Support for Cordova Hybrid Apps in Codename One

This project enables developers to create Cordova (HTML5/Javascript) hybrid native apps with Codename One.

Installing the Tools

1. Download latest cn1-cordova-tools.zip, and extract locally.

Using the Tools

Creating a New Codename One Cordova Project

From the terminal or command prompt:

$ cd cn1-cordova-tools
$ ant create -Did=com.example.hello -Dname=HelloWorld

This will create a new Codename One netbeans project at cn1-cordova-tools/HelloWorld with the "packageName" set to com.example.hello and the app's name "HelloWorld".

Open this project up in Netbeans to start working on it. You'll find the app's www files (e.g. index.html etc...) inside the src/html directory of the project.

Specifying Output Directory

By default the project is generated inside the cn1-cordova-tools directory. You can change this to a different directory using the -Ddest=</path/to/dest command-line flag. E.g.

$ ant create -Did=com.example.hello -Dname=HelloWorld -Ddest=/Users/shannah/NetbeansProjects

Migrating an Existing Cordova Project to a Codename One Cordova Project

From the terminal or command prompt:

$ cd cn1-cordova-tools
$ ant create -Dsource=</path/to/cordova/app>

This will create Netbeans Project inside the cn1-cordova-tools directory with settings (package id and name) matching the app specified in the -Dsource argument. The contents of the app's www directory will be copied to the project's src/html directory.

WARNING: Currently plugins won't be imported. If the app has plugins installed, you'll see a warning printed. Future versions may add support for this. There is a Codename One API for developing Cordova plugins and distributing them as cn1libs.

NOTE: You can also specify the -Ddest parameter to specify an alternate output directory for your project.