How to deploy Play! app to Google App Engine? - eclipse

Via the Google app engine Eclipse plugin
If I need to create a web app first, how do I convert the google web app to a play project?
If I need to create a play project first, how do I convert the play project to a google web app?
Via command line and gae-module for play
If I use the this command play gae:deploy --gae=C:/appengine-sdk I get Http connection timeouts. It is not my firewall, because I can deploy a hello world google web app via the google eclipse plugin.
I've tried all three methods, and I still can't deploy my play project to google app engine.

I don't know about the Google App Engine plugin, but i managed to get it working through the command line. Apparently the problem was that although I disabled my firewall, it was still running a process that blocked the deployment without prompting. Fixed that

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How to deploy Ionic app for remote internal users to test

I have an ionic app build on my system.
For now, I have been testing my app using Ionic DevAPP (which can be found on the App Store and Google Play).
Prerequisite to run an app on my mobile device using Ionic DevApp is, My app needs to be up and running using the command:
ionic serve
This option looks great when doing development.
But now, I have my app build and I want to share it with the testing team and PO who is located on shore.
I want to know is there any way or free platform where the users can run an app on their mobile devices directly without starting a dev server.
NOTES:
I know about Ionic dashboard, but it is not free when comes to sharing builds.
I don't want to upload my app on Play Store or Google Play.
Any help is recommended as I am really looking for options to share my app.
I use Diawi To share both apk and ipa, bypassing play/app stores.

Do I need to make draft in google play console before I use Fastlane

Can you upload app in Fastlane command with android and Fastlane app in the google play console or I need to make draft in console before I do?
Fastlane unfortunately can not create an Android app from scratch, as it can with create_app_online (formerly known as produce) for iOS. Google just doesn't offer any API for that.
So yes, you have to at least create the app on the Google Play Console which usually includes uploading a first APK (so the Play Console knows about the package name [com.example.app] or your app) to one of the available lanes (which doesn't have to get published though).

Call phonegap plugin function within web app

i am building my first phonegap app and when i open the app i instantly redirecting (window.location) the user to my server where my web app is hosted. Is it possible to load the phonegap plugins from there? Because the "deviceready" event is not firing and i cannot call any plugin functions.
I can confirm that loading remotely does appear to allow access to native components (when scripts are properly loaded) and that cordova.jsdoes not appear to need to be loaded by the local index.html bootstrap.
Short answer: Yes
Some 'gotcha's'
You will have to supply correct cordova.js version for the platform browsing to your site.
you can look here for more info https://github.com/apache/cordova-js. This project hosts the core js elements, and builds the platform specific cordova.js lib
Any plugin api's your app wants to interact with must be pre-installed into the Native App
any plugin with native code will have to be added to the project and deployed to device bundled inside the app. There is no way to lazyload native code. The js portions of the plugin could be hosted on your server, however.
More information, some apps that do this
The PhoneGap Developer App uses a similar technique to what is describe above and what you want. The only difference is that it is meant as a dev tool, and the server is a local dev machine.
The Cordova App Harness also uses this technique of pre-bundling an app package with plugins, to be consumed by remotely hosted resources
You cannot, deviceready only functioning if the app run on mobile phone environment only. If web based or dekstop application, it won't trigger.
No , dont do that . loading remote website will not able to intract with your plugins . and the app will get rejected on istore too

Phonegap's Facebook Connect plugin - making it work with web app as well as native apps?

I've got the FB Connect plugin working with my Phonegap project native apps, but now I'm wondering what the workflow is for making it work with the web-app version.
When I run the web-app version, I get the standard Phonegap FB Connect errors, the last one being 'FB variable does not exist. Check that you have included the Facebook JS SDK file.' - this makes sense, as my web app doesn't have those js files, as they get injected during the PG Build process.
So what is the typical way of moving forward at that point? Can I use that last error as a way of determining 'ok, this is the web-app version, not native', and then what do I do next? Should have the Facebook SDK installed on my web-app?
Cheers
The git repo has steps for including the plugin in web app
Web App
www/js/facebookConnectPlugin.js contains the JavaScript SDK and API file. The API matches as close as possible to the native APIs.
Setup Web App Example
Host the www folder on a server and configure your Facebook dashboard correctly to test the Web APIs. Most people use Parse for easy testing.
NOTE : Developers should call facebookConnectPlugin.browserInit() before login - Web App ONLY
https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin

Can I create Background Services on Android using Phonegap Build?

I have been developing a phonegap application (HTML/jQuery) for Android devices and packing it in Phonegap Build.
I have a demand of having a background service that keep sending data to our web services every 1 minute. As far as I heard, it's only possible developing the background service in Java and communicating with the UI somehow.
My background is in .NET, so my question is: Is there another way of doing that apart from Java? Any good tutorial?
If not, Can I still keep using PhoneGap Build to pack the UI and the Background Service? Or do I have to have the whole Phonegap SDK installed in my machine?
You can't do it by Phonegap Build!
You have to install the whole set of tools (eclipse, android sdk and cordova), and then develop the service in Java, adding your HTML assets into the project. So that you'll get able to generate the APK containg Background Service and Webapp.