How to Fix the iOS 9 AngularJS UIWebView Issue

If your users upgrade their Apple device to iOS 9, you could run into a problem when working with the window.location API. The Ionic team found this issue (thank you) and posted a workaround with this patch. Adding this patch to an Appery.io Ionic (or Bootstrap) app is very simple. Let me show you how.

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Tip: Make HTML Do New Tricks with AngularJS Directives

AngularJS provides many useful tools for easy app development, including the concept of directives. When building an AngularJS mobile app with Appery.io, you can easily write any custom directive you want to extend the behavior of HTML. Appery.io even provides two of it’s own built-in directives you can use: navigateTo and backButton. The first one helps navigate […]

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How to Set a Page Header in an Ionic/AngularJS App

When you create a new Ionic/AngularJS app in Appery.io, every app has two pages out-of-the-box. index is the main template page and Screen1 is a page that uses the template. Any other pages that you create will use the index template page. Most pages in your app will have a header. If you open Screen1 or any other […]

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Tip: Get Quicker Screen Loading with AngularJS Minification

Slowness is the ultimate user experience killer for apps. A good way to make your apps faster is to boost screen loading speed. “Minification” helps this by removing all unnecessary characters from screen code without changing the functionality. You can easily add minification to your AngularJS apps in Appery.io with the Grunt JS Task Runner. Then, you […]

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Social Authentication Examples for AngularJS and jQuery Mobile

User login/registration is one of the most common features in a mobile app. Permitting login with existing credentials that users have from social networks can significantly simplify the authentication process and improve the user experience. User Login Registration Examples for all project types (jQuery Mobile, Ionic, and Bootstrap) has just been updated with social authentication […]

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Building a Mobile App with AngularJS and Barcode Scanner

With Barcode Scanner plugin, you can quickly add the functionality to scan bar codes from your app.  This can be helpful in many cases. For example, when building a warehouse mobile app: simply scan a product bar code, search the database with that code and retrieve the product information. You can see how to build such app for […]

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Tip: Easily Add a Side Menu to Your AngularJS App

If you are developing a mobile app, you’re likely to need some kind of a menu to easily show when needed and to hide otherwise for conserving screen space. There is a really cool native-like Ionic component to do this that is available out-of-the-box in Appery.io. Simply turn it on by toggling the Is Enabled […]

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How to Use Google Maps in an AngularJS App

Like standard UI elements, such as buttons, input and text areas, the Appery.io App Builder also provides a convenient and ready-to-use Google Maps component for your AngularJS apps. This component contains a large set of visually configurable properties and entities like markers and windows. There is a lot of help available for you to get the most out […]

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Building a Native App with Ionic, AngularJS, and Appery.io

For years, developers had to make a choice: build a single hybrid app with a so-so user experience, or build a native app for each platform with a great user experience. Developers don’t have to make this choice anymore. By integrating the Ionic SDK into Appery.io, developers can build enterprise HTML5/hybrid apps on a single code base that […]

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Tip: Using Native Device Features in AngularJS Apps

The benefits are obvious for using native device features like geolocation and the camera. When you build your AngularJS (Ionic or Bootstrap) app with Appery.io, you can easily take advantage of these features. You import the services to access these features via plug-ins. Just go to CREATE NEW > From Plug-in and select the service […]

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