Working With Onsen UI Splitter Apps In Visual Studio 2015

Before reading this article, please go through the article links, mentioned below.

• Quick Start On Apache Cordova Using Visual Studio 2015
• Getting Started With Ionic Blank App Using Visual Studio 2015
• Getting Started With Ionic Side Menu App Using Visual Studio 2015
• Getting Started With Ionic Tabs App Using Visual Studio 2015
• Getting Started With Onsen UI Apps In Visual Studio 2015
• Working With Onsen UI Navigation Apps In Visual Studio 2015

Apache Cordova

Apache Cordova is an open-source project, which aims at allowing mobile developers to build Applications for all the major mobile platforms, using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript technologies.

Monaca

• Monaca is a software tool and Service solution to build and deploy HTML5 mobile hybrid apps. It is built on top of an open-source Apache Cordova. Monaca provides a full suite of resources including Cloud IDE, local development tools, debugger, and back-end support.
• Monaca's Cloud-based IDE builds HTML5 hybrid mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows, and Chrome apps, using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Monaca CLI provides Onsen UI templates, device debugger, remote building, and any Service, which you might need directly from your terminal.

Onsen UI Framework

• Onsen UI is a front-end UI framework for developing cross-platform mobile apps, using Apache Cordova and PhoneGap. It’s fully independent of the frameworks - you can easily plug these components into any project, regardless of the JavaScript framework.
• Onsen UI templates can be used with Visual Studio 2015. All the templates are compatible with Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova. It works pretty well with Windows Universal, iOS, and Android apps.

Templates included in the Onsen UI framework

It is packed with four templates. Each template has JavaScript and TypeScript variants.

1. Onsen UI Blank: It contains the Blank app.
2. Onsen UI Navigation: It contains a navigator with a master and detail page.
3. Onsen UI Splitter: It contains a side menu navigation.
4. Onsen UI Tab Bar: Tab bar style navigation.

Building Splitter apps with the Onsen UI framework

Let’s see how to start building the Splitter app with the Onsen UI framework, using Visual Studio 2015.

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2015.
• Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova.

Follow the steps, mentioned below to build an Onsen UI Splitter app, using the Onsen UI framework, using Visual Studio 2015.

Step 1. Create an Onsen UI App.

Let’s be ready to create a New Project. Open Visual Studio 2015 and click the File -> New -> Project option for the New Apache Cordova app, using the Onsen UI framework.

Step 2. Give the Project Name.

New Project Window will open. Subsequently, you can select an Installed -> Template -> Java Script -> Manoca ->Onsen UI Navigation.

Type the Project name Onsen UI Splitter app and click the OK button.

Step 3. The Main Screen will look, as shown below.

Step 4. Afterwards, we create the project. Our solution should resemble, as shown below.

This table gives the basic idea of how we might use each one.

File	Why is it in your project?
Merge Folder	It contains the package for Android, iOS, and Windows apps.
www	This file contains the images, library, and JS files.
config.xml	Contains the settings of our app.
taco.json	Defines which version of the Cordova CLI Visual Studio is used to build the project.

Step 5. Adding the Coding.

Go to the index.html in the solution bar and add HTML coding.

Step 6. Creating Splitter left-side Menu.

Go to the www->index.html in the solution bar and add HTML coding.

Let's see how to design the following left-side menu.

Coding	Explanation
<ons-splitter id="mySplitter">	Create a menu list
<ons-list class="menu-list">	Add the menu
<ons-list-item class="long divider menu-item">	Create the item to the menu
<ons-icon icon="fa-plus" class="list__item__icon">	Create the icon(+)
<ons-list class="bottom-menu-list">	Create the bottom menu list. Eg. Setting, Help, etc

Step 7. Creating Main Screen.

Go the www->index.html in the solution bar and add HTML coding. Let's see how to design the Main menu, as shown below.

<ons-toolbar>	Create the Main toolbar.
<ons-icon icon="ion-navicon, material:md-menu">	Create the Icon.
<div class="center">Main>	Add the Caption.

Step 8. Creating a New Page.

Go the www->index.html in the solution bar and add HTML coding.

Let's see how to design the other page, as shown below.

<ons-template id="another-page.html">	Creating the template page.
<ons-page>	Adding the page.
<ons-toolbar>	Adding the toolbar.
<ons-icon icon="ion-navicon, material:md-menu">	Adding the icon to the page.

Step 9. Run the Application.

Now, we are ready to run our Project. Thus, click the Ripple – Nexus (Galaxy) to run the Application. (Apache Ripple is a free mobile simulator).

Output

The Main Screen is shown below.

Output 1. After Adding the Data, the Window looks, as shown below.

Output 2. Split Window looks, as shown below.

Output 3. Open a new file, which looks, as shown below.

Conclusion

I hope you understand how to start the Onsen UI Splitter app, using Visual Studio 2015 and how to run it.