Note: this plugin will be added to Phonegap-android core very soon. :) Here is the forked project: https://github.com/anismiles/phonegap-android Websocket Android Plugin with Phonegap integration -------------------------------------------------- This is a Java library that implements Websockt API (Draft-75/76) for Android platform. Library uses java.nio.* packages for efficient non-blocking evented behavior. It easily gets integrated with Phonegap framework too. Usage (native Android) ---------------------- 1. Copy Java source into your source folder. 2. Create a class, say WebSocket extending WebSocketListener (refer: com.strumsoft.websocket.WebSocket) 3. Implement following methods 1. onOpen 2. onClose 3. onMessage 4. onReconnect (WebSocketListener will try to reconnect to the server in case of connection failure) Usage (Phonegap) ---------------- 1. Copy Java source into your source folder. 2. Copy websocket.js in your assets/www/js folder 3. Attach com.strumsoft.websocket.phonegap.WebSocketFactory to WebView, like this: @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); super.loadUrl(" file:///android_asset/www/index.html "); // attach websocket factory appView.addJavascriptInterface(new WebSocketFactory(appView), "WebSocketFactory"); } 4. In your page, create a new WebSocket, and overload its method 'onmessage', 'onopen', 'onclose', like this: // new socket var socket = new WebSocket('ws://192.168.1.153:8081'); // push a message after the connection is established. socket.onopen = function() { socket.send('{ "type": "join", "game_id": "game/6"}') }; // alerts message pushed from server socket.onmessage = function(msg) { alert(JSON.stringify(msg.data)); }; // alert close event socket.onclose = function() { alert('closed'); }; ps: It doesn't support 'onerror' event, and various states as defined by WebSocket APIs yet. I am working on it. By the way, if you like the project, join the force.