Why was PhoneGap discontinued?
Since 2008, the industry and market has evolved and PhoneGap usage has declined. “In the context of these developments and declining PhoneGap usage, Adobe is focusing on providing a platform that enables developers to build, extend, customize and integrate with Adobe products,” the company wrote in a post.
What are the limitations of PhoneGap?
PhoneGap APIs are built using JavaScript which is not multi-threaded and hence do not support background processing. Access advanced native functionality: A number of native APIs are not yet supported by PhoneGap’s APIs. Complex Business Logic: A number of applications such as enterprise applications are quite complex.
What can I do with PhoneGap?
PhoneGap provides your mobile app developers with access to the Native APIs so that your app can make use of the camera, geolocation, accelerometer, contacts and all the other native features. It helps the users to get an experience of using native apps which is far more superior when compared to the web applications.
Is PhoneGap still supported?
Can I continue using PhoneGap after Adobe discontinues its support? PhoneGap will remain free and open sourced, however it will not be actively developed. Gradually, as iOS and Android operating system updates are released, the PhoneGap tooling will become incompatible with the latest version of Apache Cordova.
What are the advantages of PhoneGap?
Advantages And Disadvantages Of PhoneGap
- Two benefits in one go.
- Release uniform products across all platforms.
- No need to hire expert developers.
- Each app can behave like native apps.
- Robust Backend.
- Open Source.
- Backed by Apache, Powered by Apache Cordova.
- Easy to work plugins.
What is difference between Cordova and PhoneGap?
Both PhoneGap and Cordova are open-source cross platform frameworks but with different names. Cordova, at this point, is the open source platform that was formerly called PhoneGap. Both the terms can be used interchangeably because they both can help build mobile applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.