Create An Android App Start To Finish

September 18, 2014 Nic Raboy

It was recently requested that I show how to create an Android app from start to finish using a text editor and command line. Although the process isn’t difficult, it might not be so straight forward for a first time developer. The scope of this article should cover the following:

• How to create a new Android project using a terminal window
• Creating a signing keystore for deployment to the app store
• How to submit to the app store and be successful

Manage Files In Android And iOS Using Ionic Framework

September 16, 2014 Nic Raboy

You may one day find yourself needing to make an Ionic Framework Android and iOS app that downloads media or in-app purchase content from a remote web server to the users device. Maybe you created an audio app that plays music from the cloud and you decided to cache upcoming songs in your playlist like Google Music does. This will involve downloading the media files to your device in the background so it is ready to go.

Lucky for us, Apache Cordova has a set of File APIs that we can use in our Ionic project for exactly this.

Add Pin Code Unlock To Your Ionic Framework App

September 14, 2014 Nic Raboy

I currently have a few Ionic Framework Android and iOS applications on the market. A common request for these apps have been to have a pin code unlock feature for extra security.

Use Font Awesome Shapes In Pixelmator

September 10, 2014 Nic Raboy

If you’re like me, Font Awesome somehow gets included in all of your projects. The graphics are crisp, and look great in all your artwork and applications. My go-to graphic editor is Pixelmator for Mac, and it lets you use Font Awesome with very little effort.

The following will show you how to add re-usable Font Awesome shapes to Pixelmator for use in any project.

Handling Apache Cordova Events With Ionic Framework

September 9, 2014 Nic Raboy

There will often come a scenario where you need to determine when your application enters the device background and comes back into the foreground. For example, let’s say we wanted to require a password every time the application is shown. We would need to listen for when the application enters the foreground.

Lucky for us, we can make use of the Apache Cordova event listeners to accomplish this task.

Making iOS In-App Purchases With Ionic Framework

September 5, 2014 Nic Raboy

I recently did a post on how to accomplish in-app purchases in Android with Ionic Framework, so this will compliment things from an iOS perspective. Freemium is the new normal for mobile apps. It allows people to download your app for free, but charge them for certain features.

The following should get you started with in-app purchases in your Ionic iOS application.

Create An RSS Reader Using AngularJS And Ionic Framework

September 4, 2014 Nic Raboy

This article was designed to help you apply your knowledge of AngularJS and Ionic Framework and create a functional app rather than learn new concepts.

This tutorial should help you with the following concepts:

• Make use of the AngularJS $http service for handling HTTP requests
• Cache HTTP response data on the device for usage offline
• Create data lists in Ionic Framework
• Open external URLs with the Apache Cordova InAppBrowser plugin