The code on this repository is a completed phonegap project of a mobile application that showcases the ability to create charts from reports generated on the GTNexus platform and served over over a RESTful web service. The purpose of the app is to emphasize the power and flexibility of the GTNexus API service as well as the usefulness and ease of reporting on data that is stored on GTNexus's cloud.
Applications built on the GTNexus platform allow developers to enhance and extend the core GT Nexus process and integrate with their existing systems in real time using an application platform and an open data API. This repository provides an example of an application that is deployable to any mobile device and displays the power of the AppXpress API. The AppXpress API allows flexibility and accessibility to the vast data stored on the GTNexus platform through an easy to use RESTful service.
This repository contains source code for an App that is designed to be built on the open source technology framework PhoneGap. PhoneGap allows mobile apps to be web based and then built to be deployed on specific devices in order to utilize the devices native features. This app, however, is only currently available on android device and emulators.
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To be able to deploy the code in this repository into a mobile app, there are a couple of steps that must be followed to be able to build the app on the operating system of your choice. Ultimately, free open source software PhoneGap will do the majority of the heavily lifting of converting our web based source code into platform specific code.
Firstly, you must install phonegap and android studio and add them to your path. If your using nodejs' package manager npm, you can run the following commands to install phonegap.
On Windows: npm install -g phonegap
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npm install -g cordova
On Mac or Linux: sudo npm install -g phonegap
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sudo npm install -g cordova
This might take a few moments, while PhoneGap & Cordova downloads and installs. If this throws an error, make sure node js is configured in your PATH.
To compile and run your app, you must first download the necessary sdk.
- For Android Studio, follow download from-> [Android SDK] (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)
Create a new git repository
Run-> git init
Now, all you have to do is pull down the source code in this GIT repository.
Run-> git pull https://github.com/AppXpress/ReportingApp.git
This will pull down the source code found on this git repository. The source code is a complete phonegap project.
Since this source code is already a completed phonegap project, all you have to do is build and run the project. Phonegaps run command does both of these for us, and will launch an emulator from the android studio.
Run-> phonegap run
And thats it! The app should launch in the android emulator or onto your android device if you have one connected to your computer.
- The App uses the AngularJs framework along with Ionic framework. More information on angular can be found here abd information on Ionic can be found here.
Andrew Reynolds
GTNexus
December 1, 2015