Ionic Framework &

PhoneGap

Agenda

• Explain what ionic is and is not
• Show the power of ionic
• Show how ionic can leverage PhoneGap  to Perform like a native app
• Briefly go over offline capabilities
• Show off new features
• Show some examples of apps built with ionic

PhoneGap

• Native App Wrapper
• Bridges the gap between web apps
  and native apps
• Has a large library of plugins to access almost any functionality available on mobile
• PhoneGap Build - Free Service for compiling your hybrid apps into native files
• Instantly creates builds for Apple/Android/Windows Phone

PhoneGap Plugins

• Gives access to functions like camera, push notification, geolocation, photos, etc.
• Created natively with hooks for javascript
• Use callbacks to communicate

Ion Icons

100% free icon set included with the framework (over 200+ icons)

Ionic Creator

Quickly build functioning mobile mockups

The Ionic View App

Allows automatic mobile testing

Crosswalk comes to Ionic

Essentially a mobile app focused web view

CLI Tools

• Live reload
• instant project setup (pull from existing github repositories or from default starters)
• sass watch
• emulate on installed simulators
• upload to ionic view
• add cordova plugins
• Automating Icons and Splash Screens

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