Install CordovaDownload CordovaDownload the latest version ofPhoneGapfrom http://phonegap.com/download. Click on the Download icon and select cordova-X.Y.Z-src.zip to download to your machine. The X, Y and Z represent the version number of Cordova, for example 2.5.0. The download includes the code for all of the Apache Cordova supported platforms. Extract CordovaTo access the code it will need to be extracted from the archive (.zip) file.1. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the code. Find the cordova-X.Y.Z-src.zip file. Note: The file names change with each new version of Cordova. The file name will be different if you are using an updated or newer version of Cordova.2. Using the Finder app, double click the file to extract. This will create a directory named, cordova-X.Y.Z. 3. Expand this folder and locate the cordova-ios.zip file and double click to extract it. 4. The code for iOS is within the cordova-ios directory structure.Project CreationXcode projects for Cordova are created by invoking a script file via the command line. The following steps explain how to create the necessary directory structure, open and use the Terminal application to create a new project, and execute the create script. Determine Project LocationDetermine where on your system you will locate the Xcode project files for your application. For this tutorial I created a CordovaXY directory under my Documents folder: ~/Documents/CordovaXY where the X and Y refer the to Cordova version #.1. In Finder navigate to the Documents Directory. 2. Create a directory called CordovaXY within the Documents directory where the X and Y represent the Cordova version number (23, for example). You can use a different directory name or location if you wish but you will need to remember this directory location and name for subsequent steps.Open Terminal1. In Finder, navigate to the Applications Folder. Find and expand the Utilities Folder.2. Locate the Terminal app and double click to open it. 3. In Finder, navigate to the cordova-ios directory from the downloaded and extracted Cordova code and expand it if necessary. Highlight the bin directory as shown:

Note:This screen capture was from the Cordova-2.3.0 download, your listing will vary based on the actual Cordova version installed.4. Drag this directory to the open Terminal icon in the dock. This will open up a default terminal window with the path set to the bin directory.Create New ProjectCommand Line Syntax1. Determine Required ParametersThere are 3 ordered, required parameters for creating a Cordova project from the command line:1. project locationThis is the directory where the Xcode project and files for the application will be located. This tutorial is using ~/Documents/CordovaXY as the base location and the application name as the project directory. Thus the location for our project will be ~/Documents/CordovaXY/HelloWorld, where HelloWorld is the project name (note that the X and Y represent the Cordova version, for example 22 for version 2.2). The final directory, HelloWorld in this example, must not already exist as it will be created during execution of the command.2. package nameWhen submitting apps to the App Store, this must be the reverse domain name App ID that is created via the Apple Provisioning Portal (described in the Deploy toDevicesection). The Provisioning Portal is accessible once you have paid for and signed into your iOS Developer Account. Since you will not be submitting this sample app, this tutorial uses org.apache.Cordova plus the app name, HelloWorld: org.apache.cordova.HelloWorld3. project nameThis is the name of the actual project. Most developers make the project name and the application name the same. In this example the project name is HelloWorld.2. Execute the CommandIn the terminal app with bin as the current directory, enter the 3 pieces of information via the following command: ./create ~/Documents/CordovaXY/HelloWorld org.apache.cordova.HelloWorld HelloWorld

3. Fix Common ProblemsNo Developer Directory FoundThe Error: No developer directory found at /Developer message is displayed if the create script can not find the location of the command line tools within Xcode. This can occur if more than one version of Xcode is installed on the system or when upgrading from older versions of Xcode. The solution is to run the xcode-select command to set the location. If you have installed Xcode in the default location the command to execute is: sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/DeveloperSeehttp://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/xcode-select.1.htmlfor more information on the xcode-select command if you have installed Xcode in a different location.Optional Features Additional ParametersThe default create script copies the necessary common library files from the Cordova distribution directory into your Xcode project directory. These files will appear within the CordovaLib directory of your project structure. Some development organizations prefer to have developers reference the common Cordova library files from a fixed location. A common location helps to insure that all developers are using the exact same copy of the CordovaLib code. This is accomplished by adding the --shared parameter to the create command. The following command will create a project that references the CordovaLib directory from the iOS directory location where the create script is executed:./create --shared ~/Documents/CordovaXY/HelloWorld org.apache.cordova.HelloWorld HelloWorld The Xcode project is still created in the ~/Documents/CordovaXY/HelloWorld directory, but it references the CordovaLib files from the fixed location of the Cordova distribution rather than a copy of these files within the project directory. Additional ScriptsWithin the cordova-ios/bin directory there is an additional script that changes the location of the CordovaLib directory to refer to a shared location after the project has been created,./update_cordova_subproject path/to/your/projectMost users will be satisfied with the default project creation procedure and do not need this additional script. This script uses the location of CordovaLib directory at the same directory level as the bin directory from which it is run as the shared location for CordovaLib. To modify the newly created HelloWorld project to use a shared location for CordovaLib, execute the following command from the bin directory:./update_cordova_subproject ~/Documents/CordovaXY/HelloWorldRunning the ApplicationOpen the ProjectUsing the Finder app, navigate to the location where you created the project. This guide uses ~/Documents/CordovaXY/HelloWorld. Double click the HelloWorld.xcodeproj file to open the project in Xcode.Your screen should look similar to:

Note:this screen capture shows a project that was created with the name as HelloWorld23. Deploy to the Simulator1. In the upper left hand corner of Xcode, click on the Scheme drop down and select the project name, HelloWorld, as the target. 2. Click the device section and select an iOS Simulator such as iPhone 6.0 Simulator as shown: 3. Click the Runbutton in your project window's toolbar to build, deploy and run the application in the simulator. Deploy to theDeviceRequirementsThere are several requirements to deploy to a device. Since this information is not related directly to Cordova, please refer to the Apple Configuring Development and Distribution Assets section of theTools Workflow Guide for iOSdocumentation for complete details. Join the Apple iOS Developer Program Create a Provisioning Profile within theiOS Provisioning Portal. You can use the Development Provisioning Assistant within the Provisioning Portal to create and install the profile and certificate for use within Xcode. Verify that the Code Signing Identity in the Code Signing sections of the Hello World Xcode project settings has been set with your provisioning profile name. Deployment Steps1. Plug your device into your Mac via the USB Cable.2. Select the Target and device1. In the upper left hand corner of Xcode, click the Scheme drop down and select the project name, HelloWorld, as the target.2. Click the device section and select your device from the list. If your device is plugged in via the USB but not visible in the device list, click the Organizerbutton to determine any errors.3. Click the runbutton to build, deploy and run the application on your device.ResultsThe running HelloWorld app is shown below. TheDeviceis Ready line should be slowly pulsating.

Common ProblemsDeprecation WarningsWhen an application programming interface (API) has been changed or replaced by another API, it is marked as deprecated. The API will still work in the near term but will be removed in a future version of the code library. Apache Cordova contains some of these deprecated interfaces. When you build and deploy an application, Xcode will issue warnings about these deprecated APIs. The invokeString method that Xcode is warning about represents functionality to invoke the app from a custom URL. The process for loading from a custom URL has changed but this code is included to provide backwards functionality for apps created with older versions of Cordova. The sample app does not use this functionality so the references to the items causing the warnings can be ignored.If you wish to remove the warnings you can remove the code that is referencing the invokeString deprecated API. 1. Navigate to the MainViewController.m file in the Classes folder.2. Find and comment out the following code by surrounding it with the begin, /*, and end, */, comment characters as highlighted in the code snippet below.(void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView*)theWebView{// only valid if ___PROJECTNAME__-Info.plist specifies a protocol to handle/*if (self.invokeString) { // this is passed before the deviceready event is fired, so you can access it in js when you receive deviceready NSLog(@"DEPRECATED: window.invokeString - use the window.handleOpenURL(url) function instead, which is always called when the app is launched through a custom scheme url."); NSString* jsString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"var invokeString = \"%@\";", self.invokeString]; [theWebView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:jsString];}*/// Black base color for background matches the native appstheWebView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];

return [super webViewDidFinishLoad:theWebView];}3. Press Command s to save the file. 4. Navigate to the AppViewDelegate.m file in the Classes Folder.5. Comment out the following line by placing a double slash at the beginning of line 73 as shown below://self.viewController.invokeString = invokeString;6. Press Command-s to save the file.7. Press Command-b to rebuild the project and eliminate the warnings.Missing HeadersSome users have encountered compilation errors relating to missing headers. This refers to a problem in the build location and is fixed via Xcode preferences. 1. Within the Xcode menus selectXcode>Preferences>Locations. 2. In the Derived Data section click the Advanced button and select Unique as the Build Location as shown: This is the default setting for a new Xcode install but it may have been set differently if you upgraded from an older version of Xcode.Next StepsBuilding Your Own ApplicationsInclude CordovaAll of the code for the sample application is contained within the www directory in the Xcode project structure. The starting page is named index.html. Any page that uses Cordova must include the cordova-*.js file for the associated Cordova version and platform. The format of the JavaScript file name is cordova-x.y.z where x represents the major version number, y the minor version and z any point release. For example, the Cordova 2.2.0 file was named cordova-2.2.0.js. The sample HelloWorld application includes this file from index.html. app.initialize(); Wait for deviceReady EventWhen loading a page, Cordovas deviceReady event must fire before you can access any of the platform features via the Cordova JavaScript APIs. Within the sample application this is set up within the app object found within the js/index.js file. The app.initialze() call at the bottom of the index.html file (visible in the previous code example) sets in motion the binding of events to receive and respond to the deviceReady event.Another common method of initializing a page is to add an event listener for the deviceReady event within the handler for the body onload event as shown in the code snippet below: function onLoad() { document.addEventListener( deviceready, onDeviceReady, false); } function onDeviceReady() { // do Something! // example: display a Cordova Alert // see docs.phonegap.com for full details navigator.notification.alert( 'Cordova is ready!', // message function() {//do something}, // callback 'Congratulations', // title 'Done' // buttonName ); } .....Code Your ApplicationReplace the sample code in the www directory of a new project with the HTML, JavaScript and CSS code for your application. The name of the initial file to load when the app is launched should be index.html (advanced users can change this if necessary). As demonstrated in the HelloWorld sample application, subdirectories within the www directory are permitted. Note that the www directory is readonly, you can not write information to this directory during app execution. If you need to store information use the CordovaFileorStorageAPIs.You can use many mobile JavaScript frameworks with Cordova to create the UI and page navigation of your application. Popular ones include: JQuery Mobile Dojo Mobile Sencha TouchModifyProject SettingsThere are many additional considerations to make your application unique. The sample HelloWorld application is set up to run in all iOS environments, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. You can design an app for a single device type by modifying the build settings within Xcode.You should customize the application with your own icons and splash screens. The sample application includes Cordova specific images in the Apple required sizes and resolutions as examples. The Cordova Specific settings are located in the config.xml file and documented in the CordovaProject SettingsGuide. Refer to the Resources section for more Apple specific information about building iOS Apps.