Sugar Cordova

INSTRUCTIONS TO SET UP SUGAR CORDOVA

BELOW PROCEDURE IS FOR LINUX (MUST RUN FOR MAC TOO) :

SETTING UP CORDOVA DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT :

Pre-Requirements : must have node and npm installed

1. Git clone : https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli , https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib and https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugman in a directory

2. Go inside cordova-lib, you'll find another cordova-lib inside it, issue the command npm install, npm link inside it.

3. Now cd to cordova-cli, and issue npm install in it then issue npm link cordova-lib

4. cd to cordova-plugman, and repeat the steps for cordova-cli here - ( issuing npm install - same way to correct if any error , issue npm link cordova-lib)

ADDITION FOR ADDING THE SUGAR PLATFORM

1. Add the following in cordova-cli/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/platforms.js [Note the s in platforms, it differentiates from platform.js] :

'sugar':{ parser: './metadata/sugar_parser', url : 'https://github.com/puneetgkaur/sugar-cordova.git', version: '3.5.0' }

2.Add the following to cordova-cli/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/plugman/platforms.js :

'sugar': require('./platforms/sugar')

3. Add the sugar_parser.js to cordova-cli/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/cordova/metadata from : https://github.com/puneetgkaur/cordova-lib/blob/master/src/cordova/metadata/sugar_parser.js

4. Add sugar.js to cordova-cli/node_modules/cordova-lib/src/plugman/platforms https://github.com/puneetgkaur/cordova-lib/blob/master/src/plugman/platforms/sugar.js

5.Unzip and add the sugar directory to home/.cordova/lib https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxC58bMp7xjuNnpWTkRNRFNnY28/edit?usp=sharing

RUN AND CHECK

1.Go to cordova-cli/bin and run the command : ./cordova create new_project

2. cd to the new_project directory created inside the bin folder

  There run the command :

.././cordova platform add sugar

4. Then to build run :

.././cordova build sugar

The .xo generated would be present in cordova-cli/bin/new_project/platforms/sugar/cordova/HelloCordova.xo

FOR WINDOWS

SETTING CORDOVA CLI AND ADDING SUGAR

The setting up of cordova is same (get the nodejs msi to install both node and npm) ​​ ​ 1. Add the following in cordova-cli\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\cordova\platforms.js [Note the s in platforms, it differentiates from platform] :

'sugar':{ parser: './metadata/sugar_parser', url : 'https://github.com/puneetgkaur/sugar-cordova.git', version: '3.5.0' }

2.Add the following to cordova-cli\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\plugman\platforms.js :

'sugar': require('./platforms/sugar')

3. Add the sugar_parser.js to cordova-cli\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\cordova\metadata https://github.com/puneetgkaur/cordova-lib/blob/master/src/cordova/metadata/sugar_parser.js

4. Add sugar.js to cordova-cli\node_modules\cordova-lib\src\plugman\platforms https://github.com/puneetgkaur/cordova-lib/blob/master/src/plugman/platforms/sugar.js

5.Add the sugar directory to C:\Users\<your user name>\.cordova\lib https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxC58bMp7xjuNnpWTkRNRFNnY28/edit?usp=sharing

RUN AND CHECK

1.Go to cordova-cli\bin and type : cordova create <prj_directory> <prj_id> <prj_name>

2. cd to the project directory created inside the bin folder

3.There run the command : ..\cordova platform add sugar

4. Then to build run : ..\cordova build sugar

NOTE : the windows users must install 7zip and set the environment variable ZIPCOMMAND with the command : set ZIPCOMMAND="c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -r -tzip -aoa before issuing the cordova build command