How can I make Native Transitions work in Ionic 2?

Interesting.
Do you care to explain this:
http://ionicframework.com/docs/v2/native/nativepagetransitions

And statements made here:

…in light of your response above.

I can’t yet comment on ionic2 screen transition performance especially given more complex UIs and throwing less powerful devices in the mix. However, ionic1 out of the box transitions given above scenarios was close to being unacceptable. Again, this may not apply to the average joe or plain vanilla apps.