Ionic common pitfalls

[sagman]

Continuing the discussion from How to create a splash screen:

@sagman

I had problems to,
after a lot of messing around I found I did a number of things wrong:

These tips apply for a few issues I’ve had with plugins:

1. make sure
   ‘lib/ngCordova/dist/ng-cordova.min.js’
   is <b>after</b>
   ‘lib/ionic/js/ionic.bundle.js’

2. make sure you haven’t removed ‘cordova.js’ and that it comes <b>after</b> the prior ones.
   (I did for browser development but you need it for the emulator and mobile device).

3. make sure you are inside the ready block:

   $ionicPlatform.ready(function() {
   $cordovaSplashscreen.hide();
   });

4. sometimes (especially the facebook plugin) you need to remove the platform and re add it (takes 5 seconds).

if a plugin gives you errors (like the facebook one):
a) remove the plugin first
b) then remove the platform
c) then add the platform
d) then add the plugin.