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Accessibility in Ionic Framework Apps

I've recently been creating a sample project based off of Ionic Framework's sidemenu starter app. Yesterday, I realized the starter was using onClick handlers instead of links to navigate between views. Of course, this results in a less than stellar experience for people needing

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Testing React Based Ionic Framework Apps

Are you as excited as I am about using React and Ionic Framework together? You'll be amazed at how easy it is to get started. Thanks to the magic of the Ionic CLI and Create React App, you can be up and running in

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Ionic 2 Generic Copy Gulp Task

UPDATE: I've submitted a PR to the Ionic team for this. I think it can be useful to others. I'm finally getting up to speed on Ionic 2 by working my way through the excellent book "Building Mobile Apps with Ionic 2 from

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Querying the DOM with Cached Views in Ionic Framework

Cached views are a blessing for navigating back and forth in an Ionic Framework apps. Caching helps with things like maintaining the scroll position in a back view. For example, if you're scrolled halfway down a list of customers and tap one of them

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Preloading Images in AngularJS

I've been working on a prototyping tool using Ionic Framework that displays images. These images are app mockups that look exactly like the designer developed them. I associate "hotspots" to each image so that the user can tap a "button"

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Overriding a Directive in AngularJS

Recently, a bug was introduced into the Ionic Framework menu-close directive. It's an easy bug to overlook because the user has to do something unintuitive to encounter it. Here's a working example of the issue. The app loads on the Attendees List. If you

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Configuring App Names With Apostrophes in Cordova Hybrid Apps with Hooks

I recently ran into a roadblock when trying to change the name of an app. The app name needed to change from something like "Calendee" to "Calendee's App". Of course, this would seem like no big deal for a Cordova

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Ionic Framework & Protractor Tests

I recently started working on an Ionic Framework app with some other developers. The team uses Protractor for unit tests. I'm ashamed to admit, this will be the first project I've ever written unit tests for! I was struggling to get rolling because my

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Enable Native Scrolling in Ionic Apps for Android

Here's a quick sample of enabling Native Scrolling in Ionic Framework apps.

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Using Device Grade in Ionic Framework Apps

Sometimes, you just have to cheat. When developing mobile hybrid apps, you've got a whole slew of devices, manufacturers, and operating systems to deal with. To make matters worse, you also have to deal with various browser rendering engines. Ionic Framework does an incredible

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Trigger Pull To Refresh In Ionic Framework Apps

The Ionic Forum has a few posts about people wanting to programmatically trigger the pull to refresh feature in Ionic Framework apps. Who wouldn't want to do this, right? Since the PTR feature already provides great visual feedback to a user, why not use

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Replacing the Backview In Ionic Framework

Sometimes, you just can't go back. Or more to the point - you don't want your users to go back. Imagine your app uses authentication for certain views. For whatever reason, you've decided to not use a modal for the authentication. So, a user

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Polish Your App Launch with Cordova Splashscreen Plugin

We all know that Apple frowns on using the Splashscreen as an advertisement for your app. At the same time, just about everyone does it. Quite often in hybrid apps, the launch of an app can look a little unpleasant while the view loads.

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Placing Phone Calls In Hybrid Apps

I've been working on an Ionic Framework app for a client. One of the requirements was for the user to be able to place calls from within the app. You would normally accomplish this with code like: <a class="item" ng-href=

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Posting Images to Cloudinary in Ionic Apps

Many apps have features that allow users to post images and share with other users. A very soon to be released version of Kids In Touch allows users to send pictures to their friends and family. There are many solutions for hosting images. However,

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Validation in Ionic Framework Apps with ngMessages

CREDIT : FYI: The general styling of the error messages are adapted from a sample provided by Malixsys on the Ionic Framework forum. I've whined many times about the form validation issues with AngularJS. I finally settled on my own version of dealing with this