For up-to-date product documentation, see the IBM MobileFirst Foundation Developer Center.

Develop Cordova apps for Windows

The Cordova app can run on the Windows platform. The MobileFirst integration allows you to build a Cordova app that uses the Cordova API and custom plug-ins.

To use MobileFirst to build a Cordova app that makes use of the Cordova API and custom plug-ins, see Create a new Cordova app without the MobileFirst template. The resulting app includes a seamless integration and we can develop the WebView in various IDEs that support JavaScript. See Editing WebView (JavaScript) code. Or we can also choose to view your project setup in Visual Studio and customize the setup, add splash screens, configure the app or use the emulators to view the app.

The following topics helps you with the Cordova app setup for Windows.

• Viewing a Cordova Project in Windows Visual Studio
  MobileFirst supports three different types of Windows Universal environments - Windows 8.1 Desktop, Windows Phone 8.1, and Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP).
• Cordova application with MobileFirst start-up flow
  In Visual Studio, we can review the start-up process of the Cordova app for Windows with MobileFirst.

Parent topic: Develop Cordova applications