Testing the setup

Let's take a look at how we can test the setup for Android and iOS.

Testing for Android

To test the setup, we will scaffold a new Ionic app, and emulate that using the Android and iOS emulators. We will first scaffold a tabs app. Create a folder named chapter6 and open a new command prompt/terminal. Run the following command:

ionic start -a "Example 14" -i app.example.fourteen example14 tabs --v2

To emulate the app on an Android emulator, first we need to add Android platform support for this project and then emulate it:

To add the Android platform, run the following command:

ionic platform add android

Once that is done, run the following command:

ionic emulate android

After some time, you will see the emulator launch, and the...