Intel XDK Documentation Quick Links

The current version of the Intel XDK, as of November 4, 2014, is 1536 (the version number is located in the upper right corner of the Intel XDK). You can always download the latest release at xdk.intel.com. A new release is generally available every six to eight weeks. New releases may include new features and always include bug fixes.

Having trouble searching the Intel XDK website for information? Use the following search examples in a Google* search bar and it will help narrow your results to articles from this site only. For example, the first example finds articles that mention the word build. The second example searches for tutorials, etc.

• site:software.intel.com/en-us/html5 build
• site:software.intel.com/en-us/html5 tutorial
• site:software.intel.com/en-us/html5 plugins
• site:software.intel.com/en-us/html5 debug crosswalk
• ...and so on...

The following links are provided for quick access to detailed device API documentation. These are useful (but optional) APIs that you can use to build hybrid mobile HTML5 apps with the Intel XDK.

• Intel XDK Cordova API Documentation
• Intel XDK "legacy" API Documentation
• Apache Cordova* API Documentation
• Crosswalk API Documentation
• App Framework Documentation

For support, please visit the Intel XDK forum.

To manage your online account, and project files that have been pushed to our build and test server, visit the Intel XDK App Center.

Additional Resources

• Overview: Intel XDK Development Tools
• App Starter video
• Crosswalk Overview
• jQuery* API
• Google Chrome* Developer Tools (CDT)
• Intel XDK - What We Did and Why
• Archived Intel XDK API Documentation (for "legacy" builds only)

Useful Emulator Debug Hints

The Emulator tab in the Intel XDK simulates a subset of the device APIs that are available to your application. The only way to debug these non-simulated APIs is by using on-device debugging via App Preview or a built application.

Note that the Emulator is implemented as a Chrome browser embedded inside the Intel XDK. It simulates device viewport sizes, touch events, user agent strings and various device APIs (other than those shown below) for a convenient debugging experience using standard Chrome Dev Tools. It does not emulate an actual device or the underlying operating system. The memory, CPU and HTML5 rendering capabilities of your actual device can be quite different. It is best to think of the devices presented inside the Intel XDK Emulator tab as a collection of "ideal" devices with nearly unlimited memory, CPU and HTML5 features.

A list of the unimplemented APIs in the Emulator is provided below:

• device.addRemoteScript: undefined (does not throw an exception)
• device.blockRemotePages (writes an invisible message and then does nothing)
• facebook object: unimplemented
• file object: unimplemented
• oauth object: unimplemented
• playingtrack object: unimplemented
• the player object does not implement the following methods:
  • show
  • hide
  • playPodcast
  • setAudioCurrentTime
  • getAudioCurrentTime
  • clearAudioCurrentTime
  • startStation
  • watchAudioCurrentTime
  • clearAudioCurrentTimeWatch
  • play
  • pause
  • stop
  • volume
  • rewind
  • ffwd
  • setColors
  • setPosition
  • startShoutcast