Installing ngCordova in an Ionic 1.x Application
5 minsngCordova is a collection of AngularJS services and extensions created by Ionic and driven by the community. These services make it easier to integrate Cordova plugins into Ionic applications.
Part 1: Integrating Google Maps with an Ionic 1.x Application
8 minsIn this tutorial I am going to walk you through how to integrate the Google Maps JavaScript SDK into an Ionic application.
Learning the Ionic 1.x Framework as a Sencha Touch Developer: Part 1
5 minsThis will be useful as a getting started guide in a general sense, but I will also be making comparisons to Sencha Touch along the way. This will allow you to understand any key differences between the frameworks and how they stack up against each other.
Learning the Ionic 1.x Framework as a Sencha Touch Developer: Part 2
6 minsNow we need to learn how to start using Ionic. As always, the best place to start is the documentation. Ionic's documentation is especially user friendly, and you can see at a glance all the different topics you should be focusing on.
Learning the Ionic 1.x Framework as a Sencha Touch Developer: Part 3
13 minsSo, in this article I'm going to list the basic core concepts for AngularJS and Ionic I've learned as someone new to the frameworks.
Learning the Ionic 1.x Framework as a Sencha Touch Developer: Part 4
6 minsIn this post I'll focus on going over how to use Cordova within an Ionic application and hopefully we'll wrap things up in the following post in this series.
Learning the Ionic 1.x Framework as a Sencha Touch Developer: Part 5
14 minsWe will discuss how to build Ionic applications for both iOS and Android. I'll also provide a "mini analysis" of Sencha Touch vs Ionic.
Monitoring Online and Offline States in an Ionic 1.x Application
7 minsIn this tutorial I'm going to walk you through how to set up and use the Network Information plugin in conjunction with the normal `navigator.onLine` method, how to detect online and offline states, and also how to detect *when* a device switches from online to offline or vice versa.
Organising Code in an Ionic 1.x Application for Beginners
5 minsOn top of actually learning how the framework works, you also need to make sure your code, files and folders stay well structured and easy to maintain. It's easy to skip over this stuff as a beginner and end up with a really messy set up that makes you cringe every time you look at it.
Part 2: Using the $http Service in Ionic 1.x to Dynamically Load Google Map Markers
14 minsThis tutorial will focus on loading in Google Maps markers dynamically using the `$http` service in Ionic, and in Part 2 we will create a way to only load markers for the area the user is currently looking at.
Part 3: Advanced Google Maps Integration with Ionic 1.x and Remote Data
25 minsIn this tutorial we're going to complete the transition from basic Google Maps implementation to an advanced and production ready implementation.
Building a Simple Spotify Player with Ionic 1.x
12 minsIn this tutorial I will show you how to login to Spotify, access your playlists, read the track data and also play some music snippets.
Store Camera Photos Permanently Using PhoneGap, Ionic 1.x & ngCordova
6 minsIt's simple enough to trigger the devices camera and grab the resulting photo, but there's one big problem. The photo will eventually disappear.
User Authentication with Ionic 1.x and Parse, Part 1: Email Login
14 minsParse does a lot of fancy stuff but in this tutorial I'm going to show you how we can set up user authentication with an email login in an Ionic application with Parse.
User Authentication with Ionic 1.x and Parse, Part 2: Facebook Login
14 minsCreating a new user using an email address with Parse was pretty easy, but it is quite common for applications to offer Facebook as a sign up option as well.
What Impact Will AngularJS 2.0 Have on Ionic 1.x?
7 minsSince Ionic is built on top of Angular, this also means big changes for Ionic. So I want to discuss a few issues this brings up and concerns existing Ionic developers, like me, might have.
Extracting the Source Code of any Cordova Application
1 minsIn this video, we walk through how you can extract the source code for any Cordova application on the app store, and why this is an important design consideration for your own applications.
What's New in Ionic 3?
2 minsIn this video, I explore some of the new features and changes that you may notice in your Ionic 3 applications.
A Summary of Backend Options for HTML5 Mobile Applications
17 minsI feel like now is a good time to cover the various options out there for remote backends for HTML5 mobile applications.
A Summary of Local Storage Options for PhoneGap Applications
11 minsThere's quite a few different options out there, it can be pretty confusing, so in this article I will provide a brief overview of the different storage options