Mobile/PhoneGap/iOS build instructions

Wikipedia's new official mobile application is designed to run cross-platform using the PhoneGap framework. Initial steps to make it work on iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) are underway.

Requirements

• Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
• XCode 4.3
• PhoneGap 1.4.1 for iPhone (We are incompatible with v1.5 for now)
  • after installing XCode, install the PhoneGap iPhone frameworks

Get source

$ git clone git://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile.git

You'll need to pull some submodules also:

$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update

Running

1. Open 'Wikipedia-iOS.xcodeproj' in XCode
2. Select an appropriate simulator
   • or ... a real device. Getting that set up is an exercise for the reader.
3. Hit 'Run'

Distributing

See Wikimedia_Apps/Pre_launch_checklist

Notes

You can't distribute applications you've compiled yourself very easily due to Apple's distribution system, which is designed to give Apple a stranglehold (and slice of gross sales) for all software on the iOS platform.

Unsupported features at this time:

• "Share page"

The iOS version currently uses a toolbar similar to the web app version; this is different from Android where there's a popup menu for the special Android menu key.