Which charts are best suitable & responsive for mobile apps made through ionic framework? I tried using angular-nvd3 but it does work well with the mobile device interface. Can anyone suggest me charts which can be used in ionic apps for better responsiveness?
I would try and use the Chart.js - Angular charts extension. I've used it before and it works well although you might have to make some UI tweaks if necessary which is a given.
Check out this article
https://dzone.com/articles/using-charts-in-your-ionic-framework-mobile-app
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I do not know much about web tech and currently, I am planning my own project implementing web app + hybrid mobile app.
Based on my research, it seems many people use bootstrap, on the other hand for mobile, ionic seems one of the most popular ones.
web: bootstrap +
mobile: ionic
While planning it, I met an issue, i.e. how I can combine bootstrap source with ionic and its difficulty, and would it take many steps to modify code and apply for both sides.
So my question is
1. is it easy to combine bootstrap to ionic?
2. Is there widely used tool that is integrated for web and mobile application development?
Thanks in advance.
Bootstrap is meant to be a CSS library for creating responsive web, be it webapp or mobile. You can easily create a webapp using AngularJS as you mention, and let its responsiveness be driven by Bootstrap.
Ionic 1 is meant to be a mobile app development framework, not mobile web. It has got a lot more than just CSS styles; it creates hybrid native apps for Android, Apple and Windows platforms. Though it does just run fine on mobile screens as a webapp.
Ionic 2 has support for webapps so you can easily write your mobile app that can then be deployed either as a native app or on a web server.
Though on both versions of Ionic, you may choose to use Bootstrap for styling your elements but be aware that this won't replace Ionic's own scss. And it might create some unforeseen issues as you've pointed out.
Bootstrap is primarily for webapps running in browsers.
Ionic is targeted to run the applications in a webview using cordova. So, it contains many platform specific stylesheets, properties etc.
1. is it easy to combine bootstrap to ionic?
There is no point of combining both, as IONIC is providing everything you need from bootstrap. ( Element Stylesheets, Common Functions etc ).
2. Is there widely used tool that is integrated for web and mobile application development?
Angular JS is going to help here. You can reuse most of the angular code is both have the same functionality.
For IONIC 1 : You need Angular 1 and IONIC 2 is based on Angular 2.
I'm thinking which frameworks should I use to port an existent application UI to a mobile friendly one.
I've seen Ionic and I was pretty happy with its UI and components until I noticed it requires Angular.js for its functionality.
My project is developed in Knockout.js over Node.js and I'm not planning to start using Angular at this point.
jQuery Mobile seems like another alternative to it but it seems its development its not as active and its community is not as big or as active.
Plus the UI is not native for each OS and it looks as good in big screens.
I've seen other alternatives (Onsen UI, Intel XDK, Sencha Touch, Kendo UI, Framework 7...) but none of them seem to be as popular and as active as Ionic and some of them still need Angular.js.
Isn't there any out of the box framework that doesn't require Angular.js and which provides not only the UI but also the touch features as Ionic does?
Bootstrap might not be at the same level as all of these frameworks.
I would suggest you Onsen UI. Since Onsen UI 2.0 release (at the moment in open beta) the framework is completely agnostic, which means that can work standalone. Nevertheless, it's also still compatible with some of the most famous frameworks like AngularJS 1.x (and Angular 2 in the future), ReactJS (see demo) and KnockoutJS.
Moreover, besides being compatible with iOS and Android, it's one of the few frameworks to be compatible with Windows platform (Windows Phone, Windows Universal App) and to implement Material Design! The learning curve is also very fast.
The community is not so small, as you can see from StackOverflow activity and Gitter Channel. Moreover, the developers are very active in the development, in the issues fix (almost 600 bugs fixed at the moment) and open to listen to the users suggestions.
Take a look at this article about Onsen UI 2.0 and give it a shot.
I suggest you should use any of these UI frameworks
http://www.idangero.us/framework7/get-started/
http://chocolatechip-ui.com/
Save yourself all the stress, Its independent of any Js framework and very simple to implement, just like Bootstrap.
I have actually used the first one. framework7
You can create Mobile Apps UI with Native Look & Feel For Web or Hybrid
I want to use Ionic Framework for my mobile website.
I wonder that is there any risk for run Ionic Framework on mobile browsers.
I'll only use framework's CSS and JS which includes modals, popups, menus etc.
I built a prototype and I tested it on all versions of iPhone and 2-3 versions of Samsung. I haven't seen any problem on these devices. But I want to learn all risks before I start to real project which includes static pages and quotation steps. I'll use UI router by using HTML5 pushstate.
To learn your opinions, makes me more confident.
Thanks in advance.
Kindest...
There are certain caveats to this:
1. Ionic doesn't have a web server, and its testing server uses UIWebview and will not allow for POST requests.
2. Ionic is more optimized for app that is resident on the device. There are certain capabilities (ngCordova plugins for camera...etc.) that won't be available on mobile web.
Your scenario ("framework's CSS and JS which includes modals, popups, menus etc.") - should be fine, since you're only using functionality within Webview. You'd have to build a custom JS library that would only include presentation layer features.
Our current web application for mobile is build with jquery mobile
https://www.bit2c.co.il/mobile
I would like to upgrade it with better ui, plus I believe that jquery mobile js and ui are not working smooth over IPhone 4. (the nav bars, header and footer, are refusing to stay fixed ).
So I did some research and found that mobile angular UI is working pretty well over different smart phones including IPhone 4.
My question is:
1.Is this framework well supported and will continue to grow ?
2.Is it working inside phonegap hybrid application ?
3.If using it means there is no need for jquery? and by that how all the functionality done with jquery is done with angular instead?
Please keep in mind I have little angular knowledge and I've seen there will be great change in angularJS 2.0. which leads me to concern in using this version.
Thanks !
If anything, Angular 2.0 is more mobile-aware than 1.3. My team has built a mobile-only application with Angular 1.3 and it works quite well. We've also wrapped it in Cordova to build native mobile apps, although there were more issues there due to third-party JavaScript. The main problem with starting a new app with Angular 1.3 today is that eventually Google will only push security fixes, and no new features will come to the framework. If you build a one-off app, that's fine, but if you're building a new product that will keep on evolving over the next 2 years, 1.3 is not the right choice anymore.
The main challenge I would say we have is that it takes a while to load upon the first page-load. We're a content site with little user "functionality" and while Angular has been good, I don't think it's the best solution for a plain content site; Angular is really meant for applications where you want users to interact with things on the screen without creating new pageloads for every click.
I intend to create a Material design based App for Android and Windows.Generally I use Cordova with Ionic framework for development.
In that combo can I add the css and js file of Angular-material and create an app with Material Design ?
Yes, angular material works with Cordova. I have tried basic application with AngularJS, Angular Material and Cordova. And this combination works. Angular material is still in development. I am facing few performance bottle necks. This may be one aspect need to think for time being.
Ionic Framework doesn't play well along with Angular Material.
But you can use AngularJs + Cordova + AngularMaterial and it will work like a charm.
If you do want a seed to start, you can look to this one:
https://github.com/mario-aleo/cordova-angular-angularMaterial-seed
You should not have any issues using Material Design in the same way that you've been using Ionic with Cordova.
In fact, the Ionic team was directly involved in the creation of Material Design. Check out this video for an overview of Material Design by Max Lynch, the co-creator of Ionic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qiyhkQVyxE&list=UUEGUP3TJJfMsEM_1y8iviSQ
I've had some problems with cordova compared to straight mobile chrome. Some element don't align right and I think it has to do with the heavy use of flex. I'm still investigating but I'm pretty sure the version of webview my not support it completely. I know that older android versions won't at all. I'll update this if I know more or if anyone else has input on this post here.
I am using this seed : https://github.com/mario-aleo/cordova-angular-angularMaterial-seed
Overall feeling is really great. I am testing elements of material design in the app. Problems that I can see so far is dialog. It opens kinda laggy a bit.