| Apache Cordova for Windows Phone 8 |
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| Apache Cordova WP8 is a .net application library that lets you create Apache Cordova applications targeting Windows Phone 8 devices. |
| Apache Cordova based applications are, at the core, an application written with web technology: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. |
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| Requires |
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| - Windows Phone SDK 8 [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35471] |
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| Getting Started |
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| - copy the file templates/CordovaStarter-x.x.x.zip to the folder : \My Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Templates\ProjectTemplates\ |
| - if you have just installed VisualStudio, you should launch it once to create this folder |
| - if you prefer, you may add the project instead to the "Silverlight for Windows Phone" subfolder of "Visual C#". This is up to you, and only affects where the project template is shown when creating a new project. Also, You may need to create this folder. |
| - Launch Visual Studio 2012 and select to create a new project |
| - CordovaStarter should be listed as an option, give your new project a name |
| - Note: The description will let you know the version of Cordova you are targetting, if you have multiple templates. |
| - If you do not see it, you may have to select the top level 'Visual C#' to see it |
| - Build and Run it! |
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| Known Problem Areas |
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| Many of the Media APIs will not function as expected when debugging while connect to the device with the Zune software. |
| To get around this, you need to use the Windows Phone Connect tool. For details, please check out this [MSDN blog article](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2010/11/03/tips-for-debugging-wp7-media-apps-with-wpconnect.aspx). |
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| BUGS? |
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| File them at Apache Incubator |
| https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB |
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| Further Reading |
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| - [http://docs.phonegap.com](http://docs.phonegap.com) |
| - [http://wiki.phonegap.com](http://wiki.phonegap.com) |
