Ionic, an open source mobile SDK and a savior for mobile app developers that enables them to develop amazing mobile and web applications with ease, has impressed the world with its capabilities since its inception in the technology parlance.
A fresh update has been released bewildering developers of what it has in store for them, is it a performance update to make things easier and quicker? Without beating around the bush, we uncover the inclusions in the new Ionic 2.2.0.
Ionic is now Desktop Ready!
The new release includes two prominent features, Split Pane and Update to Angular 2.4.8 support, along with some bug fixes.
With the release of Ionic 1.x, the ability to create views on larger screen was bit of a concern for the developers. Although, the feature was available as ‘expose-aside-when’ in Ionic 1.x, but was very limited in terms of functionality asking the team to rethink and incorporate the required functionality again.
With the Ionic 2.2.0 release, this issue has been resolved. Ionic developers can now build interfaces with a single code base that scale up from smartphones through tablets and desktop displays. The responsive grid system works seamlessly for the developers to achieve this feat.
Ionic has been updated to support the latest version, Angular 2.4.8, which has been tested and verified by the team of developers at Ionic. Updating to Ionic 2.2.0 will solve all your major concerns related to performance bugs as the latest release is now compatible with the latest version of the Angular.
The team is excited about this latest add-on that allows developers to work on more complex applications with a simpler mechanism. Complex apps can be built with ease in regard to nested navigations, which was a thing to be addressed from some time.
The nested navigation has been added to the side panel, which is similar to what we see on the iOS’s mail app on an iPad. Each component added in the navigation works individually with its own ‘ion-nav’, which ridicules the complexity factor from the mobile app development process opening a gateway for more sophisticated apps.
If you are currently using the older ionic-storage, then it’s probably time to update to ionic-storage 2.0.0 because the latest release of Ionic 2.2.0 acts weird with the older versions of ionic-storage.
Apart from the above-mentioned components, there are several bugs that have been addressed and fixed by the Ionic community related to components, menu, refresher, infinite-scroll, tabs, radio and view-controller.
As per the team behind, there are plenty more new things to come related to desktop support and asks the developers to stay tuned for the same. There are certain tips drafted for scaling your app to work on large screens, which can be viewed.
An IT Engineer, a Digital Marketer and a Content Marketing Specialist, Sahil Miglani enjoys technical as well as non-technical writing. His passion and urge for gaining new insights on gadgets, smartphones and technology has led him to Konstant Infosolutions. He quenches his thirst for technology through his action oriented writing skills and a profound ability to stay up to date with latest industry trends. Besides this, Sahil is a sports appreciator, a Sachin Tendulkar fan and a keen follower of cricket. He also has a flair for writing sports content. He lives with the belief that his hobbies have turned into his profession, no wonder he is writing wonders.
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