Dreamweaver / Phonegab build service / device specific code

[doubledutch]

I've been searching the www to find an answer to this question but it's just not obvious to me what the correct way of writing device specific code is using PhoneGap. So - Adobe dreamweaver now has single-button access to the Phonegap build service which is great but what is the proper way to configure my single code base application to choose between the right javascript code snippet below?

On Andoid: alert("Running on Android);
on iPhone:  alert("Running on iPhone);

Could someone describe that process to me?

Thanks in advance

Leon

[Kerri Shotts]

Use device.platform.

switch (device.platform.toLowerCase())

{

case "android": ...

                          break;

case "ipad":

case "iphone":

case "ipad simulator":

case "iphone simulator":

                          ...

                          break;

}

I would, suggest creating a function that coalesces all the iOS entries down into one element, unless you really need them separate. See my library in YASMF for an example: https://github.com/photokandyStudios/YASMF/blob/master/framework/device.js

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[doubledutch]

Hi Kerri - that's great. Another stupid question...

To use device.platform.toLowerCase() - I guess I have to add phonegap to my dreamweaver project. I tried not including anything but then device.platform.toLowerCase() doesn't do anything - so which files do I need to include to get this to work?

When I download phonegap 1.9.0 - it seems to contain a directory for every platform but just including the iOS version obviously defeats the point as I would like to include a generic file and based on the device.platform settings - use the platform specific one.

Or am I missing the point here?

Thanks

Leon

[doubledutch]

OK found my own answer here - you simply include an empty reference to:

<script src="phonegap.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>

In your code and the phonegap builder does the rest. I never stumbled across this URL which contains loads of stuff https://build.phonegap.com/docs so hopefully that's helpful for others.

Leon