Public Art App

Mobile App to guide people through the public art collection at the campus of the University of Houston.

The code is using Ionic Framework and Wikitude SDK for Augmented Reality (AR) features.

##Development Prerequisites:

bower npm install -g bower

##Getting started for Development:

1. Run npm install Reads package.json and installs node packges into node_modules.

2. Run bower install. Reads bower.json and installs local dependencies into the folder www/lib

###Run in browser or Phonegap Developer App

7. Run ionic serve. This uses ionic.xml and will serve as local node server. Live updates when you make changes to the code. This works with Phonegap Developer App. Wikitude will NOT function

###Running on a iOS/Android Device: 3. Set environment variable ANDROID_BUILD to ant.

4. Run cordova platform add [email protected] or cordova platform add [email protected] Plugins are automatically installed via script in hooks/before_platform_add NOTE: Please ignore warnings regarding outdated plugins. We are using fixed older versions of plugins to ensure that Wikitude functions properly.

5. Edit \plugins\com.wikitude.phonegap.WikitudePlugin\www\WikitudePlugin.js and add the plugin key. A free trial key can be requested from Wikitude for development purposes.

6. Run ionic resources to generate icons and splash screen assets.

7. Run cordova build ios or cordova build android and use appropriate cordova commands to test/build/deploy. NOTE: android-21 SDK Platform must be installed via SDKManager for a successful android build.