cordova-android/README.md

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# Cordova Android

Cordova Android is an Android application library that allows for Cordova-based
projects to be built for the Android Platform. Cordova based applications are,
at the core, applications written with web technology: HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

[Apache Cordova](https://cordova.apache.org) is a project of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF).


## Requires

- Java JDK 1.6 or greater
- Android SDK [http://developer.android.com](http://developer.android.com)


## Cordova Android Developer Tools

We recommend using the [Cordova command-line tool](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova) to create projects and be able to easily install plugins.

However, the following scripts can be used instead:

    ./bin/create [path package activity] ... creates the ./example app or a cordova android project
    ./bin/check_reqs ....................... checks that your environment is set up for cordova-android development
    ./bin/update [path] .................... updates an existing cordova-android project to the version of the framework

These commands live in a generated Cordova Android project. Any interactions with the emulator require you to have an AVD defined.

    ./cordova/clean ........................ cleans the project
    ./cordova/build ........................ calls `clean` then compiles the project
    ./cordova/log   ........................ streams device or emulator logs to STDOUT
    ./cordova/run   ........................ calls `build` then deploys to a connected Android device. If no Android device is detected, will launch an emulator and deploy to it.
    ./cordova/version ...................... returns the cordova-android version of the current project

## Using Android Studio

1. Create a project
2. Import it via "Non-Android Studio Project"