Installing IONIC in mac and using android studio to emulate a sample android app

The following set of steps need to be configured to install ionic in macintosh and execute an android application on an emulator -

1.Download the emulator for android.

2.Launch the .dmg file.

3.Drag and drop the Android Studio into the Applications folder.

4.Open Android studio and follow the setup wizard.

5.Modify your .bash_profile in /Users/<youruserdirectory> to

contain the following -

a.Java SDK path – export JAVA_HOME =<Path/to/java/home/directory>

b.Android SDK path – export AND_SDK_HOME=/Users/youuserdirectory/Library/Android/sdk

6. Export path to contain the above variables -

export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:AND_SK_HOME/tools

7.Download the project – ionic-starter-tabs as sample to test from GitHub

https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-tabs

8.Create a new directory and clone the project to the directory

$git clone https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-tabs.git

9.Execute the below command

$sudo npm install -g ionic cordova

10.Execute the below command to create a new ionic project

$ ionic start myApp tabs

11.Execute the below command to run the project.

$cd myApp

$ionic platform add android

12. Install the correct add ons or software version of android using the

android manager.

13.Run the following command -

$ionic build android

$ionic emulate android

If all the above steps are executed correctly then the app will open up

in the android emulator.