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Abstract

Basic overview for architecture of the package

DocBook Mobile package take an input DocBook XML document(Ex: mobile/docsrc/mobile-readme.xml) and produce mobile application such as Android application(.apk), iOS application, BlackBerry, Windows Phone so on those can be installed in particular devices.After it is installed, it can use for browsing original DocBook document including features like collapsible table of contents, searchable index and full-text searching.

This package is using DocBook xsl style sheets to generate html content which is used for build apps using PhoneGap from mobile/docsrc/mobile-readme.xml.First it validate the documentation, build html content, add common resources and do indexing. Then according to the user command request, output will copied into particular mobile platform directory or execute necessary command/s.

Important

Sometimes html content depends on particular mobile device platform. Currently built content can be found in mobile/www directory.

Then PhoneGap replaces it's www directory with Mobile output and build app for particular application with a specific method to given platform. Currently PhoneGap is supporting for seven mobile platforms. That means, you can get the Mobile output from this package and use it to build app for any of those platforms. For a quick start,

Also it uses JQueryMobile javascript framework to add more functionalities into your application. See the JQueryMobile documentation for Integrage with PhoneGap.