Use Apache Cordova to develop OS X application

Question

I'm wondering, if it's possible to develop an OS X application using Apache Cordova. There is only iOS mentioned on their site. But I'm currently evaluating a possibility to create a cross-platform app for Windows, OS X and than mobile platforms using Visual Studio.

Your suggestion will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

Currently, Visual Studio doesn't provide built-in support for Mac OS X development, using Cordova. However, when you use the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (Visual Studio TACO) you're really working with a standard Apache Cordova project. This means that you could use a project like the following which adds support for Mac OS X as a platform:

https://github.com/apache/cordova-osx

To use this, you'd need to work with the Cordova command line (e.g. npm install -g cordova) tools. You would install these tools, change into the directory for your Cordova project from Visual Studio, and then you should be able to follow the steps on that GitHub repo's readme. There are caveats for now - this solution only supports full-screen "kiosk" apps on Mac OS X, rather than building a fully integrated desktop app with features like a menu bar.