beyond what HTML5 can do natively 6Wednesday, September 25, 13

7. Anatomy of a Cordova Hybrid app HTML 5 app Custom OS features OS Packager Optional 7Wednesday, September 25, 13

8. Supporting Multiple Platforms with Cordova Custom OS features OS Packager iOS Custom OS features OS Packager WP8 Custom OS features OS Packager Android Custom OS features OS Packager BBOS HTML 5 app 8Wednesday, September 25, 13

9. An example plugin 9Wednesday, September 25, 13

10. An example plugin Random Number 9Wednesday, September 25, 13

11. An example plugin Random Number Random Number Plugin creates this ﬁle 9Wednesday, September 25, 13

12. Demo Random Number 10Wednesday, September 25, 13

13. 11Wednesday, September 25, 13

14. The Cordova Plugin dev process 12Wednesday, September 25, 13

15. Conﬁgure Plugin #1 The Cordova Plugin dev process 12Wednesday, September 25, 13

16. Write ObjC Classes #2 Conﬁgure Plugin #1 The Cordova Plugin dev process 12Wednesday, September 25, 13

17. Write ObjC Classes #2 Conﬁgure Plugin #1 The Cordova Plugin dev process Write teh codez! #3 12Wednesday, September 25, 13

18. Step #1: Conﬁgure Cordova to use the plugin 13Wednesday, September 25, 13

19. Edit conﬁg.xml 14Wednesday, September 25, 13

22. Step #2: Create your Cordova Classes 15Wednesday, September 25, 13

23. Create ObjC ﬁles 16Wednesday, September 25, 13

29. Step #3: Write the code! 18Wednesday, September 25, 13

30. JavaScript to ObjC Bridge { JavaScript } 19Wednesday, September 25, 13

31. Executing Cordova plugin methods (The Pattern) 20Wednesday, September 25, 13

37. Initiating the “set” workﬂow 21Wednesday, September 25, 13

45. The “set” workﬂow 22Wednesday, September 25, 13

56. Initiating the “get” workﬂow 25Wednesday, September 25, 13

62. The “get” workﬂow 26Wednesday, September 25, 13

75. It works! 29Wednesday, September 25, 13

77. So...What else can we do? 30Wednesday, September 25, 13

78. Custom audio FFT data renderer 31Wednesday, September 25, 13

82. Demo 32Wednesday, September 25, 13

83. • Amiga Mod music Player • Touch 2.2.1 UI • Driven by custom PhoneGap plugin - C++ Library wrapped with ObjC • Renders FFT audio data • Custom Canvas touch component - Three diﬀerent modes • Really fast!! - 20ms return cycle App Details 33Wednesday, September 25, 13

84. The Stack { JavaScript } 34Wednesday, September 25, 13

85. The Stack { JavaScript } 34Wednesday, September 25, 13

86. Get raw Data (JavaScript) 35Wednesday, September 25, 13

87. Get raw Data (JavaScript) Update data on View 35Wednesday, September 25, 13

88. Get raw Data (JavaScript) 35Wednesday, September 25, 13

89. Get statistic Data (ObjC) 36Wednesday, September 25, 13

95. Get FFT Data (ObjC) 37Wednesday, September 25, 13

97. Get Spectrum FFT Data (ObjC) 38Wednesday, September 25, 13

104. Render FFT Data 40Wednesday, September 25, 13

105. Render FFT Data Clear canvas 40Wednesday, September 25, 13

107. Render FFT Data Update canvas 40Wednesday, September 25, 13

110. Wrapping up • BYOD pushing hybrid apps • Hybrid is AWESOME • Extends the capabilities of your web apps 42Wednesday, September 25, 13

111. Resources • Objective C • http://cocoadevcentral.com/d/learn_objectivec/ • http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/iphone/learn- objective-c-day-1/ • Cordova: • http://bit.ly/cdv_plugin_dev_guide • http://bit.ly/cdv_plugin_spec 43Wednesday, September 25, 13

112. Questions? Jay Garcia • @ModusCreate || @ModusJesus • moduscreate.com • https://github.com/ModusCreateOrg/custom-cordova-plugin-blog • https://github.com/ModusCreateOrg/ModusModPlayer 44Wednesday, September 25, 13

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