Tag: NativeScript

NativeScript: Patreon Posts & Plugins

For those who are unaware; I've started doing paid content; see my post on "Why Patreon" to see the reasons.   I'm going to attempt to keep this post updated with plugins and posts that are available to those who are my patreon supporters. Posts: Shrinking the application IPK/APK size: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shrinking-size-5867970 Using the new TNS Clean… Continue reading NativeScript: Patreon Posts & Plugins

NativeScript 2.1 released (and common issues/fixes)

WooHoo, 2.1 is finally released.  Lots of things fixed and several other cool new things added; here is some of the changes in v2.1; TNS Clean command! Fix for faster Building (really affects Angular 2 builds) Fix for Google library and default Config issues. several naviation crashing issues fixed several LiveSync issues fixed Lots of… Continue reading NativeScript 2.1 released (and common issues/fixes)

NativeScript: Why Patreon?

Hi, thanks for stopping by and hopefully this blog post will answer the question; NativeScript: "Why Patreon?" I think it goes without saying that I have been a valuable participant in the Nativescript community since NativeScript was first released. However, for those who don't know who I am, here is a really quick summary. I… Continue reading NativeScript: Why Patreon?

NativeScript, TypeScript and accessing native Android runtimes

When you are trying to access any of the native android platform using TypeScript, TS will complain about the root name -- TS2304: Cannot find name 'zzzz' at line yyyy TypeScript is unaware that those variables exist and are actually global in scope; so to make TypeScript happy; in your code you will want to… Continue reading NativeScript, TypeScript and accessing native Android runtimes

NativeScript 2.0

It has been a long road since I first started with the just freshly released v0.90 slightly over a year ago.   I saw a product that was brand new, raw, full of life and it offered a huge amount of potential.   I decided that even though it wasn't nearly as popular as other recently released… Continue reading NativeScript 2.0

NativeScript: Deep dive into Activity/Application overrides

NativeScript 1.7.0 released a new feature that several people have been waiting for with baited breath.   Well 1.7.0 is out, and so I just had to see how this new feature worked. Unfortunately its implementation does leave a bit to be desired; but I fully understand the constraints so at the moment we will over… Continue reading NativeScript: Deep dive into Activity/Application overrides

NativeScript: Upgrading to v1.7.0

Since I have been posting these since the early versions of NativeScript; I figured I would continue. It has been several months since the last major upgrade and this version has all sorts of bug fixes and new goodies. The changelog is available at https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/releases/tag/v1.7.0 The biggest new feature is the ability to override the… Continue reading NativeScript: Upgrading to v1.7.0

NativeScript: Android plugins and Windows path size issues

If your on Linux or OSX you can skip this post; it only applies to us pathetic people that prefer Windows (like me ). I do have Linux and OSX, so maybe I'm not that pathetic; but since I do prefer Windows, maybe I am. If you don't want to read the reason this occurs… Continue reading NativeScript: Android plugins and Windows path size issues

NativeScript - Capturing the Back Button on Android

Quite frequently you want to control what happens when your user hits the back button, well this is actually pretty simple to do on Android.  I've seen this question pop up several times; so it makes good blog post fodder. You can either do this totally globally; or on a per page basis.   Globally, you… Continue reading NativeScript - Capturing the Back Button on Android