Mobile App Development with Ionic 2: Cross-Platform Apps with Ionic, Angular, and Cordova

Learn how to build app store-ready hybrid apps with the Ionic 2, the framework built on top of Apache Cordova (formerly PhoneGap) and Angular. This practical guide shows you how to use Ionic s tools and services to develop apps with HTML, CSS, and TypeScript, rather than rely on platform-specific solutions found in Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.

Author Chris Griffith takes you step-by-step through Ionic s powerful collection of UI components, and then helps you use it to build three cross-platform mobile apps. Whether you re new to this framework or have been working with Ionic 1, this book is ideal for beginning, intermediate, and advanced web developers.

• Understand what a hybrid mobile app is, and what comprises a basic Ionic application
• Learn how Ionic leverages Apache Cordova, Angular, and TypeScript to create native mobile applications
• Create a Firebase-enabled to-do application that stores data across multiple clients
• Build a tab-based National Park explorer app with Google Map integration
• Develop a weather app with the Darksky weather API and Google s GeoCode API
• Debug and test your app to resolve issues that arise during development
• Walk through steps for deploying your app to native app stores
• Learn how Ionic can be used to create Progressive Web Apps