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skhurams
skhurams

Reputation: 2145

Which version of Eclipse is best for Phonegap?

I'm a dotnet developer and new to Eclipse. I'm using Eclipse Juno sdk 4.2 Android and Phonegap I have developed my first application using tutorials but with lots of difficulty. For example, there is no HTML syntax support in IDE.

What steps do I need to support HTML Intellisense and syntax highlighting like Eclipse Helios, maybe just like dotnet? I have downloaded Eclipse Helios but it does not support Android I think, gives error when downloading ADT tools, while if I try to download Phonegap direct it gives error "Android not install", something like that.

What would you suggest which eclipse version I use with what handy tools?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3360

Answers (3)

skhurams
skhurams

Reputation: 2145

Android has given a bundle pack for developing Phonegap apps. Here is the link of ADT bundle pack

1) Just download latest ADT-Bundle pack Mac or Windows 32bit or Windows 64bit

2) Download the MDS AppLaud plugin to Eclipse -> Help -> Install New Software to https://svn.codespot.com/a/eclipselabs.org/mobile-web-development-with-phonegap/tags/r1.2/download

That's it.

With a single download, the ADT Bundle includes everything you need to begin developing apps:

Eclipse + ADT plugin
Android SDK Tools
Android Platform-tools
The latest Android platform
The latest Android system image for the emulator

I highly recommend Brackets to be used as code editor.

Upvotes: 0

Thero
Thero

Reputation: 109

When using Eclipse Juno (classic) and Apache Cordova (phonegap) 2.5 you can enable syntax highlighting and code completion:

Help -> Install Software Work with... Select your eclipse version (juno) In the selection box below scroll to the entry "Web, XML, Java, ... " and expand it.

Select

Eclipse Java Web Developer Tools
Eclipse Web Developer Tools
Eclipse XML Developer Editors and Tools
JavaScript Development Tools
Web Page Editor

and then Next to install them.

Now you should have HTML, JS syntax highlighting and code completion.

Upvotes: 1

Randroid
Randroid

Reputation: 3698

The AppLaud Eclipse plugin for PhoneGap requires at minimum of Eclipse 3.6 (Helios). It does not work with 3.5 (Galileo). The plugin also works with 3.7 (Indigo).

So its better to have an eclipse of version higher than 3.5

It's true that you can work around not having the plugin, but it makes PhoneGap project start-up much easier.

and check this link for phonegap

http://www.phonegap.com/developer#android

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/australia/set-up-an-environment-for-android-eclipse-and-phonegap/207

Upvotes: 3

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