Hi everyone, sorry that it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve been working on getting my youtube channel up and running. But anyway, back to the article:

So for a while now I have wanted to create apps for my phone, but there were several problems. Pretty much all of them being that I have an iPhone and a windows computer. For those who don’t know, for all intents and purposes, the only way to code IOS apps in Xcode. [distant lightning sound effect]. Xcode can only run on Apple computers and costs 100 annually. That’s one computer and $100 that allot of people don’t have. That’s why I made this article.

PhoneGap

The solution to our problems is phone gap. It allows developers to code cross-platform apps using html5 opening up allot of possibilities. The possibility I realized used was Google cardboard apps. And it was so much easier then I could have ever dreamed. I made a video on how you can get one running in under 10 minutes:

You can download PhoneGap here

A-frame documentation here

I was nice and just copy and pasted the A-frame code here:

< html > < head > < script src = "https://aframe.io/releases/0.8.0/aframe.min.js" > </ script > <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>//include this code, it's necessary if you want phonegap features. </ head > < body > < a-scene > < a-box position = "-1 0.5 -3" rotation = "0 45 0" color = "#4CC3D9" > </ a-box > < a-sphere position = "0 1.25 -5" radius = "1.25" color = "#EF2D5E" > </ a-sphere > < a-cylinder position = "1 0.75 -3" radius = "0.5" height = "1.5" color = "#FFC65D" > </ a-cylinder > < a-plane position = "0 0 -4" rotation = "-90 0 0" width = "4" height = "4" color = "#7BC8A4" > </ a-plane > < a-sky color = "#ECECEC" > </ a-sky > </ a-scene > </ body > </ html >

You can even play around with the demo in your browser because it is just html5!







