cordova
Installation
SKILL.md
Cordova
Apache Cordova (formerly PhoneGap) wraps HTML/CSS/JS apps in a native WebView container. While largely superseded by Capacitor and React Native, it remains active (CLI 13.x) for specific legacy use cases.
When to Use
- Legacy Hybrid App Maintenance: Maintaining existing enterprise Cordova / PhoneGap codebases.
- Migrating to Capacitor: Modernizing legacy Cordova projects into modern Capacitor runtimes with minimal friction.
- Cross-Platform Plugin Integration: Utilizing long-standing Cordova plugins for specialized industrial hardware (barcode scanners, thermal printers).
- Zero-Native Mobile Builds: Compiling HTML/JS into mobile binaries using command line build scripts without touching native IDEs.