@Wuff and Scott :-

Thanks a lot for your reply.

I got rid of one of the above errors by changing the ruby version from ruby 191 to ruby 186 as well as by changing phonegap to older version.

But now I get other errors too :-


Building the JAR...
Creating Android project for target level 8
Adding www folder to project...
Generating Manifest...
Copying over libraries and assets and creating phonegap.js...
D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1200:in `stat': No such file or directory --
D:/phonegap-phonegap-android/framework/phonegap.jar (Errno::ENOENT)
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1200 :in 'lstat'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1178 :in 'stat'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1260 :in 'copy_file'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:463 :in `copy_file''
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:383 :in `cp'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1395:in `fu_each_src_dest'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1409:in `fu_each_src_dest0'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1393:in `fu_each_src_dest'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:382:in `cp'
from ./droidgap:82:in `copy_libs''
from ./droidgap:20:in `run'
from ./droidgap:157:in `<main>'


Any idea why this error is still coming ?

Any help will be appreciated !

--Jitendra

@Wuff and Scott :-

Thanks a lot for your reply.

I got rid of one of the above errors by changing the ruby version from ruby 191 to ruby 186 as well as by changing phonegap to older version.


The Above error was :- D:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1259:in `copy': unknown file type: www/. (RuntimeError)

But now I get other errors too :-


Building the JAR...
Creating Android project for target level 8
Adding www folder to project...
Generating Manifest...
Copying over libraries and assets and creating phonegap.js...
D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1200:in `stat': No such file or directory --
D:/phonegap-phonegap-android/framework/phonegap.jar (Errno::ENOENT)
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1200 :in 'lstat'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1178 :in 'stat'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1260 :in 'copy_file'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:463 :in `copy_file''
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:383 :in `cp'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1395:in `fu_each_src_dest'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1409:in `fu_each_src_dest0'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1393:in `fu_each_src_dest'
from D:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:382:in `cp'
from ./droidgap:82:in `copy_libs''
from ./droidgap:20:in `run'
from ./droidgap:157:in `<main>'


Any idea why this error is still coming ?

Any help will be appreciated !

--Jitendra

I got all my problems resolved.

There was a PATH Problem.

ANT_HOME =D:\apache-ant-1.8.1-bin\apache-ant-1.8.1
JAVA_HOME= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01
CLASSPATH =C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\lib;
PATH = D:\apache-ant-1.8.1-bin\apache-ant-1.8.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin;


I got a doubt when I tried 'ant jar' command at D:\android-sdk-windows\tools> it did not generated any jar file , it meant there was something wrong with the PATH for Ant tool , etc


Thanks a lot guys.

Now , I need to develop a HELLOWORLD application using "phonegap.js" ,HTML ,javascript.

Anyone any idea how to go around about it !
Any help will be appreciated !

Thanks in advance !

Just Edit the index.html of the above /assets/www folder now just by removing the code that is not needed and I got it working.

Ok, I got the uuid=undefined fixed with the new release but I still seem far from getting lng/lat from 'Get Location' feature of example app. I'm using IntelliJ on windows and when I press 'Get Location' I receive no console or logcat output.

any1 with experience?

I have a simple calculator application in HTML the code is mentioned in the below post, but it does not function in the Android or Symbian Emulator.

The key buttons pressed does not display or type the button what I pressed into the UI of the Calculator using Mouse.

Does anybody had some experience that keyevents does not work in Android,etc... ?

My UI has one Horizontal rectangle Bar where we can display the digits presses and 10 buttons for numbers 0-9 , and +,-,*,/ buttons but when I clcik those numbers , they are not displayed on to the Bar.

Any suggestions will be welcome.

<html xmlns=";http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Jitendra's Calculator</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="phonegap.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>CALCULATOR </h1>
<form name= "Keypad" action ="">
<table border="2" cellpadding="1" bordercolor="black" bgcolor="white" cellspacing="1" width="100">
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" size="30" length="15" value="" name="ReadOut" style="background:white;color:black;">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/>
<table border="2" cellpadding="2" bordercolor="black" cellspacing="2" width="150" bgcolor="white">
<tr>
<td align="right">
<input name="btnOne" type="Button" value="1" onclick="NumPressed(1)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 2 " name="two" onclick="NumPressed(2)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 3 " name="three" onClick="NumPressed(3)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" +" name="add" onclick="Operation('+')">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value="ON" name="ON" onclick="On()">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 4 " name="four" onclick="NumPressed(4)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 5 " name="five" onClick="NumPressed(5)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 6 " name="six" onclick="NumPressed(6)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" - " name="minus" onclick="Operation('-')">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value="OFF" name="OFF" onclick="Off()">
</td>

</tr>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 7 " name="seven" onclick="NumPressed(7)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 8 " name="eight" onclick="NumPressed(8)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 9 " name="nine" onclick="NumPressed(9)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" * " name="multiply" onclick="Operation('*')">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value="C" name="clear" onclick="Clear()">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" . " name="decimal" onclick="Decimal()">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" 0 " name="zero" onclick="NumPressed(0)">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" = " name="equal" onclick="Operation('=')">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value=" / " name="divide" onclick="Operation('/')">
</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="button" value="+/-" name="sign change" onclick="Neg()">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
var FKeyPad = document.Keypad;
var Answer = 0;
var FlagNewNum = false;
var PendingOp = "";
function NumPressed (Num)
{
if (FlagNewNum)
{
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value = Num;
FlagNewNum = false;
}
else
{
if (FKeyPad.ReadOut.value == "0")
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value = Num;
else
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value += Num;
}
}
function Operation (Op) {
var Readout = FKeyPad.ReadOut.value;
if (FlagNewNum && PendingOp != "=");
else
{

FlagNewNum = true;
if (PendingOp == '+')
Answer += parseFloat(Readout);
else if ( PendingOp == '-')
Answer -= parseFloat(Readout);
else if ( PendingOp == '/' )
Answer /= parseFloat(Readout);
else if ( PendingOp == '*' )
Answer *= parseFloat(Readout);
else
Answer = parseFloat(Readout);
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value = Answer;
PendingOp = Op;
}
}
function Decimal () {
var curReadOut = FKeyPad.ReadOut.value;
if (FlagNewNum) {
curReadOut = "0.";
FlagNewNum = false;
}
else
{
if (curReadOut.indexOf(".") == -1)
curReadOut += ".";
}
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value = curReadOut;
}
function Clear () {
Answer = 0;
PendingOp = "";
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value = parseInt(FKeyPad.ReadOut.value /10);
FlagNewNum = true;
}
function Neg () {
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value = parseFloat(FKeyPad.ReadOut.value) * -1;
}
function Off () {
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value = "";
Answer = 0;
}
function On () {
FKeyPad.ReadOut.value ="0";
Answer = 0;
}
//--End
</script>

</body>
</html>

Jitendra, I am having the same problems as you so please keep updating as I'm just getting started and need help too :) Thanks!

Hi, the Calculator application now started working on Android 1.5 AVD but not on android 2.0.1 neither on Symbian Emulator, the key presses does not type any numbers on the UI screen on the remaining two Emulators. Its kind of weird.

For Symbian emulator , I am including my index.html and phonegap.js file and following the same steps like zipping www folder of phonegap symbian that includes info.plist,Icon.png ,index.html,phonegap.js of android then changing the extension of this .zip file to .wgz and then opening and installing this application in the symbian emulator then opening this application to use.

Hi Jitendra, thank you for posting back constantly! I am having issues compiling the example. I was trying with Ruby 191 and it kept failing on the 'ant jar'. I have now switched to using Ruby 186 and, even though it is getting further I am still getting errors. I am now going to try updating my Java install. Any thoughts? What setup are you on now?

I solved my build problem. Am on Win XP, using Ruby 186, PhoneGap 0.9.1. I changed the target_id = 5 to target_id = 1 (for me it can be either 1, 2 or 3). I got this by running android.bat list targets in cmd.

Ok so it appears that you have to use Ruby 191. Otherwise when you build you don't get phonegap.jar showing up in the libs folder. However for some reason the phonegap.jar that I am getting is 'empty', as in no file size...

ok I can't seem to get past this, any help would be appreciated:

C:\Android\phonegap-0.9.1\phonegap-android>ruby .\droidgap "C:/Android/android-sdk_r04-windows/android-sdk-windows" example com.wayferer.example "C:/Android/exa
mple" "C:/Android/exampleBuilt"
Building the JAR...

BUILD FAILED
C:\Android\phonegap-0.9.1\phonegap-android\framework\build.xml:65: Unable to resolve target 'android-8'

Total time: 1 second
Creating Android project for target level 1
Adding www folder to project...
Generating manifest...
Copying over libraries and assets and creating phonegap.js...
C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1265:in `initialize': No such file or directory - C:/Android/phonegap-0.9.1/phonegap-android/framework/phonegap.jar (Errn
o::ENOENT)
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1265:in `copy_stream'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1265:in `block in copy_file'

from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1264:in `open'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1264:in `copy_file'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:471:in `copy_file'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:392:in `block in cp'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1396:in `block in fu_each_src_dest'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1410:in `fu_each_src_dest0'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:1394:in `fu_each_src_dest'
from C:/Ruby191/lib/ruby/1.9.1/fileutils.rb:391:in `cp'
from ./droidgap:82:in `copy_libs'
from ./droidgap:20:in `run'
from ./droidgap:157:in `<main>'

Thanks.

It works on everything now.!

I am using Phonegap 0.9.0 and Ruby 186 .

Help me!!
I'm new to phonegap n trying hard to setup in Windows 7. I have phonegap, ruby191, ant and android sdk setup according to the guide mentioned above.
when i execute the follwing code from the phonegap folder using cygdrive :
ruby ./droidgap "c:/android-sdk-windows" appname packagename "wwwpath(for the html,js,css)" "outputpath"

iget: bash:ruby:command not found.

very frustrated....NEWBIE here....HELP NEEDED & Appreciated!

Got the Geo Location working for Android on windows IntelliJ after 2 months of hectic efforts and forum scanning...Phew!

@Eshan go back to ruby 1.8.7 and then try.

@Wayferrer the ant jar issue is updated on the wiki. U need to update the droidgap script and replace with ant.bat jar and android.bat $%$%...

correction*

ruby .\droidgap "c:/android-sdk-windows" eshan com.eshan.test "c:/phonegap-phonegap-android-5b5c259/example" "c:/output"

to be precise.....

@Sim: K ...at it!

Still say ing ruby: command not found after downgrade to ruby 1.8.7
the path variables also got set durind setup...:(

@Sim: thanks for the reply

Try using backslashes "\" and not forwardslashes "/"

@Ehsan :- Have you included the Ruby path in the Path Variable of the Environment Variables.

Check if you have set all of these as well as Ruby path in the "Path" variable

ANT_HOME =D:\apache-ant-1.8.1-bin\apache-ant-1.8.1
JAVA_HOME= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01
CLASSPATH =C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\lib;
PATH = D:\apache-ant-1.8.1-bin\apache-ant-1.8.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin;


Thanks !

@scott n jitendra...thanks!
@scott: i tried the "\" and not "/" forward slash....did not work!

@jitendra: have a look at my path variables:

PATH: C:\Ruby187\bin;C:\android-sdk-windows;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools;C:\ANT_HOME;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0;C:\ANT_HOME\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\lib;
ANT_HOME: C:\ANT_HOME
CLASSPATH: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\lib;C:\Program Files\Java\1jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0

i set these by following the many guides n forums that i visited...kindly suggest changes....i set them from the environment variables button in system settings

@The Developers of PhoneGap (If you even follow up on these comments)

You REALLY need to find a better way of compiling PhoneGap for the mobile platforms. This is RIDICULOUS! So many people are having so many different problems and there are so many hoops to jump through in order just to compile. You guys have a great concept with PhoneGap, but you have horrific execution. I'm no longer going to be using PhoneGap until I see more easier, user friendly means of compiling PhoneGap. Perhaps an IDE should be developed or take advantage of existing technologies (such as Eclipse)

I hope, but am doubtful, that I will get a response from a developer saying that such means are already being developed or are close to development.

common guyz....don bail on me now...help me pls...!

OK, I was stuck at the same place as Eshan, with the error "Unable to resolve target 'android-8'". All that means is that the "android-8" folder is missing in the "platforms" folder on your android_sdk_path. Because I'd moved the SDK (to a path without spaces), the android-8 folder was in the old location but not the new one. I just moved it, made sure the target_id in the droidgap script matched the id in the "android list target" output for android-8, and ran the command again.

@Scott: Hear hear!

hey all, as a simple caveman lawyer - sorry, I mean HTML/CSS/JS guy, I would *really* love to see a "Hello World" tutorial that encompasses:
1) Preparing an Eclipse Project for Android (already mostly covered).
2) THEN - integrating a running web app into that Android project in Eclipse.
3) Publishing that project as a standalone app for Android.

I realize this is very basic stuff - but I'm not a programmer or even a developer, just a humble 'front-end' guy who wants to get his app developed! there are pretty good tut's for iPhone dev - but none that I can find for Android (and I haven't even looked at Blackberry, Palm and the rest)
any help would be appreciated!
cheers,
b

How to debug the Phonegap applications for Android and Symbian ?

Any help will be appreciated !

I have a ContactAPI application when I use KeyPress event to call getContacts() function , I get "Got RemoteException sending setActive(false) notification" Warning and my application Closes.

Any solution to resolve this problem ?

Thanks in advance !

Question :- Phonegap supports Android upto which version ?

My ContactsAPI application works on Android 1.5 and Android 1.6 ONLY, but NOT on Android 2.0 / 2.0.1/ 2.2

Does PHOENGAP supports Android 2.0 version ?

Are you people working on supporting PHONEGAP with Android 2.2 also ?

Reply will be appreciated !

Thanks in advance !

phonebook = device.getServiceObject("Service.Contact", "IDataSource");

The phonebook object is not being created ,so I am unable to get access to the Emulator Phonebook, my task is to add a contact into the Droid Emulator phonebook .

or which other function I can use that is equivalent to this function that is " device.getServiceObject("Service.Contact", "IDataSource"); "

Waiting for a favorable reply !

Thanks in advance !

I ran into just about every problem posted again and again in the comments here, so I updated the wiki with the solutions I found. Hopefully future phonegap newbs will avoid some of the pain we experienced. I also posted a quick blog on some of the gotchas: http://www.robertcorvus.com/2010/08/how-to-really-get-phonegap-to-work.html

For windows I had to change ant to ant.bat and android to android.bat in the droidgap file.
I then get taskdef class com.adndroid.ant.SetUpTask not found
To fix this I ran
ruby ./droidgap C:/AndroidSDK TestGap TestGap.com C:/www C:/phonegap/projects/testgap
NOTE paths use single forward slash, Android SDK value doesn't include tools directory - just specify the root.
Will save you a day of pain :)

Is there any videos on installing phonegap into Android SDK on macs. Im having alot of trouble with understanding the terminal back of the documentation.