I’ve been doing a lot of work with AngularJS lately, and in particular Ionic Framework. However, up until recently I have been using either HTML5 local storage or SQLite. Now I’ve switched gears and started using the AngularJS module ngStorage which has made my life a lot easier. The post Use ngStor...

A Twitter subscriber of mine recently asked me if I knew how to use Prerender with my AngularJS applications to boost SEO when being crawled by search engines. My immediate answer was no, but I offered to help him figure it out and write an article on it. Prerendering AngularJS web apps is critical ...

So you’ve just made an Android application. One that took you ages to complete and something that you feel proud of. What is going to stop someone from stealing your logic and source code? How easy is it to obtain? The short story is that your source code is not safe by default and it is very easy t...

I am very familiar with Oauth 2.0, but recently I had to work with Twitter and it was not as smooth of an experience as other providers such as Google and Facebook. This is because Twitter uses Oauth 1.0a and requires request signing. Oauth 1.0a requires requests to be signed using HMAC and a secret...

When you make an app or service, you may find your self wanting to strengthen the user experience by connecting with friends in some fashion. Applications like Facebook and Twitter allow you to search your contact book for friends that are already using their service. If your friend isn’t using the ...

One of my Twitter followers recently asked me to do a tutorial on the topic of Ionic Framework slide boxes and tabs. I’m always up for a challenge, so I decided to attempt to meet his requests. In this article we are going to discuss creating an application that makes use of tabs, slide boxes, and c...

Being that Ionic Framework relies heavily on the UI-Router for navigation, I thought I would do a write-up on how to properly use it. We use the UI-Router to navigate between view states in our application. By view states, I mean screens composed as template files. If you’re looking for information ...

So Google’s big Android 5.0 release is finally here after a week of delays. Android 5.0 Lollipop is now officially rolling out to the Nexus line devices. However, the roll-out is in batches so it could be as long as three weeks before you get your over-the-air (OTA) update. If you’re impatient like ...

One of my Twitter followers recently asked me to do a post regarding audio and Ionic Framework. Being the fiddler that I am, I decided to meet this request. Using Ionic Framework, the Apache Cordova Media plugin, and ngCordova, we are going to make a very simple application with basic media controls...

Recently I noticed in my Google analytics dashboard that Analytics wasn’t tracking the full url of the page of my Angular JS site. I was tracking individual pageviews using this code in my app.js file: MyApp.run(function($rootScope, $location, $window){ $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function...

After attending the Dreamforce conference for Salesforce development, I thought I’d share how to develop in Apex using Sublime Text rather than Eclipse. If you’re familiar with my development styles, you know that I am very against using IDE applications because of their sluggishness. Everyone will ...

Switching to object-based data storage can often be tough. If you’re trying to start Phonegap or Ionic Framework development and are coming from native development, the whole local storage concept can be a tough one to grasp. Or maybe you just prefer a structured query language (SQL) when working wi...

If you’re like me, you want your users to know which version of your mobile application they are using. Nothing like feeling several generations behind without even knowing it. There are other benefits to knowing your application version. For example, maybe you need to upgrade legacy data when peopl...

If you’re like me, you’ve been developing applications with Apache Cordova or Ionic Framework for a while now. Long enough to have received an email from Google Play stating that they are going to remove your application if you don’t update your published application to a more secure version of Apac...

Recently I met with the guys at Drifty, the creators of Ionic Framework, and they hooked me up with a beta invite to Ionic Creator. In short, Ionic Creator is a what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editor for Ionic Framework cross platform Android and iOS mobile applications. It is like the Dreamw...

So you’ve made a great app, but need some help marketing it. Adding social media features to your application is a great way help spread the word, without actually doing anything. Social media can bring good traffic for you, the developer, and provide useful features to your user at the same time. T...

It is no secret, that many Android devices handle web pages poorly. Unless you have Android 4.4, your device is using whatever proprietary browser your manufacturer has decided to give you. The lucky ones who are running Android 4.4 tend to have higher end Nexus or Motorola devices. This isn’t the e...

I recently started playing around with the Dropbox Datastore JavaScript API and decided that I wanted an extra layer of security in the data I store on the Dropbox server. I figured the best way to accomplish this would be to encrypt all data in my application before syncing. It took me a while to f...

One of my Twitter followers recently asked me if I could write an article regarding Google Maps and Ionic Framework. I am always up to learning and sharing things, so I’ve taken on this challenge. The following will get you a fresh Ionic project with geolocation and a fancy Google Map. The post Impl...

I recently released an iOS and Android application called OTP Safe to iTunes and Google Play. OTP Safe makes use of the time-based one-time password (TOTP) algorithm commonly used with two-factor authentication (2FA). How exactly, does this algorithm work, and how can we make it work with JavaScript...

Recently I found myself needing to aggregate my multiple row SQL data into a single row. This was because the parent data was more useful to me than the multiple row’d data, but I still needed to include it because it was still an essential part of my report. The data looked something like the follo...

Storing or syncing data remotely is often a need in modern apps. This generation is all about the cloud and how to be a part of it. Ionic Framework is a great way to make hybrid cross platform mobile Android and iOS applications, but how about sharing data between them? Dropbox is one of a few cloud...

In a previous article I explained how to use Font Awesome glyph icons in your native Android application. Ionic Framework ships with IonicIcons included, but what if you wanted to include Font Awesome or any other font for that matter? The following will show you how to include Font Awesome into you...

OTP Safe for Android and iOS has just been released in the Google Play and iTunes app stores. OTP Safe makes use of the time-based one-time password (TOTP) algorithm common for two-factor authentication (2FA) for websites and other applications. This mobile app, like Snapper for Digital Ocean, was c...

The developers at Ionic Framework are constantly releasing updates to both their CLI and base install. With great new features and fixes in every release, you’re going to find yourself wanting to upgrade frequently. But how does one do this? As of right now there is no magical all in one ionic updat...

As an Android developer, you’ll often run into the scenario where you need to perform tasks and display notifications for your app in the background. To retain battery power on our users device we are going to run background tasks using a broadcast receiver. This will prevent a thread from constantl...

I’ve been developing Android apps for a few years now. During this time, I’ve had the opportunity to try a huge selection of software, some of which didn’t work as well as I’d hoped and some of which that exceeded my expectations. Although these tools are my personal preference, I am confident they ...

When you have a website that transmits information from a user to your server it is very important to encrypt it. The last thing you want is someones password being sniffed by a malicious user when they register or sign in. By using Secure Socket Layer (SSL), data is encrypted between client and ser...

Most smart phones on the market have at least one camera if not two. You may want to leverage these cameras to make the next Instagram or SnapChat type application. Lucky for us, the native Android and iOS camera can be easily accessed using Ionic Framework and the AngularJS extension set, ngCordova...

If you’re using a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack, chances are you’re going to be using phpMyAdmin. By default, your phpMyAdmin installation is not very secure and chances are your MySQL database has a treasure trove of excellent information for a malicious user. By following these steps, you...