---
title: "Firebase Adds PhoneGap / Cordova Support"
description: "Firebase Adds PhoneGap / Cordova Support"
published: "2013-04-16"
last_updated: "2013-04-16"
authors:
  - "Rob DiMarco (Core Developer)"
categories:
  - "Launch"
  - "Cordova"
canonical_url: "https://firebase.blog/posts/2013/04/firebase-adds-phonegap-cordova-support"
---

# Firebase Adds PhoneGap / Cordova Support

*Published April 16, 2013 by Rob DiMarco (Core Developer)*

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_**Update (October 3, 2014):** Firebase Simple Login has been deprecated and is now part of the core Firebase library. Use these links to find the updated documentation for the [web](/docs/web/guide/user-auth.html), [iOS](/docs/ios/guide/user-auth.html), and [Android](/docs/android/guide/user-auth.html) clients._

_This post was featured as a [guest post](http://phonegap.com/blog/2013/04/16/firebase-phonegap-integration/) on the [PhoneGap blog](http://phonegap.com/blog/)._

![firebase-phonegap](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/first-class-blog.appspot.com/o/blog-assets%2F2013%2F04%2Ffirebase-adds-phonegap-cordova-support%2Foptimized%2Ffirebase-phonegap.jpg?alt=media)

Many developers have been using Firebase in their PhoneGap applications since our beta launch nearly a year ago. We know many of you encountered some rough edges, so we've put a lot of work into making sure the experience of developing with PhoneGap and Firebase is a smooth one.

Today, we're announcing that the Adobe PhoneGap / Apache Cordova platform is fully-supported by Firebase and works out of the box to offer the full suite of functionality that Firebase provides on the web.

### Aligned Philosophies
At Firebase, we're big believers in the power and flexibility in writing applications entirely using client-side code without managing your own servers. PhoneGap embodies this same philosophy in enabling developers to write mobile applications for a broad suite of devices using only client-side JavaScript.

PhoneGap goes further by providing rich APIs for accessing native device features, such as geolocation services or the device camera, that previously required writing device-specific code in the native platform language.

### Getting Started
With Firebase, you no longer need to store all of your data locally on the device itself or manually sync it with a remote server using AJAX and your own authentication logic. Firebase makes it easy to enable real-time data synchronization in your PhoneGap application with a simple JavaScript include.

Ready to start building? [Head to our web quickstart guide](https://www.firebase.com/docs/web-quickstart.html).

### What's New
Firebase Simple Login is now fully supported in PhoneGap with the release of PhoneGap 2.3.0, making use of the InAppBrowser for OAuth-based authentication. You can now use Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, and password-based authentication in your PhoneGap application purely with a script include, free from the hassle of configuring application domains or bundle IDs. Head to the documentation for [Firebase Simple Login](https://www.firebase.com/docs/security/simple-login-overview.html).