2019-01-23 | Ionic Framework v4.0.0 Appflow Support Now Available

We're excited to announce that - in conjunction with the the launch of Ionic 4 - we are announcing support for Ionic Framework v4.0.0 Angular applications in Ionic Appflow!

Prerequisites

Before you make use of Appflow with your Ionic 4 application, please ensure you have done the following:

• Update your v4 application to make use of the most recent version of Ionic 4 (as of this writing, the latest release is 4.0.0)
  
  
  • Note: Ionic v4 applications making use of an Ionic v4 Beta or Release Candidates will not be supported in Appflow.
    
    
  • To find out what version of v4 your application is using, check your package.json file for the @ionic/(framework) version (ex: @ionic/angular).
    • If it still has "beta" or "rc" in the name, you'll need to update your application (ex: "@ionic/angular": "4.0.0-beta.16" or "@ionic/angular": "4.0.0-rc.2")
      
      

• Update the Ionic CLI on your local machine:
   

  • npm install -g ionic@latest

• If you're migrating your v3 application to v4, you'll want to ensure you've done the following:
  
  
  • Remove ionic-angular
    
    

    • npm uninstall ionic-angular

  • Remove @ionic/app-scripts
     

    • npm uninstall @ionic/app-scripts

  • Update to @ionic-native v5.X for any of your native modules
    
    
    • You will need to update each dependency, not just @ionic-native/core. For more information, please see the Ionic Native Github repo.

Note: For more information about migrating your application to Ionic v4, please check out our Migration Guide.

Feature Notes for Ionic Appflow & Ionic Framework v4.0.0 Angular Applications

Please see the feature notes below to ensure your v4 application is properly set up to work with Appflow:

• Application Types
  • @ionic/angular (Angular) v4 applications are supported.
  • There is currently not support for building applications with other JS frameworks (such as @ionic/react or @ionic/vue) in Appflow.
  • Both of these are on our long-term roadmap, but we do not have an ETA for either at this time.

• Deploy
  • v4 apps require the latest release of cordova-plugin-ionic (v5.2.10 or higher)
  • v4 apps require the latest release of cordova-plugin-ionic-webview
    • Ionic recommends using v3.0.0 or higher of the webview if possible if you do not require iOS 10 support. See this article for more details.

• Package
  • v4 apps require the latest release of cordova-ios (v4.5.5 or higher)
  • v4 apps require the latest release of cordova-android (v7.1.4 or higher)

• Automate
  • No known issues or notes

• Environments
  • The Node-style process.env.MY_VAR style syntax described here is not compatible with v4 apps. For Angular applications, please see the Angular environment docs.

• Capacitor
  • Building with Capacitor in Appflow is not currently supported. Please see this document for more information.

Having trouble?

For a v4 app in Ionic Appflow: Please submit a ticket if you believe you've found a bug with Ionic v4 and Ionic Appflow.

For a bug in the v4 framework: If you believe you've found an Ionic v4 Framework bug, please head over to the Ionic Github repository and post a bug report there with reproduction steps and information so that the team can look into it.

For assistance migrating your v3 (or older) Ionic application to Ionic v4: We have migration assistance services available. Please see this page for more information.