test-mass-forker-org-1 / azure-mobile-apps-with-ionic

Ionic template integrated with Azure mobile app services

Azure Mobile App Services with Ionic Template

An application using Apache Cordova, Ionic Framework, and Azure mobile app services. Currently supporting iOS, Android and Windows 10.

Important!

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Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Configuring Azure services
• Getting Started
• App Preview
• File Structure of App

Requirements

1. node.js
2. Cordova and Ionic - npm install cordova ionic
3. Gulp - npm install gulp
4. Bower - npm install bower

Configuring Azure services

The app uses these 3 azure services, enable them by following these steps:

1. Data Access
2. Authentication
3. Push Notification

Getting Started

With VS Code:

• Clone this repository.
• Run npm install from the project root.
• Run bower install from the project root.
• Run ionic state reset to install plugins and platforms from package.json.
• Build the project by running gulp tsc and then ionic build <platform name>
• Deploy to device or emulator by running ionic run <platform name> or ionic emulate <platform name>
• Success

** Note: To improve your Cordova development workflow, install VS Code Cordova extension.

• Launch the VS Code Command Palette – (Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows, Cmd+Shift+P on Mac) – and type the following command and hit Enter:

ext install cordova-tools

With Visual Studio:

• Clone this repository.
• Open the azure-services-with-ionic.sln in Visual Studio.
• Open Task Runner window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Bkspce.
• Install npm packages by going to your Solution Explorer -> Dependencies -> npm and clicking on 'Restore Packages'.
• Once packages are restored, build the project and deploy it on Ripple or an android emulator.
• Success

App Preview

iPhone 5

File Structure of App

azure-services-with-ionic/
│
├── node_modules/                      * Node dependencies
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├── platforms/                         * Cordova generated native platform code
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├── plugins/                           * Cordova native plugins go
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├── resources/                         * Images for splash screens and icons
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├── typings/                           * Contains all typings for this project
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├── www/                               * Folder that is copied over to platforms www directory
│   │   
│   ├── js/                            * Contains transpiled JS files from TS files            
│   │
│   ├── css/                           * Compiled CSS
│   │
│   ├── img/                           * App images
│   │
│   ├── lib/                           * Dependencies from bower install 
│   │
│   └── index.html                     * Main entry point
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├── .editorconfig                      * Defines coding styles between editors
├── .gitignore                         * Example git ignore file
├── config.xml                         * Cordova configuration file
├── gulpfile.js                        * Contains gulp tasks for compiling ts files, scss files and more..
├── ionic.project                      * Ionic configuration file
├── package.json                       * Our javascript dependencies
├── azure-services-with-ionic.sln         * VS solution
├── azure-services-with-ionic.jsproj        
├── azure-services-with-ionic.jsproj.user     
└── README.md                          * This file