Within the Ionic Framework, you can setup tabs. The pages within the tabs can easily transition using a "slide-left-right" or some other type of transition. This makes the application feel smooth and thought-out.
The issue that I have is that the pages associated with each tab, once clicked from the tab menu, do not transition at all, there is just "boom": a page.
I found a pen on codepen (link to codepen demo) that can replicate this effect as I want it (to some degree), but I cannot replicate it in any scenario, much less the Ionic rc0 (1.0) version.
The codepen code uses an animation that seems to not work elsewhere:
<ion-nav-view animation="slide-left-right"></ion-nav-view>
Please assist.
I haven't tried to get that exact example working, but I achieved a similar effect in one of my apps by giving all the tabs the same view name:
app.js
$stateProvider
.state('signin', {
url: "/sign-in",
templateUrl: "sign-in.html",
controller: 'SignInCtrl'
})
.state('forgotpassword', {
url: "/forgot-password",
templateUrl: "forgot-password.html"
})
.state('tabs', {
url: "/tab",
abstract: true,
templateUrl: "tabs.html"
})
.state('tabs.home', {
url: "/home",
views: {
'tab-view': {
templateUrl: "home.html",
controller: 'HomeTabCtrl'
}
}
})
.state('tabs.facts', {
url: "/facts",
views: {
'tab-view': {
templateUrl: "facts.html"
}
}
})
.state('tabs.facts2', {
url: "/facts2",
views: {
'tab-view': {
templateUrl: "facts2.html"
}
}
})
.state('tabs.about', {
url: "/about",
views: {
'tab-view': {
templateUrl: "about.html"
}
}
})
tabs.html
<ion-tabs tabs-style="tabs-icon-top" tabs-type="tabs-positive" animation="slide-left-right">
<ion-tab title="Home" icon="ion-home" href="#/tab/home">
<ion-nav-view name="tab-view"></ion-nav-view>
</ion-tab>
<ion-tab title="About" icon="ion-ios7-information" href="#/tab/about">
<ion-nav-view name="tab-view"></ion-nav-view>
</ion-tab>
</ion-tabs>
Notice the name "tab-view" for each state and again as the name attribute on the ion-nav-view
in each tab.