Learn how to install and configure Tailwind CSS version 4.0 with the Ionic Framework across Angular, React, and Vue projects. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for integrating Tailwind's utility-first CSS framework into your Ionic applications, enabling you to build modern, responsive interfaces with ease.
Modern mobile application development requires agility and the ability to deliver updates quickly to users without the lengthy app store review process. The Capacitor Live Update plugin from Capawesome revolutionizes how developers deploy updates to their Ionic and Capacitor applications, enabling Over-the-Air (OTA) updates that allow instant delivery of new features, bug fixes, and content changes directly to users' devices without requiring them to download a new version from app stores.
Tailwind CSS is a popular utility-first CSS framework that allows developers to build custom designs quickly. In this guide, we will show you how to create a simple Tailwind CSS plugin for the Ionic Framework that adds platform-specific variants for Android and iOS.
Live Updates, also known as Over-the-Air (OTA) or hot code updates, are a way to push updates to your Android or iOS app without going through the app store review process. This is particularly useful for fixing bugs, adding new features, or making changes to your app without requiring users to download a new version from the app store. For this, we will use the Capacitor Live Update plugin from Capawesome in combination with Capawesome Cloud.
Modern mobile applications increasingly rely on biometric authentication to provide secure and convenient user experiences. With the Capacitor Biometrics plugin from Capawesome, developers can integrate powerful biometric authentication capabilities into their Ionic and Capacitor applications, enabling fingerprint, face, and iris recognition across Android, iOS, and Web platforms through a unified API that simplifies the complexity of platform-specific biometric implementations.
This guide covers the Capacitor Biometrics API with practical examples and best practices. For the full Capacitor Biometrics plugin documentation, see the API Reference.
If you're developing or testing apps on your iPhone —for example with Xcode or Capacitor— you need developer mode on your iOS device. This guide shows you how to enable developer mode on iPhone and how to turn off developer mode when you don't need it.
Near Field Communication (NFC) has become an essential technology for modern mobile applications, enabling seamless interactions between devices and smart objects. With the Capacitor NFC plugin from Capawesome, developers can integrate powerful NFC capabilities into their Ionic and Capacitor applications, bridging the gap between web technologies and native device features through a unified NFC API that works seamlessly across multiple platforms, including Android, iOS, and Web.
The Capawesome June update is here! This update includes new features and improvements for the Capawesome CLI and our Plugins.
The Capawesome May update is here! This update includes new features and improvements for Capawesome Cloud and our Plugins. Let's take a look at the most important changes.
A common requirement for mobile apps is secure storage of credentials (passwords, tokens, API keys) and user authentication via biometrics (fingerprint, Face ID). With Ionic's Identity Vault and Secure Storage no longer maintained, you can achieve the same with the Capacitor Biometrics plugin and Capacitor Secure Preferences.
For a complete walkthrough on the Biometrcis plugin make sure to read Exploring the Capacitor Biometrics API.