This is for Phonegap 3.0.x to 3.3.x. For PhoneGap 3.4.0 and higher see below. Found part of the answer here, at Phonegap documentation. The full process is the following: Open a command line window, and go to /path/to/your/project/platforms/android/cordova. Run build –release. This creates an unsigned release APK at /path/to/your/project/platforms/android/bin folder, called YourAppName-release-unsigned.apk. Sign and align … Read more
In Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) this can be solved by selecting a Java 1.8 SDK in sudo update-alternatives –config javac Changing JAVA_HOME env variable directly does not seem to have any effect. EDIT: responding to the comments: This probably has something to do with the fact that new Debian (and apparently Ubuntu) Java installations through the package … Read more
http://phonegap.com/blog/2012/03/19/phonegap-cordova-and-whate28099s-in-a-name/ I think this url explains what you need. Phonegap is built on Apache Cordova nothing else. You can think of Apache Cordova as the engine that powers PhoneGap. Over time, the PhoneGap distribution may contain additional tools and thats why they differ in command But they do same thing. EDIT: Extra info added as … Read more