Create mobile app using phonegap

Installations

Nodejs for npm (Use nvm to install and change versions of node)
Phonegap : (npm install -g phonegap)
Android SDK :https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html

Create and run app

To create mobile app, run following commands:

phonegap create mobile-app
cd mobile-app
phonegap platform add android browser

Before running app, make sure Android SDK or needed requirements are met by running the following command:
```
phonegap requirements
```
Once all installations are completed, we can run the app:
```
phonegap serve . -p 3001
```

Test app using browser or mobile

App can be tested in a browser by going to url which was shown in the console logs.
For running in mobile, install this app: Google Play store link for Phonegap mobile app
Open app and hit the URL with port to download and run the app in mobile as native app.

Deploying app

Once mobile app is good to deploy, update config.xml with appropriate information.
Zip the entire folder and rename to app_name.apk
This apk is good to publish in play store or further testing in other mobiles.

Issues so far faced

phonegap requirements showed Gradle was missing and had to install separately after a bit of googling and digging through log traces. https://gradle.org/install/#manually
Google playstore Phonegap app was not compatible in some mobiles so had to download and install apk from web
If app is using api from local machine, make sure update the api endpoint using ip address instead of localhost. And also make sure firewall is not causing any issue.

Other than building mobile app locally using phonegap which is convenient and faster way, there is another way to build mobile apps using phonegap build site which creates site out of html app. Please refer this site: https://build.phonegap.com/

References

https://build.phonegap.com/