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Hello developers\u2019 community! If you are reading this article which is called \u2018What HTML Development Tools You Need To Make Android Apps\u2019, you are probably interested in creating your own Android application based on HTML. Fortunately, modern technology makes it possible to develop a mobile application in more than one way. Knowing HTML, you can create a site based on it, change it with special tools and get the application. <\/span><\/p>\n

With a tool like PhoneGap, you can put this approach into a real development process. PhoneGap is the name of the library for turning a website into a real application for a mobile device. Such an application can use the functions of the phone, for example, call or receive pictures from the camera. From this article, you will learn how to set up a development environment and make a simple application using PhoneGap and about some more HTML tools for Android development. Let\u2019s start from the beginning!<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did I select PhoneGap out of all the HTML development tools? PhoneGap was created about ten years ago as an open source framework that allowed access to native device functionality from a webview. The goal of the project was to provide the ability to build mobile applications exclusively on HTML web technologies, but with the ability to call native code. As you can understand, this technology is perfect not only for experienced developers, but also for beginners who have basic knowledge of HTML and want to create their own Android application. Or, for example, you have a basic understanding of Objective-C and Java, but you are much closer to HTML web technologies and want to use your existing skills when developing native applications. <\/span><\/p>\n

This opportunity is actually provided by PhoneGap. If you have a single code base on a traditional HTML, PhoneGap can easily package it natively for almost any mobile platform (in our case, the Android platform). Thus, you gain the broadest possibilities, since you significantly save time spent on cross-platform development, and also you do not have to learn a whole bunch of programming languages. Now, you have an understanding about this technology and we can start setting up an environment for developing an Android application. Our goal is to write HTML code that instantly packs as a native Android app.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>1. The very first thing to do is install development tools. We will need:<\/span><\/p>\n