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Learning Ionic

Learning Ionic

By : Arvind Ravulavaru
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Learning Ionic

Learning Ionic

4.4 (14)
By: Arvind Ravulavaru
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Overview of this book

This book is intended for those who want to learn how to build hybrid mobile applications using Ionic. It is also ideal for people who want to explore theming for Ionic apps. Prior knowledge of AngularJS is essential to complete this book successfully.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Ionic – Powered by AngularJS
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1. Ionic – Powered by AngularJS
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Understanding the separation of concerns
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AngularJS components
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AngularJS directives
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AngularJS services
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AngularJS resources
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Summary
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2. Welcome to Ionic
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2. Welcome to Ionic
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Mobile Hybrid Architecture
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What is Apache Cordova?
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What is Ionic?
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Software setup
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The platform guide
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Hello Ionic
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The browser developer tools setup
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The Ionic project structure
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Scaffolding the tabs template
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Scaffolding the side menu template
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generator-ionic
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3. Ionic CSS Components and Navigation
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3. Ionic CSS Components and Navigation
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Ionic CSS components
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The Ionic router
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4. Ionic and SCSS
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4. Ionic and SCSS
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What is Sass?
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Setting up SCSS in our Ionic project
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Working with Ionic SCSS
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Understanding the Ionic SCSS setup
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The SCSS workflow
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Building a swatch
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5. Ionic Directives and Services
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5. Ionic Directives and Services
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Ionic directives and services
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The Ionic Platform service
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Content
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Ionic loading
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The ion-list and ion-item directives
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Gesture directives and services
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6. Building a Bookstore App
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6. Building a Bookstore App
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An introduction to the Bookstore application
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The Bookstore architecture
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Setting up the server
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Building the application
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7. Cordova and ngCordova
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7. Cordova and ngCordova
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Setting up a platform-specific SDK
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Testing the setup
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Getting started with Cordova plugins
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The Ionic plugin API
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The Cordova whitelist plugin
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ngCordova
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8. Building a Messaging App
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8. Building a Messaging App
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The Ionic Chat app
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The application architecture
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Developing the application
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Testing the application
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9. Releasing the Ionic App
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9. Releasing the Ionic App
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Preparing the app for distribution
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The PhoneGap service
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Generating installers using the Cordova CLI
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The Ionic package
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A. Additional Topics and Tips
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A. Additional Topics and Tips
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Ionic CLI
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Ionic Creator
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Ionic.io apps
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Ionic Push
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Ionic Deploy
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Ionic Vagrant box
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Ionic Sublime Text plugins
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Index
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Index

Mobile Hybrid Architecture

Before we start working with Ionic, we need to understand the bigger picture of the Mobile Hybrid platform.

The concept is pretty simple. Almost every mobile operating system (also called Platform when working with Cordova) has an API to develop apps. This API consists of a component named Web View. A Web View is typically a browser that runs inside the scope of a mobile application. This browser runs the HTML, CSS, and JS codes. This means that you can build a web page using the preceding technologies and then execute it inside your app.

You can use the same knowledge of web development to build native-hybrid mobile apps (here, native refers to installing the platform-specific format file on the device after it has been packaged along with the assets), for instance:

  • Android uses Android Application Package (.apk)

  • iOS uses iPhone Application Archive (.ipa)

  • Windows Phone uses Application Package (.xap)

The package/installer consists of a piece of native code that initializes...

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