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Hello World on PhoneGap Build

I am trying to do Hello World (for Android only) at https://build.phonegap.com/apps/.

I created a directory. Named it www. Added the following index.html. Zipped it. Then uploaded it to https://build.phonegap.com/apps/ hoping to get back an .apk file.

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>PG Test</title>
</head>
<body> Hello World </body>
</html>

Instead, all I got was this error message.

Error 
Error - Some official plugins have to be updated if using
PhoneGap >= 4.0.0. Please upgrade the version of any
plugins that may include the following file:
FileTransfer.java - You can fix this here.

The "here" link in the above error message takes you here: http://plugins.cordova.io/npm/index.html. Where it says "Page not found."

Question

Please supply the necessary source code for Phone Gap Build to generate an .apk file for Android.

Solution

  • FWIW: you have not mentioned anything about your config.xml. At this point I am assuming you are using the one you get - without modification.

    Okay. I'm going to give you the quick fix. But first you should know you have a large amount of errors. This quick fix will get you going, but you should read the document I've laid out more than once.

    Top Mistakes by Developers new to Cordova/Phonegap

    QUICK FIX Add this to your config.xml for PHONEGAP BUILD ONLY
    <preference name="phonegap-version" value="3.7.0" />

    There are two large reasons you are getting these errors.

    1. The plugin repository has moved to NPM. Your code shows you are not keeping up. (#11)
    2. If you do NOT set the compiler version when you did your build. (#6)

    From #6 on the link above:

    With the CLI version, if you do not assign a version for your platform OR in ''Phonegap Build'' if you do not set the phonegap-version in config.xml, YOU WILL GET THE LATEST VERSION. If you are lucky, your program just works as expected. If you are not lucky, you'll get a set of cascading error.

    TO repeat, you are not lucky. You are getting the set of cascading error
    You should read #6, #7, #10 & #11.

    Best of Luck, let me know how it is going.