Cordova WKWebView Plugin

Great work by the Ionic folks: One of our awesome engineers has been working hard to bring WKWebView to Ionic apps and is working to bring the new plugin into Cordova! The new plugin will work with both Ionic V1 and Ionic V2 apps. In fact, it should work with any iOS Cordova build! That …

Deeplinking in Ionic Apps

Enter the Ionic Deeplinks Plugin: Deeplinking as a concept has evolved heavily over the last few years, with mobile devices going from supporting custom URL schemes (like instagram://) to now opening native apps in response to navigation to URLs (like amazon.com). To help Ionic developers deeplink more easily, we are excited to announce a new, …

Ionic Native

The successor to the aforementioned ngCordova: Ionic Native is a curated set of ES6/TypeScript wrappers for Cordova/PhoneGap plugins that make adding any native functionality you need to your Ionic, Cordova, or Web View mobile app easy. import {Geolocation} from 'ionic-native'; Geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then(pos => { console.log('lat: ' + pos.coords.latitude + ', lon: ' + pos.coords.longitude); }); let …

Gone Hybrid

A website that I’ve found to be very helpful whilst diving into creating Hybrid Apps (be it with or without Ionic) is Gone Hybrid, containing quite a few helpful articles to get you kickstarted on a few specific things such as adding audio effects, animations, etc. Gone Hybrid | Start Developing Hybrid Mobile Apps With …

Ionic Package

The Ionic Package service allows you to create development and production builds of your app that can be submitted to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, or be installed directly on your friends’, family members’, and colleagues’ devices. That’s it. Once your build is finished, you just download the distribution file we provide …