##Ionic + MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 (MFP8)

TLDR; Demo Video:

Setup a MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8 server

• The easiest way to get a server running is using IBM Bluemix, there is a Free tier you can use
• Go to the IBM Bluemix Catalog and create a Mobile Foundation Service

Install Tools

• Setup the Command Lines Tools:

$ npm install -g mfpdev-cli  ionic@1.x cordova gulp-cli bower ios-deploy
$ android --help
$ adb version
$ javac -version (1.7+)
$ xcodebuild --help

How to use the sample code

• Use Cordova CLI Template to download
• Use a unique App ID, App Name, App Path cordova create PATH ID NAME --template TEMPLATE
• App unique App ID is very important for Push Notifications setup

$ cordova create mfp8-app com.example.myapp Demo  --template https://github.com/csantanapr/mfp8-ionic-demo.git

• Change directory and npm install

$ cd mfp8-app/
$ npm install
$ rm -rf .git/

or in one single command (Linux, Mac)

$ APP=mfp8-app; cordova create ${APP} com.example.myapp Demo --template https://github.com/csantanapr/mfp8-ionic-demo.git && cd ${APP} && npm install && rm -rf .git/

How to use the Ionic CLI

• Use ionic cli to add additional platforms and optional plugins
• Sample App already defines in config.xml most of the plugins from the demo, they get installed when you add the platform

$ ionic platform add ios@latest
$ ionic platform add android@latest

Note : If having problems with Android check platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml that the <application> elements contains the attribute android:name="com.ibm.MFPApplication" if not present add the attribute

• Use ionic cli to emulate and run

$ ionic emulate ios --livereload
$ ionic run  android --livereload

Ignore if the emulate prints something about missing ios-sim, Latest cordova-ios@4.x includes ios-sim

• Use ionic cli for other cordova actions

$ ionic prepare
$ ionic build

How to use the MFPDev CLI

• Get help documentation for any MFPDev CLI command

$ mfpdev help [<command>]
$ mfpdev help
$ mfpdev help app preview
$ mfpdev help app config
...

• Add a server profile bluemix for a remote server using the real values from IBM Bluemix

$ mfpdev server add bluemix --url http://mobilefoundation-2u-server.mybluemix.net:80 --login admin --password ***** --setdefault

• If you have a mfp server running on localhost verify with the CLI

$ mfpdev server info

• Register the mobile App with a server

$ mfpdev app register local
$ mfpdev app register bluemix

• Switch back and forth the default server for the App

$ mfpdev app config server local 
$ mfpdev app config server bluemix

• Always propagate changes for mfp configuration from config.xml after register or config

$ ionic prepare 

• Live-Reload Preview using MobileFirst Browser Simulator (Cordova Emulation) or Simple Browser

$ mfpdev app preview
$ mfpdev app preview ios
$ mfpdev app preview ios android

• Pull down the App configuration from the local server and Push it up to the remote server

$ mfpdev app pull local
$ mfpdev app push bluemix

• To update web resources for after releasing the App to the App Store or corporate environment

$ mfpdev app webupdate bluemix

License

Apache 2.0