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Ionic Cookbook

You're reading from   Ionic Cookbook Recipes to create cutting-edge, real-time hybrid mobile apps with Ionic

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788623230
Length 390 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Indermohan Singh Indermohan Singh
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Preface 1. Creating Our First App with Ionic 2. Adding Ionic Components FREE CHAPTER 3. Extending Ionic with Angular Building Blocks 4. Validating Forms and Making HTTP Requests 5. Adding Animation 6. User Authentication and Push Notifications 7. Supporting Device Functionalities Using Ionic Native 8. Theming the App 9. Advanced Topics 10. Publishing the App for Different Platforms 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adding versioning to future-proof the app

It's typical that you don't think about keeping track of the app version for a particular user. However, as the app grows in regard to the number of users and releases, you will soon face the problem of update issues and incompatibilities. For example, a user may run an old version of your app but all your backend APIs now expect new parameters from a newer app version. Therefore, you may want to think about a strategy to detect the app version locally in order to notify the users of an update requirement. This is also helpful if your backend processes differently for a specific app version.

The app which you are going to build is very simple. It will detect the current version and store the information in a service. This is a screenshot of the app:

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