CordovaSegCourseApp

Creating a Cordova version of Segcourse in Eclipse for Windows

1 Steps to configure segcourse into android/Cordova application project

• Create a new android project
• Name the project as segCourse
• Follow the steps mentioned in the snapshot until a new empty project is created on your workspace

2 Now after the project is created we have three files that has to be added to the project folder in respective places

• First, create a folder named www under the asset folder of the created blank project

Paste cordova.js file from the extracted Cordova folder. The cordova.js file is present in the folder Cordova/libs/android/cordova.js Copy and paste the cordova.js into the asset/www/ folder in the project folder of eclipse

• Second, paste cordova-2,9,0.jar file into the lib folder of the project as seen the snapshot

You will find cordova-2,9,0.jar in the extracted Cordova folder at Cordova/libs/android folder

• Third, create a folder named xml inside the folder res of the project in eclipse

Paste the file config.xml into the xml folder of the project config.xml folder can be obtained from the Cordova folder Cordova/libs/android/xml/config.xml

• After configuring the above three process

Delete all the auto-generated code in main activity and paste the following code.

    package com.example.segcours;
	import org.apache.cordova.DroidGap;
	import android.os.Bundle;
	import android.app.Activity;
	import android.view.Menu;

	public class MainActivity extends DroidGap {

		@Override
		public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
			super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
			//setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
			super.loadUrl("http://quickforms3.eecs.uottawa.ca/segcourse/index.html");//url call
	     
		}

		@Override
		public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
			// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
			getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
			return true;
		}

	}

• Configuring the Android manifest file.

Open the android manifest file to add internet permission add the permission/ uses permission / internet. Follow the snapshot

• Running the created android application

Run the code on android device or emulator as an android application