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mickburkejnr
mickburkejnr

Reputation: 3690

Can you access the calendar and camera on a users phone using an app built with PhoneGap?

I am planning how to build a web app using PhoneGap for a client, which will present an original web application that's already been built (using Symfony2 and Bootstrap). The client has requested that the app should create events/notifications to the users phone via the calendar, and allow the user to take a photo of something using the app which is then uploaded to the web application.

However, I'm not sure that this is possible using mobile web app's built with something like PhoneGap. There isn't a budget available to build native apps, so PhoneGap (or equivelent) is the only option available to me at the moment.

The client has requested that it works on iPhone/iPad, Android and Windows Phones. I would assume (but I'm not sure at the moment) they would also want it to work on BlackBerry 7/10 devices also. So, is it possible to build an app using PhoneGap that can intergrate with the users calendar and camera?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 187

Answers (1)

Zuzu Softman
Zuzu Softman

Reputation: 498

Short answer, yes. AFAIK, phonegap is a wrapper so the web app UI that you build (using js, css and html) has access to native phone function such as GPS, camera, even notification. as to mentioned in here,

PhoneGap provides an application programming interface (API) that enables you to access native operating system functionality using JavaScript. You build your application logic using JavaScript, and the PhoneGap API handles communication with the native operating system.

You can dip your toe and begin to get used to their APi collection from their website: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.4.0/index.html

Upvotes: 1

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