Adding multiple pages using tabs

This section will explain how to work with the Ionic tab interface and expand it for other cases. The example used is very basic with three tabs and some sample Ionic components in each tab. This is a very common structure that you will find in many apps. You will learn how Ionic 2 structures the tab interface and how it translates to individual folders and files.

In this example, you will build three tabs, as follows:

• Showing a simple text-only page to explain where to fit the components
• Showing a sign up form
• Showing a horizontal slider box

Although the app is very straightforward, it will teach you a lot of key concepts in Angular 2 and Ionic 2. Some of them are the component decorators, theme and the TypeScript compiler process.

Here is a screenshot of the app where the middle tab is selected:

Getting ready

Since this is your first app being built from scratch, you need to ensure that you have followed through Chapter 1, Creating Our First App with Ionic 2,...