PhoneGap is a open source framework to create mobile apps using standardized web APIs for the platforms.It enables software programmers to build applications for mobile devices using JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3, instead of relying on platform-specific APIs like those in iOS, Windows Phone, or Android. It enables wrapping up of HTML, CSS and Javascript code depending upon the platform of the device. It extends the features of HTML and Javascript to work with the device.The software underlying PhoneGap is Apache Cordova.The software was previously called just "PhoneGap",then "Apache Callback".As open-source software, Apache Cordova allows non-Adobe wrappers around it, such as Intel XDK or Appery.io.PhoneGap includes basic plugins that allow access to the device's accelerometer,camera,microphone,compass,file system,and more.PhoneGap is also able to be extended with native plug-ins that allow for developers to add functionality that can be called from JavaScript, allowing for direct communication between the native layer and the HTML5 page