# Ionic Native Ionic Native is a curated set of wrappers for Cordova plugins that make adding any native functionality you need to your [Ionic](http://ionicframework.com/), Cordova, or Web View mobile app easy. ### Promises and Observables Ionic Native wraps plugin callbacks in a Promise or [Observable](https://gist.github.com/staltz/868e7e9bc2a7b8c1f754), providing a common interface for all plugins and ensuring that native events trigger change detection in Angular 2. ``` import {Geolocation} from 'ionic-native'; Geolocation.getCurrentPosition().then(pos => { console.log('lat: ' + pos.coords.latitude + ', lon: ' + pos.coords.longitude); }); let watch = Geolocation.watchPosition(); watch.subscribe(pos => { console.log('lat: ' + pos.coords.latitude + ', lon: ' + pos.coords.longitude); }); // to stop watching watch.unsubscribe(); ``` ### Runtime Diagnostics Spent way too long diagnosing an issue only to realize a plugin wasn't firing or installed? Ionic Native lets you know what the issue is and how you can resolve it. ## Installation Run following commmand to install ionic-native in your project. ``` npm install ionic-native --save ``` ## Plugin Missing? Let us know or submit a PR! Take a look at [the Developer Guide](https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-native/blob/master/DEVELOPER.md) for more on how to contribute. :heart: # Credits Tim Lancina - [@timlancina](http://twitter.com/timlancina) Max Lynch - [@maxlynch](http://twitter.com/maxlynch) Rob Wormald - [@robwormald](https://twitter.com/robwormald)