[[ A updated version of this post has been posted for NativeScript v1.5+ and icon fonts here. ]] Since the subject of Fonts has been causing issues for multiple people in the NativeScript community I figured I would write up a post on how to do it. Attached to this post is the completed project. … Continue reading Fonter - A Simple NativeScript Font Application for iOS and Android
In a lot of larger web sites it is pretty common that you use several third party resources like JavaScript. However, this is a potential malicious door into your customers computer via your website. What happens if the third party resource is changed by someone who does not have your best interests at heart. Your… Continue reading Adding External Resource Security
Hey, I finally got a few spare minutes and spent those few minutes building a quick and simple web site for fluentReports. However, I couldn't just do something totally "static" -- I had to do at least one page that was awesome. The fluentReports web site now has a fully working demo page (with 3 of… Continue reading fluentReports gets an actual web site.
WooHoo, I have finally released it; http://github.com/NathanaelA/NativeScript-Websockets. I only have been discussing it for almost a month. I had it working on Android almost a month ago; and then on iOS shortly afterwords. However, doing documentation; making a easy to use consistent interface, building install routines. And then fixing BUGS. Ouch, tracing bugs… Continue reading Announcing NativeScript-WebSockets!
Pros of Telerik's LiveSync: Works from the NativeScript Command Line No extra code added to your application! Possibly works on Real IOS Devices (Untested on real device, but does not currently appear to work on a IOS Simulator) Cons of Telerik's LiveSync: Not really Live. It syncs the files; but then has to restart the… Continue reading NativeScript v1.2.0 Built in LiveSync vs the NativeScript-LiveSync Plugin
We all need to start upgrading, Telerik has released v1.2.0 -- this is a important upgrade as it fixes several nasty bugs on IOS & Android! It also adds a lot of cool new features. 1. To upgrade the command line: npm install nativescript -g (On a mac or linux you might need a "sudo"… Continue reading NativeScript v1.20 Released
It has been a couple years since the first version of fluentReports was released. Over that time the engine has grown and some very complex bugs appeared that were difficult to fix. I was very proud of the work at that point; but I have finally had the time to fix the complicated remaining issue… Continue reading fluentReport v1.0.0 - Released
NativeScript v1.1.0 was just released a couple days ago. Here is what is new and how to get all the cool new features. Some of the changes are: Exposing Application events as Real Event [example] Parent is now exposed in itemLoading event Repeater Component Added [more] TabView.selectedIndexChanged Event added Hint property for TextView NavigatingTo/From,… Continue reading NativeScript v1.1.0 - Released
Photo (CCA): https://www.flickr.com/photos/sleepyjeanie/5738474150 Now if you haven't guessed recently I've really taken to NativeScript. It is awesome tool set for development applications for your mobile phone. However, one of its failings compared to some of the other tools is the speed of iteration. On my machine; when I want to test a change; I switch… Continue reading NativeScript - Real time development on Android
For those just starting out on NativeScript here is what you need to get a fully running system on Linux Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit). The first step is to do a update and add i386 architecture to your box and then download all the compilers: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade… Continue reading NativeScript - Installation on Linux