Start with the right archive
These documents explain historical PhoneGap and Cordova releases. Commands, SDK requirements and platform support reflect the source version, not current compatibility. For a maintained project, consult current Apache Cordova documentation as well.
Install and explore PhoneGap
- Getting started: tools, installation and a first project
- Original CLI installation guide
- Original Desktop installation guide
- Archived downloads and source repositories
- PhoneGap Developer App
Versioned guides
- Command-line interface — Cordova 3.0.0
- Command-line interface — Cordova 3.5.0 snapshot
- Android getting started — Cordova 2.0.0
- Android getting started — Cordova 2.2.0
References from the historical edge documentation
“Edge” was a moving development branch. The recovered pages below identify the fixed release snapshot used here; they are not presented as current edge documentation.
PhoneGap Build
- Build: service history and migration
- Configuration file, access rules, preferences and icons
- Plugins and legacy plugin declarations
From the PhoneGap wiki
The wiki collected community instructions and project history. These recovered topics have their own pages:
How to read historical instructions
Keep the JavaScript library, native platform code and plugins aligned to the version being studied. An example written for Eclipse, an old Xcode release or a retired mobile platform is evidence of the old workflow, not a recommendation to install that environment on your everyday machine. The source links on each page let you inspect the original files and their licenses.
More recovered documentation
- API Reference — PhoneGap 2.2.0
- InAppBrowser — PhoneGap 2.3.0
- Events — PhoneGap 1.0.0
- Getting Started with Android — PhoneGap 2.1.0
- Plugin Development Guide — PhoneGap 3.0.0
- Android Platform Guide — edge archive
- PhoneGap Build Developer API
- Geolocation — edge archive
- PhoneGap notifications — early API reference
- PhoneGap Build FAQ
- Storage — PhoneGap 1.2.0
- The Command-Line Interface — PhoneGap 3.3.0
- File — edge archive
- Plugin APIs — edge archive
- Notification — edge archive
- Getting Started Guides — PhoneGap 2.0.0
- Install the PhoneGap Developer App
- Creating a PhoneGap plugin for iOS
- Getting Started Guides — PhoneGap 2.1.0
- Getting Started with Android — PhoneGap 2.7.0
- Getting Started Guides — PhoneGap 2.2.0
- File — PhoneGap 1.0.0
- Notification — PhoneGap 2.3.0
- Icons and Splash Screens — edge archive
- iOS Platform Guide — edge archive
- File — PhoneGap 1.3.0
- Accelerometer — edge archive
- Events — edge archive
- Domain Whitelist Guide — PhoneGap 1.9.0
- API Reference — PhoneGap 2.1.0
- Getting Started with iOS — PhoneGap 2.2.0
- Media — edge archive
- Android signing for PhoneGap Build
- iOS signing for PhoneGap Build
Sources & archive notes
Recovered repository material is attributed to its original authors and distributed with its source license. Changes: FreeSoft layout, archive context, navigation, link and image locations. Apache License 2.0 · Notices and provenance. Editorial material is labeled separately.