An advanced Ionic v1.x template

Introduction

You need to obfuscate your code and reduce the size of your mobile applications. With this project you can work with Gulp in the best way, allowing improve your development workflow. This project seeks to improve the following tasks:

Design your application with a maintainable code using Sass and writing less code using Autoprefixer. Concatenate and Minify styles in a stylesheet.
Concatenate and Uglify javascript files using Source maps to debug the code easily.
Compress images to reduce the size of your application.
Compress html templates, respecting your structure.
Clean unnecessary files downloaded with Bower.
Use CSS animations with Animate.css.
Use SQLite with a service pattern. You can use Pre-filled databases.

Demo

Do you want to see this starter in action? Visit https://jdnichollsc.github.io/Ionic-Starter-Template/ yay!

Automatically deployed to GitHub Pages using Gulp - Check the last task into gulpfile.js

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Projects using this template

Hartford Fashion Week - Created by Matthew Seremet
PokéDex GO - Community
IonPhaser
Ionic ElastiChat
Ionic Drag and Drop
Game of Drones

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Instructions

Download this template.
Execute the command npm install
Execute the command gulp
Run Ionic:
- ionic serve to test on the browser (Gulp is running by default).
- ionic run android --livereload to test on the device.
Modify this template and create your hybrid mobile app.
Check the John Papa's Angular Style Guide.

Template Structure

Path	Explanation
`./app/img/`	Images in your app.
`./app/js/`	Scripts (Controllers, Services, Directives, etc).
`./app/scss/`	The styles of your app using Sass.
`./app/templates/`	Views in your app. (Only html files)
`./app/index.html`	The init page.
`./www/css/`	Other css styles like Animate.css, etc.
`./www/lib`	Download scripts using bower.

Using bower to download libraries (npm preen included)

Download the script. Eg: bower install ionic-datepicker --save
Add the path of the files that you will use in bower.json from www/lib. Eg:

"preen": {
	//... More libraries
	"ionic-datepicker": [
		"dist/*.js"
		//Other files and folders will be deleted to reduce the size of your app
	]
}

Run gulp in the CLI. Eg: gulp or gulp lib
That's all, folks!!

Animate elements using Animate.css

Do you want to animate Modals? This template have an example. More examples here

//Using the Modals service in this template
Modals.openModal($scope, 'templates/modals/users.html', 'animated rotateInDownLeft');

Do you want to animate Popups and other elements? See an example:

$ionicPopup.alert({
	title: 'Hello World',
	template: 'This is the best template to start with Ionic Framework!',
	cssClass: 'animated bounceInDown'
});

SQLite databases on Android, iOS and Windows (Using cordova-sqlite-ext plugin)

This template include an example (pre-populated database), you can test in the browser using Google Chrome or in your Device.

Debug in the browser: Test using the ./app/js/queries.js file to create your queries (Drop tables, create tables, insert data, etc).
Debug in the device: Test using the ./www/pre.db file, you can edit the database using DB Browser for SQLite

SQLite examples using Angular Services

Returns the first element in a sequence that satisfies a specified condition, throws an exception if no matching element is found in source:

var query = "SELECT * FROM Users WHERE Name LIKE '%?%'";
return $q.when($sqliteService.getFirstItem(query, ['Juan']));

Returns the first element of a sequence that satisfies a specified condition, or a default value if the sequence contains no elements:

var query = "SELECT * FROM Users WHERE Name LIKE '%?%'";
return $q.when($sqliteService.getFirstOrDefaultItem(query, ['Juan']));

Returns all the elements of a sequence that satisfies a specified condition:

var query = "SELECT * FROM Users WHERE Name LIKE '%?%'";
return $q.when($sqliteService.getItems(query, ['Juan']));

Execute a SQL query:

var query = "DELETE FROM Users WHERE Name LIKE '%?%'";
return $q.when($sqliteService.executeSql(query, ['Juan']));

Note: If you don't want to use SQLite, you must perform the following steps:

Remove ./www/pre.db file.
Remove ./app/js/queries.js file.
Remove ./app/js/services/sqlite.js file.
Uninstall the plugin using the CLI: ionic plugin rm cordova-sqlite-ext --save
Remove the following line from ./app/js/app.js file:

$sqliteService.preloadDataBase(true);

Ionic Tips

Ionic View LifeCycle: More here

$scope.$on('$ionicView.beforeEnter', function(){
  alert("Before to enter to the view");
});
$scope.$on('$ionicView.afterEnter', function(){
  alert("After to enter to the view");
});

Reload the current state:

$state.go($state.current, {}, {reload: true});

Disable the back option before to navigate to other state:

$ionicHistory.nextViewOptions({
    disableBack: true,
    disableAnimate : true,
    historyRoot  : true
});

Clear the cache:

$ionicHistory.clearCache();

Clear the history:

$ionicHistory.clearHistory();

Change the direction before to navigate to other state:

$ionicViewSwitcher.nextDirection('back');

Navigate to other state:

$state.go("app.login");

Disable the drag to open the side menu:

$ionicSideMenuDelegate.canDragContent(false);

Check the current platform

var deviceInformation = ionic.Platform.device();

var isWebView = ionic.Platform.isWebView();
var isIPad = ionic.Platform.isIPad();
var isIOS = ionic.Platform.isIOS();
var isAndroid = ionic.Platform.isAndroid();
var isWindowsPhone = ionic.Platform.isWindowsPhone();

var currentPlatform = ionic.Platform.platform();
var currentPlatformVersion = ionic.Platform.version();

Disabling the tap system (To disable the tap for an element and all of its children elements)

<div data-tap-disabled="true">
    <div id="google-map"></div>
</div>

Using Ionic gestures (Events) with options from Angular Directives

$ionicGesture.on('hold', function (e) {
  //Code...
}, element, { hold_threshold: 20 });

Ionic trigger events

ionic.trigger("hold", { target: document.getElementsByClassName("item")[0] });

Dom manipulation utilities

ionic.DomUtil.requestAnimationFrame(callback); //Calls requestAnimationFrame, or a polyfill if not available.
ionic.DomUtil.getPositionInParent(element);    //Find an element’s scroll offset within its container.
ionic.DomUtil.blurAll();                       //Blurs any currently focused input element.
...

Execute when device is ready

ionic.Platform.ready(function(){
  //Code...
});

Global configuration:

Enable the native scrolling (Enable or Disable jsScrolling):

$ionicConfigProvider.scrolling.jsScrolling(false);

Set the Maximum number of view elements to cache in the DOM:

$ionicConfigProvider.views.maxCache(5);

Select the position of the tabs

$ionicConfigProvider.tabs.position('top');
$ionicConfigProvider.tabs.position('bottom');

Center align the title in the navBar:

$ionicConfigProvider.navBar.alignTitle('center');

Disable swipeback on iOS:

$ionicConfigProvider.views.swipeBackEnabled(false);

Set the back button text to empty:

$ionicConfigProvider.backButton.previousTitleText(false).text('');

Change global Ionic gestures options:

ionic.Gestures.gestures.Hold.defaults.hold_threshold = 20;

Platform Customization

Platform	CSS Class
Browser	platform-browser
Cordova	platform-cordova
Webview	platform-webview
iOS	platform-ios
iPad	platform-ipad
Android	platform-android
Windows Phone	platform-windowsphone

Dynamically Loading Templates

.state('tab', {
  templateUrl: function() {
    if (ionic.Platform.isAndroid()) {
        return  "templates/home-android.html";
    }
    return "templates/home.html";
  }
});

Crosswalk

Improve the performance of your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript if is required.

Command	Action
`ionic browser list`	Show all the browsers available by platform
`ionic browser rm crosswalk`	Remove a browser
`ionic browser add crosswalk`	Install the Chromium browser for Android
`ionic browser add crosswalk@10.39.235.15`	Specifies a version of Chromium
`ionic browser add crosswalk-lite`	Install the Crosswalk lite version
`ionic browser revert android`	Remove any custom browser that was installed for the platform by replacing it with the system default browser

npm commands

Command	Action
`npm i ionic cordova bower gulp -g`	Install Ionic, Cordova, Bower and Gulp packages globally
`npm cache clean`	Remove the cache to force update the packages. Useful to solve npm issues using the CLI.

Ionic commands

Command	Action
`ionic login`	To get logged in the CLI and use the Ionic services
`ionic upload`	Upload your app to Ionic repository and debug remotely (Your clients) using the useful Ionic View App
`ionic serve`	Test on the browser
`ionic serve --lab`	Test on the browser iOS and Android version
`ionic lib update`	Update Ionic library files
`ionic resources`	Generate icons and splash screens. The images are located in `./resources/` directory. More info here.
`ionic resources --icon`	Generate only the icons. `icon.png`, `icon.psd` or `icon.ai` is located in `./resources/` directory
`ionic resources --splash`	Generate only the splash screens. `splash.png`, `splash.psd` or `splash.ai` is located in `./resources/` directory
`ionic resources ios --icon`	Generate icons per platform

Cordova commands

Command	Action
cordova platform add `android`	Add the platform to build your app. `android - ios - windows`
cordova platform rm `android`	Remove the platform
cordova plugin add `git_url` --save	Add a plugin to use native capabilities. `Native Devs are your friends`
cordova plugin list	See the plugins that you're using. Find more here!
cordova plugin rm `plugin_name` --save	Remove a plugin
cordova build windows -- --appx=8.1-win --archs="x86"	Build the app to Windows (Open the Solution `platforms/windows/.sln` on Visual Studio*)

Tools

Name	Description
Visual Studio Code	Build and debug your app using a extension
GapDebug	Only debug in the device
GenyMotion	Better Android Emulation

Visual Studio Code commands and shortcuts

Command/Shortcut	Action
`code .`	Open the editor from CLI
`F1`	Open the `Command Palette`
`Ctrl + Shift + N`	Open other Visual Studio Code instance
`Ctrl + }`	Toogle comment code
`Ctrl + ñ`	Open the Integrated Terminal

Sign to Android (Commands)

cordova build --release android
keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore my-release-key.keystore HelloWorld-release-unsigned.apk alias_name
zipalign -v 4 HelloWorld-release-unsigned.apk HelloWorld.apk

Links

Market place
Facebook group
Codepen
Spanish Presentation
Ionic CLI
Ionic Framework Examples
Ionic Services

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README.md

README.md

An advanced Ionic v1.x template

Introduction

Demo

Projects using this template

Instructions

Template Structure

Using bower to download libraries (npm preen included)

Animate elements using Animate.css

SQLite databases on Android, iOS and Windows (Using cordova-sqlite-ext plugin)

SQLite examples using Angular Services

Note: If you don't want to use SQLite, you must perform the following steps:

Ionic Tips

Global configuration:

Crosswalk

npm commands

Ionic commands

Cordova commands

Tools

Visual Studio Code commands and shortcuts

Sign to Android (Commands)

Links

Supporting

Happy coding

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README.md

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An advanced Ionic v1.x template

Introduction

Demo

Projects using this template

Instructions

Template Structure

Using bower to download libraries (npm preen included)

Animate elements using Animate.css

SQLite databases on Android, iOS and Windows (Using cordova-sqlite-ext plugin)

SQLite examples using Angular Services

Note: If you don't want to use SQLite, you must perform the following steps:

Ionic Tips

Global configuration:

Crosswalk

npm commands

Ionic commands

Cordova commands

Tools

Visual Studio Code commands and shortcuts

Sign to Android (Commands)

Links

Supporting

Happy coding