There is also a Terminal of this tutorial that doesn't use Eclipse.
Launch Eclipse, then under the menu select New > Android Project
In the root directory of the project, create two new directories:
Copy phonegap.js from your PhoneGap download earlier to assets/www
Copy phonegap.jar from your PhoneGap download earlier to /libs
Copy xml folder from your PhoneGap download earlier to /res
Make a few adjustments too the project's main Java file found in the src folder in Eclipse: (view image below)
You might experience an error here, where Eclipse can't find phonegap-1.0.0.jar. In this case, right click on the /libs folder and go to Build Paths/ > Configure Build Paths. Then, in the Libraries tab, add phonegap-1.0.0.jar to the Project. If Eclipse is being temperamental, you might need to refresh (F5) the project once again.
Right click on AndroidManifest.xml and select Open With > Text Editor
Paste the following permissions under versionName: (view image below)
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:resizeable="true" android:anyDensity="true" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
Add android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
to the activity tag in AndroidManifest. (view image below)
Add a second activity under you appliction tag in AndroidManifest. (view image below)
<activity android:name="com.phonegap.DroidGap" android:label="@string/app_name" android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"> <intent-filter> </intent-filter> </activity>
Now create and open a new file named index.html in the assets/www directory. Paste the following code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>PhoneGap</title> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="phonegap.js"></script> </head> <body> <h1>Hello World</h1> </body> </html> *phonegap.js might need to be replaced with phonegap-<VERSION NUMBER>.js
You can also checkout more detailed version of this guide here.