[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (TOOLSDOC-412) NeedInfo: How do Hybrid Mobile Tools and CordovaSim work?

[Michelle Murray (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TOOLSDOC-412?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12823780#comment-12823780 ] 

Michelle Murray commented on TOOLSDOC-412:
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I wrote:
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I need help working out what the Hybrid Mobile Tools plug-in includes/does.
I've treated Hybrid Mobile Tools and CordovaSim as two separate items. And just detailed Hybrid Mobile Tools here. 

What is Hybrid Mobile Tools?
* Tooling for working with Cordova projects

What does it include?
* Hybrid Mobile application project wizard
* Cordova Configuration Editor
* 'Run as' actions to compile for iOS and Android, if SDK installed, and call appropriate emulator 
* 'Export' actions for iOS and Android projects

What doesn't it include?
* AeroGear API
* Apache Cordova API
* iOS SDK or iOS emulator**
* Android SDK or Android emulator**

**CordovaSim available as alternative emulator

What's right? What's wrong?
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Gorkem replied:
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Hi Michelle, I think you are mostly on the right track with those.. I have some additional info clarification below for them

What is Hybrid Mobile Tools?
"Tools for building and testing Hybrid Mobile applications based on Apache Cordova for multiple platforms."

What does it include?
* Hybrid Mobile application project type and project wizard
* Cordova Configuration (config.xml) Editor
* Build and Run for iOS and Android Emulators
* Build and Run for Android Devices
* Export wizard for native project (Xcode and/or Android projects)
* Export wizard for "ready to sign" applications (Xcode and Android)

What will be released to Beta1 today
* Cordova Plugin Discovery wizard
* Extensions to Project explorer regarding Cordova plugins
* JS library container for Cordova

What doesn't it include?
* It does not include any of the platform SDKs. (they are quite big and have legal issues attached to it).
* Aerogear specific tools and APIs will not be part of Hybrid Mobile tools but a separate feature, allowing Hybrid mobile tools to be used without AG
* It does include Apache Cordova API. In the future this may change as we move to support multiple Cordova versions. 

 I would like to think of CordovaSim as the main development time emulator rather than alternate. I see the role of native emulators more about testing, calibrating for specific platforms and debugging platform specific issues. However SDKs are a prerequisite if the developer wants to build his/her app for that platform.
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> NeedInfo: How do Hybrid Mobile Tools and CordovaSim work?
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>                 Key: TOOLSDOC-412
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TOOLSDOC-412
>             Project: Documentation for JBoss Tools and Developer Studio
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: User Guide - CordovaSim, User Guide - Hybrid Mobile Tools
>    Affects Versions: 4.1.1
>            Reporter: Michelle Murray
>            Assignee: Michelle Murray
>             Fix For: 4.1.1
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> A JIRA in which to discuss how Hybrid Mobile Tools and CordovaSim work. 

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