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Version: v7

ionic generate

Create Pages, Components, & Angular Features

$ ionic generate [schematic] [name]

Automatically create framework features with Ionic Generate. This command uses the Angular CLI to generate features such as pages, components, directives, services, and more.

  • For a full list of available types, use npx ng g --help
  • For a list of options for a types, use npx ng g <type> --help

You can specify a path to nest your feature within any number of subdirectories. For example, specify a name of "pages/New Page" to generate page files at src/app/pages/new-page/.

To test a generator before file modifications are made, use the --dry-run option.

schematic

The type of feature (e.g. page, component, directive, service)

name

The name/path of the feature being generated

Examples

$ ionic generate 
$ ionic generate page
$ ionic generate page contact
$ ionic generate component contact/form
$ ionic generate component login-form --change-detection=OnPush
$ ionic generate directive ripple --skip-import
$ ionic generate service api/user