PhoneGap does not stop loading

[MyGIS]

After installation, PhoneGap does not stop loading when trying to opening it for the first time.

System Configuration

PhoneGap Desktop version 0.4.5

PhoneGap Mobile App version

Mobile devices & Mobile OS version

Computer OS version: Windows 10 Pro

Network Type (home/corporate)

Is your network using a proxy?

Computer / Network security (firewall / anti-virus / disk encryption)

Are you using VMs on your computer?

Do you have multiple network adapters (or virtual network adapters)?

Are you using VPN?

Expected Behaviour

Actual Behaviour

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[johnhemming]

I have exactly the same issue.

One possible cause may be that I initially loaded the PhoneGap build CLI using npm and then I ran the windows installer for the desktop application.

[rgilley]

Same issue for me, fresh install of phonegap on windows 7 64bit. First time ever to install this, but doesnt work

[johnhemming]

At least that demonstrates that it is not because I have previously installed cordova or the phonegap CLI. I am using Windows 10 64bit.

[johnhemming]

I have been rummaging around on the adobe website and it may be that Adobe are not really offering this service any more. (or at least not to new users).

[360webfirm2020]

I am having the same issue. It just keeps on loading and never stops. I installeed Node, and cordova and tried again, no go. Would really like to use this program if I can ever get it to work.

Anybody ?

[johnhemming]

It could be someone key being on holiday. This is a thread on the adobe community forum that asks some questions.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/phonegap/the-death-of-phonegap-real-or-not/td-p/10813752

[johnhemming]

It is also possible that some servers are switched off so the desktop cannot log in.

[chrisgriffith]

My recommendation is not to use this app and develop directly with the CLI. Adobe is no longer supporting the PhoneGap effort, so no one is actively working on this app. It is an open-source project, so you could fork it and build it yourself...

[nikolamnaumovski]

Was having the same issue with Windows 10 (x64), but I got it working by doing the following:

1. Installed the desktop app using the win32 binary (0.4.5 beta)
2. Downloaded the node.js version 6 x86 zip (https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/node-v6.17.1-win-x86.zip)
3. In the zip file, went into node_modules folder, extracted the npm folder, and zipped the npm folder into npm.zip
4. Navigated to the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\PhoneGap\PhoneGap Desktop\resources\app.asar.unpacked\bin' folder, and replaced npm.zip with the one I created.
5. Opened cmd, navigated to the same folder, and ran postInstall.bat

In a nutshell, PhoneGap comes with npm v3.10.3, and this will replace that with npm v3.10.10, which includes many bug fixes for Windows. Hope this helps!

[MyGIS]

Thank you master @drago1231 you have solved my problem. I can now run PhoneGap but did not test it fully.

[johnhemming]

Thanks for this, but because of the uncertainty relating to PhoneGap I decided to work with basic Cordova and having got things to work at that level I am going to ignore PhoneGap. There is an adobe community thread about this.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/phonegap/can-new-users-sign-up-to-use-phonegap-either-in-the-cloud-or-on-the-desktop/m-p/10839735

[nikolamnaumovski]

@johnhemming @chrisgriffith having now played around with the desktop app, i agree with just using the cordova cli. the desktop app doesn't seem to add any value over the cli

[gtmsingh]

@drago1231 Thanks for the mitigation steps. It worked for me too for version 0.4.5