Chatppl

It Hybrid Mobile Application built using Ionic Frame Work. Its a Chat application which allow user to find and add people near them using map and chat with them.

This App is calling REST API's from the Node.js Server

Features

User can logined using their Facebook and Google Plus accounts.
User can find people near them using map and can send request to them
User can synchronize their contacts in the app and will be able to chat with their contacts.
User will be notified when someone is online in his contacts list is near user location.

Plug-in Used

I am thankful to ngCordova developers for developing these easy to use plugin. Plugin used in this app are as following:

Social plug-in for Facebook and Googel+ Login.
In-app browser
GeoLocation (used to get and watch user location)
Contacts (used to get users contacts info)
Toast message (used to show user messages)

Development Environment Setup

Pre-requisites:

Node.js
Cordova
Ionic

Install NodeJS x64 distributions from its websites.

To install Cordova:

$ npm install cordova -g

To install Ionic

$ npm install ionic -g

Plug-in Installation

To install In-App Browser

cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser.git

To install GeoLocation

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-geolocation

To install Contacts

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-contacts

To install Toast

cordova plugin add https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Toast-PhoneGap-Plugin.git

Runing Application.

Move to the Project Directry

$cd projectDirectry

Adding API Key (same as on Node.js Server)
Open file restangularConfig.js and your Key here

$cd www/js/config

var auth = 'API key'; //Change the API key

Adding Android Platform

$ionic platform add android

Adding ios Platform

$ionic platform add ios

Running in Browser

$ionic serve

Running in emulator

$ionic emulate android/ios

Deploying app in mobile connected to computer via usb cable

$ionic run android/ios

Create applcaiton file i.e .apk,etc.

$ionic build android/ios

#Screenshots of Application