A simple example of an Openlayers usage with PhoneGap. The application has been tested with PhoneGap 3.0.0 and OpenLayers 2.14 on Android SDK 7.
cd <repo>
Add android platform (or whatever platform you wish) :
cordova platform add android
Compile :
phonegap build android
With your device properly plugged in and driver installed:
phonegap run android
With an emulator running (called emulator-5554 in this case)
phonegap run --emulator=emulator-5554 android
As many more PhoneGap app, you can open index.html in your browser to see the application running. You will have to manually dispatch the deviceready event:
document.dispatchEvent(new Event('deviceready'))