Hi Andy, nothing is really formally documented as that it changes. Any diagram created today might be accurate for some time now though as we have stabilized quite a bit in the past year.
Your best bet is to go through http://wiki.cordova.io for the high level story and if you would really like to know whats going on take a look at src exec functions in cordova.js and the corresponding bits in the native side. I'll give you a jump start with linkage to our ios js impls [1] and native impl [2] [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-js/blob/master/lib/ios/exec.js [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-ios/blob/master/CordovaLib/Classes/CDVViewController.m#L534 On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Andy Grunwald <andygrunw...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Hey, > > in the last weeks, i made some expierence with PhoneGap / Apache Cordova. > At first, it looks like a really nice framework with much potential. > I want to say thanks for your hard work! > > As a student (Business Informatics) i want to take a deeper look. > At the moment i write a small (ca. 12 pages) term paper for my university. > For this task i`ve looking for an _official_ picture / description about > the internal Phonegap architecture and how it is build in the different > platforms. > > E.g. on iOS: > Does ist "only" open a modified UIWebView and provide some interfaces for > the phone APIs (through the modification)? (i know, this sounds a little > bit "to simple"). > Or on which way it works? > And what about the other mobile os? > > If you start a google search about "Phonegap architecture" [1] you find > mane _different_ pictures. > But i found no official _detailled_ description. > During my research i found a blog post from Andrew Trice about "PhoneGap > Explained Visually". [2] > This post is a good _overview_. But this is far from a detailed > description. > > Okay, i know. If i want information which are the current state, the source > is the way to go. > But perhaps anyone has blogged about his "way through the source"? > > _How_ is phonegap able to provide native mobile device features (like > camera or device information like uuid) through the nate UIWebView (iOS) > or android.webkit.WebView (Android)? > > Thanks for reading and have a nice day, > Andy > > [1] > > https://www.google.de/search?q=phonegap+architecture&hl=de&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ixeyUNabApHOsga9poD4DA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1440&bih=758 > [2] http://phonegap.com/2012/05/02/phonegap-explained-visually/ >
