Preparing the app for distribution

Now that we have successfully built our Ionic app, we want to distribute it. The best way to reach a wider audience is with the help of the App stores. However, before we start distributing the app, we will need app-specific icons and splash screens. Splash screens are totally optional and depend on the product idea.

By default, when you run the following code:

ionic platform add android 

or

ionic platform add ios

The CLI automatically adds a new folder named resources. You can check this out in Chapter 7, Building Riderr App. The resources folder consists of either Ionic or Android or both the subfolders, depending on how many platforms you have added, and in each of these folders, you will see two subfolders, named icon and splash.

You can keep the splash folder if your app uses splash screens, else delete the folder to save a few bytes of your final app installer.

To generate icons, you can get a copy of your icon greater than 1024 x 1024 and use any service...