Adding the @nxext/ionic-angular plugin to your Nx workspace is trivial, and works just like any other Nx plugin.

Initialize Plugin

# npm
npm install --save-dev --exact @nxext/ionic-angular

# yarn
yarn add --save-dev --exact @nxext/ionic-angular

Generating Applications

Now, create your Ionic Angular application.

nx generate @nxext/ionic-angular:application myApp

By default, a Capacitor project will be generated that will allow you to compile your application as a native platform.

@nxext/ionic-angular uses the @nxext/capacitor plugin to add Capacitor support to an Ionic Angular application in an Nx workspace. By default, Capacitor configuration are added to new @nxext/ionic-angular applications. To disable this, pass --capacitor false into the @nxext/ionic-angular application schematic command.

Nx will ask you some questions about the application, but you can customize it further by passing these options:

nx generate @nxext/ionic-angular:app [name] [options,...]

Options:
  --name                  The name of the application.
  --directory             The directory of the new application.
  --unitTestRunner        Test runner to use for unit tests. (default: jest)
  --e2eTestRunner         Test runner to use for end to end (e2e) tests. (default: cypress)
  --tags                  Add tags to the application (used for linting).
  --template              The starter template to use. (default: blank)
  --capacitor             Generate a Capacitor project. (default: true)
  --skipFormat            Skip formatting files.
  --dryRun                Runs through and reports activity without writing to disk.
  --skip-nx-cache         Skip the use of Nx cache.
  --help                  Show available options for project target.

Targets

Generated applications expose several functions to the CLI that allow users to build, lint, test, and so on.

nx build {frontend project name}
nx lint {frontend project name}
nx serve {frontend project name}
nx test {frontend project name}
nx e2e {frontend project name}-e2e

These applications are also supported by the Nx affected commands.

Capacitor

To learn how to utilize Capacitor with a generated app, visit the plugin Capacitor documentation.