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Create A Toast Notification In Android With NativeScript

December 25, 2015
Nic Raboy

Toast notifications are a common thing in Android applications. They are convenient because you can display a message to a user and have it disappear shortly after without blocking any of the UI that might exist within the application. I already demonstrated how to display these notifications in an Ionic Framework application, but this time I’m changing gears to explain how it is done using Telerik NativeScript.

I wanted to start off by saying that I was inspired to write this article after reading Brad Martin’s post regarding the Snackbar notification in NativeScript. Both are common and useful ways to display notifications in mobile apps.

December 23, 2015
Nic Raboy

In most scenarios, when developing a mobile application, you’re going to want multiple pages or screens for displaying information. In Ionic Framework 1, you’d use the AngularJS UI-Router to navigate between pages, but things are different when it comes to Angular and Ionic 2. The UI-Router is not present in the latest version of Ionic Framework.

We’re going to take a look at navigating around an Ionic 2 application and see how easy it is.

December 18, 2015
Nic Raboy

With all the buzz around NativeScript, I figured it was about time that I demonstrate how to access native features of a device without the use of any plugins. To start off slow I decided it might be convenient to see how to obtain the application version number and display it within the application.

To be clear, there are plugins to do all this for you, but the point I’m trying to prove is how easy it is to access core features of iOS and Android with limited knowledge of both.

December 7, 2015
Nic Raboy

To continue my sprint on Telerik NativeScript related topics, I figured it was time I talk about how to handle navigation to different routes or views within an application. With platforms such as React Native you would use a Navigator component and in platforms such as Ionic Framework you would use the AngularJS UI-Router. With NativeScript, it is even easier to navigate between routes.

In this guide we’re going to look at what it takes to navigate a multiple screen Android and iOS application using NativeScript.

November 30, 2015
Nic Raboy

As I mentioned in some of my other posts, I’ve been exploring NativeScript by Telerik. So far it has proven to be a nifty platform and my attention is still invested. Previously when writing about similar technologies such as React Native and Ionic Framework, I explained how to make HTTP requests to third party web services. I demonstrated how to make HTTP requests in Ionic Framework as well as how to make HTTP requests in React Native. This time I figured it was time to do the same demonstration with NativeScript.

In this guide we’ll take a look at how to make requests against a RESTful API server in an Android and iOS app using Telerik NativeScript.

November 27, 2015
Nic Raboy

It is no question that I am pretty familiar with Ionic Framework and Apache Cordova in general. I have a ton of blog articles, YouTube videos and even a beginner level course for Ionic Framework. However, lately I’ve been playing around with NativeScript by Telerik, a similar technology platform that has many advantages over the competitors. I also have blog articles and a beginner level course for NativeScript.

I’m going to do an in-depth comparison between the two hybrid development platforms so you can figure out which is best for you.

November 23, 2015
Nic Raboy

I’ve been doing a lot of NativeScript development lately because I’ve found it to be a pretty nifty platform. If you’re unfamiliar with NativeScript, it is similar to Ionic Framework and React Native in a sense that you can use JavaScript to build iOS and Android mobile applications. I previously wrote about using the native device camera in Ionic Framework as well as using the native device camera in React Native. This time I figured it would be appropriate to do the same, but with Telerik NativeScript.

In this guide we’re going to see what it takes to take pictures with the native device camera using NativeScript and display the pictures on the screen.