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How to use Angular to create applet

If you want to develop applets with Angular you can follow this example. This tutorial explains how to create the first applet from the Angular project.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 8.16.0 or Node.js 10.16.0 or later version on your local development machine

You can use nvm (macOS/Linux) or nvm-windows to switch Node versions between different projects.

Creating an App

You use the Angular CLI to create projects and generate application and library code.

npm

npm install -g @angular/cli

Creating project

To create a new workspace and initial starter app:

ng new example-app

It will create a directory called example-app inside the current folder.
Inside that directory, it will generate the initial Angular project structure and install the transitive dependencies.

Add signageOS

For creating and runnig your applet you must add signageOS dependencies to the project:

  • @signageos/front-display
  • @signageos/front-applet is a JS API library

You can add these dependencies in package.json manualy or you can add it and install with npm.

Use npm

npm i @signageos/front-display@latest
npm i @signageos/front-applet@latest

Add manualy

"dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "~10.1.5",
    "@angular/common": "~10.1.5",
    "@angular/compiler": "~10.1.5",
    "@angular/core": "~10.1.5",
    "@angular/forms": "~10.1.5",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~10.1.5",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~10.1.5",
    "@angular/router": "~10.1.5",
    "rxjs": "~6.6.0",
    "tslib": "^2.0.0",
    "zone.js": "~0.10.2",
+    "@signageos/front-applet": "^4.4.0",
+  "@signageos/front-display": "^7.7.0"
  }

After you add these dependencies manualy you should run:

npm install 

For installing new dependencies.

Modify index.html

Now we will modify index.html in example-app/src. This modification will help us in futere, when we need to build app.

   <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>AngularExample</title>
+  <base href="./">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico">
    </head>
    <body>
    <app-root></app-root>
    </body>
    </html>

Modify Component

To check functionality of signageOS we modify app.component.ts file in example-app/appdirectory.

    import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
+ import sos from "@signageos/front-applet";


    @Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
    })

+   export class AppComponent implements OnInit{
    title = 'angular-example';
+    public sosIsReady: boolean;

+    public ngOnInit(): void {
+        this.initSos();
+    }

+    private initSos(): void {
+        sos.onReady()
+        .then( () => {
+        console.log("Ready to rock");
+        this.sosIsReady = true;
+        })}
+   }

Also we add condition to app.commponent.html for condition render of component after sos is ready. I cover existing html in another <div> with condition.

+  <div *ngIf="sosIsReady" >
       <!-- Toolbar -->
       <div  class="toolbar" role="banner">
       
       <div class="content" role="main">
       
       <div class="content" role="main">
   </div>

Building project

For creating an applet you need to build your project. After the build command, ng generate build folder with index.html.

ng build 

Once built you have a complete Angular project for creating your Applet and you can test it. 

Hot reloading on the device

signageOS support a direct connection between the CLI project and the device. It helps streamline the development and testing. Read more docs for generic Applet generated via signageOS CLI.

For Angular-based projects, you will need to adjust your package.json and add a few files. See documented changes and files in this Github example commit.

Once you apply the described changes, run all the following commands in separate terminal windows.

sos device connect # Choose your device
npm run watch # Watch the changes in Angular application and build result into dist/ folder
npm run watch-applet # Watch newly built Angular appplication files in dist/ folder and upload them to the connected device

 

 

 

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