Have you been trying to run a NativeScript app in an iOS simulator other than iPhone 4s? There is a sorely missed parameter on the run and emulate commands that specifies what device to simulate. While the NativeScript team is busy working on more…
When developing a NativeScript app, you might run into a situation where you really need to use a native library that's you've already written, or a library that someone else has already made available as an open source project, for example. Should…
In this continuation of the topic of using NativeScript with Azure Mobile Services, I show how you can use the open sourced iOS library that the Azure team has put together in your NativeScript apps to access the full gamut of functionality that the…
So you've got your NativeScript app up and running and noticed that it looks a bit strange on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. What's going on? Why is the iPhone scaling my app up and not showing it in fully iPhone 6 glory? When you deploy your…
There are a few basic UI modules that come with NativeScript. Some of them, like the Label, offer a few simple features like styling and text wrapping, while the native iOS label allows you to do much more. Did you know that you could extend the…
Did you know that you could use your own fonts in NativeScript? You're not stuck with the default Helvetica that you see every label and button use out of the box. This post show you how to see what fonts are available on iOS devices, how to use…
You might be thinking that backgrounds are a pretty simple thing to set on your views, and you're right! NativeScript provides methods for us to set background images as element attributes in the XML as well as set backgrounds though CSS. However…
I wanted to build a little calculator app in NativeScript and make it resemble the iOS calculator. Not that we need another calculator out in the world, but I thought it would be a great way to show off some of NativeScript's less known abilities (at…
A navigation pattern for mobile apps that is still pretty hot at the time of this writing is a side drawer that playfully slides out like the one in the Telerik NEXT app. Or a navigation page that gets revealed as main content slides out of the way…
Let's face it, deploying to a device just to have the ability to debug your NativeScript app is so 4 months ago. I just wanted to write a quick entry on debugging a NativeScript app while running it on the iOS simulator. So hopefully searching for…
If we want to jump directly to a row in our ListView, there is a handy function in NativeScript called scrollToIndex. Sometimes we want a more natural scroll that animated the scrolling motion, this keeps our human brains more in tune with the list…
If you use or develop for iOS, you are very familiar with the swipe-to-delete move. Several built in iOS applications have this including email, notes, and reminders. The NativeScript ListView uses the iOS UITableView in the background, but it doesn…
Those of us that have been looking for a way to call in iOS environments while developing with JavaScript in the NativeScript framework have been SOL for a while. However, I am pleased to present a short and sweet solution here that saved my behind…
OAuth has been adopted my many organizations, large and small, as the (current) best standard for authenticating and authorizing their users. OAuth 2.0 being the latest iteration of the standard and it’s used to offload the burdensome security…
What’s a FAB? This is a Floating Action Button that has been popularized by the Material Design paradigm. It’s a button that hovers over your content and provides a quickly accessible single function, and it’s no longer only for Android apps. Many…
NativeScript 2.5 just dropped and it has really awesome features like Chrome debugging and an improved run command. So I couldn’t wait to upgrade my existing installation. I’ve already written a post on upgrading and a video about the same, but I…
If you’re ready to take your animations in NativeScript to the next level, Alex Ziskind has just release another course on Pluralsight specifically for NativeScript and Angular animations. You can find the course here Course Introduction Course…
Hey Everybody! I recently wrote a post on automated unit testing with NativeScript using Azure Pipelines. After some requests I am now writing a more detailed iOS post. :) This post will be specifically for iOS. If you'd like to see how to setup…
In mobile app development, one of the most effective engagement tools is notifications. Notifications allow you to increase app retention and improve user experience. Notifications might even be a core requirement for apps such as social media and…