Add Touch ID Authentication To An Ionic Mobile App

So you want to take advantage of your iOS devices touch id functionality? I don’t blame you because I find my iPad Air 2’s fingerprint reader incredibly useful. Previously I wrote about using touch id for authentication with Ionic Framework 1, but with Ionic 2 being all the rage now, I figured we were due for an update.

We’re going to see how to authenticate our Ionic 2 application using the iOS touch id features and Angular.

Use Google Analytics In An Ionic Android And iOS App

If you’re making a great app chances are you’re going to want to know who else thinks its great. This an be determined by how many people are using your application, what they are doing within the application, or how long they are using your application for. This data can be tracked in iOS and Android using Google Analytics. We are lucky enough to be able to use Google Analytics within an Ionic 2 mobile application.

If you’ve been keeping up with my blog you’ll know I wrote about using Google Analytics in an Ionic Framework 1 application. This time we’re going to see how to use Google Analytics in an Ionic 2 application with Angular.

Add Barcode Scanning Functionality To Your Ionic App

Being able to scan a barcode is a convenient way to share bits of data. Whether you’re using QR codes to share contact information or traditional barcodes for product information, being able to scan an image is more convenient than either entering a long code or similar.

Previously I wrote about scanning barcodes using Ionic Framework 1, but with Ionic 2 being all the rage I thought it would be worth revisiting for Angular.

Webinar Series: Building A CEA2N And NativeScript Application

Today I have finished the final episode of a five-part webinar series on the subject of Couchbase, Express Framework, Angular, and Node.js (CEA2N) application development. This webinar series has been going on for the past five weeks where each week I covered a new topic relative to the stack leading up to a NativeScript mobile application.

Each episode of this webinar was recorded and can be viewed for free here. This is some premium content!

An episode breakdown and project source code can be seen below.

Share Things On Social Media Via An Ionic Mobile App

Recently one of my subscribers asked me if I could refresh the social media sharing article that I wrote for Ionic Framework 1 to work with Ionic 2. Since I’m already in the process of rewriting all my posts to Ionic 2, I figured now is a good time to do so.

In case you hadn’t seen my previous post, it is still worth checking out. In either scenario, the goal we’re going to accomplish here is sharing messages, images, and links via social media outlets on Android and iOS within an Ionic 2 mobile app that uses Angular.

Why You Should Not Use Ionic Serve For Hybrid Apps

I’ve written a lot of Ionic Framework and Ionic 2 blog articles and have answered even more questions and troubleshooted more problems. When it comes to Ionic Framework, if I had to estimate, I’d say about 80% of the time the problems were related to the Ionic Service solution that the Ionic team offers.

I’ve written a post similar to this before on the topic of properly testing your Ionic Framework applications, but since it’s alarming how many people are still running into these issues I think it is worth bringing up again.

Using The Onymos Media Component In Your Ionic Framework App

A few years back I demonstrated how to use the device camera in an Android and iOS application developed with Ionic Framework. Being able to take photos wasn’t particularly difficult, but it left a lot to be desired. This is where the Media component by Onymos comes into play.

So what is the Onymos Media component?

The Onymos Media component extends the media features offered by the Apache Cordova camera plugin. It will correct common orientation issues for photos and videos captured from the various platforms and devices, it allows access to the various internal directories on Android, and it offers advanced compression features. The component also offers tight integration with Amazon S3 for storing media online.

Per the Onymos website, the Media component reduces the time it takes to get an application released to the market and in turn saves in development costs. Paired with the component’s continuous updates, your application will always be functional.

We’re going to see how to take pictures within our application using the Onymos Media component and upload them to Amazon S3 with ease. Everything you see below can easily be expanded to videos as the Onymos Media component can accomplish the same tasks with video as well.