Getting Started

Adding the @nxtend/ionic-angular plugin to your Nx workspace is trivial, and works just like any other Nx plugin.

Initialize Plugin

# npm

npm install --save-dev --exact @nxtend/ionic-angular

# yarn

yarn add --save-dev --exact @nxtend/ionic-angular

Generating Applications

Now, create your Ionic Angular application.

nx generate @nxtend/ionic-angular:application myApp

By default, a Capacitor project will be generated that will allow you to compile your application as a native platform.

@nxtend/ionic-angular uses the @nxtend/capacitor plugin to add Capacitor support to an Ionic Angular application in an Nx workspace. By default, Capacitor configuration are added to new @nxtend/ionic-angular applications. To disable this, pass --capacitor false into the @nxtend/ionic-angular application schematic command.

Nx will ask you some questions about the application, but you can customize it further by passing these options:

nx generate @nxtend/ionic-angular:app [name] [options,...]

Options:

--name The name of the application.

--directory The directory of the new application.

--unitTestRunner Test runner to use for unit tests. (default: jest)

--e2eTestRunner Test runner to use for end to end (e2e) tests. (default: cypress)

--tags Add tags to the application (used for linting).

--template The starter template to use. (default: blank)

--capacitor Generate a Capacitor project. (default: true)

--skipFormat Skip formatting files.

--dryRun Runs through and reports activity without writing to disk.

--skip-nx-cache Skip the use of Nx cache.

--help Show available options for project target.

Targets

Generated applications expose several functions to the CLI that allow users to build, lint, test, and so on.

nx build {frontend project name}

nx lint {frontend project name}

nx serve {frontend project name}

nx test {frontend project name}

nx e2e {frontend project name}-e2e

These applications are also supported by the Nx affected commands.

Capacitor

To learn how to utilize Capacitor with a generated app, visit the plugin Capacitor documentation.