We can test our APIs with a new capability in Visual Studio 2022. If Swagger is not available, we can test and experiment with the API's endpoints using Endpoint Explorer from Visual Studio.

Procedures
As shown in the screen below, open any API project and select View->Other windows->Endpoint Explorer.

After opening Endpoint Explorer, we have the left window from where we can see all the listed API endpoints in applications.

Let’s Invoke
Right-click on the endpoint and click on Generate Request.

We will have the window below. We can click on the send request button and get a response.

We will get a response in the new window as below.

GET by ID. I have updated the ID as per the request URL and got the corresponding response.

Next Step
We can save this above middle window as a file with a .http extension and can use it next time without going to Endpoint Explorer. We can say this file is a ready-made rest client for playing and testing our endpoint.

I saved the above file and used the next file for testing purposes. Thanks

Manual Injection of Class
Before we dive deep into Angular providers, let’s see how to create an Angular provider by ourselves. Please take a look at the below screenshot. We have created an interface named IManualService. We have two classes implementing the IManualService interface: ManualService and ManualServiceWithLog.

import { InjectionToken } from '@angular/core';
export const MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN = new InjectionToken<IManualService>(
  'MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN'
);
interface IManualService {
  name: string;
}
export class ManualService implements IManualService {
  public name = 'Manual Service';
  constructor() {}
}
export class ManualServiceWithLog implements IManualService {
  public name = 'Manual Service with logging feature';
  constructor() {
    console.log('I am manual service class with logging feature');
  }
}

For the dependency injection to work, we need to take care of three steps.
Define a Token: Define a token with a name for the injection. The token name is used by IoC to identify the class that needs to be injected whenever the particular token is requested.
    export const MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN = new InjectionToken<IManualService>(
      'MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN'
    );

Provide the Injection: The provider is the place where we define which class/value needs to be provided whenever we are requesting for a class/value.

Injecting ManualService class
import { ApplicationConfig } from '@angular/core';
import { provideRouter } from '@angular/router';

import { routes } from './app.routes';
import {
  MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN,
  ManualService,
  ManualServiceWithLog,
} from './services/manual-service/manual-service';

export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideRouter(routes),
    {
      provide: MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN,
      useClass: ManualService,
    },
  ],
};

Injecting ManualServiceWithLog class
import { ApplicationConfig } from '@angular/core';
import { provideRouter } from '@angular/router';

import { routes } from './app.routes';
import {
  MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN,
  ManualService,
  ManualServiceWithLog,
} from './services/manual-service/manual-service';

export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideRouter(routes),
    {
      provide: MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN,
      useClass: ManualServiceWithLog,
    },
  ],
};

Inject the Token: Inject the token in our component or elsewhere wherever we are using it.
constructor(
   @Inject(MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN) private manualService: ManualService
 )

import { Component, Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import {
  MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN,
  ManualService,
} from '../services/manual-service/manual-service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-books-cart',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [],
  templateUrl: './books-cart.component.html',
})
export class BooksCartComponent {
  value: string = '';
  constructor(
    @Inject(MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN) private manualService: ManualService
  ) {
    this.value = manualService.name;
  }
}

Once we take care of the above steps, we are ready with dependency injection. Since I am using Angular 18, the latest version, I am using app.config.ts to configure the providers. Here in this app.config.ts, for the key MANUAL_SERVICE_TOKEN, I am passing the ManualService class.

You can see the name ‘Manual Service’ populating from the ManualService class being printed in the UI. In the app.routes.ts class, instead of passing the ManualService class, if you pass the ManualServiceWithLog class, you can see that name being printed as ‘Manual Service with Logging Feature’. Along with that, we can even observe that the console is being logged.

UI Output while using ManualService Class

UI Output while using ManualServiceWithLog.

I hope from this example, you have understood how to use Dependency Injection in Angular and the use of useClass in providers.

We will discover how to use the Ionic framework to construct a mobile application in this tutorial. With the help of the open-source Ionic user interface tool, which integrates with well-known frameworks like Angular, React, and Vue, we can create professional mobile applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Both iOS and Android are supported.

Pre-requisite
To start with Ionic Framework, the only requirement is a Node & npm environment, Andriod Studio, command line interface, and Visual Studio code as a code editor.

Step 1. Install ionic
The first step is we need to install ionic tooling. Run the below command to install ionic CLI.

• native-run: Used to run native binaries on devices and simulators/emulators.
• cordova-res: Used to generate icons and splash screens for the native app.

npm install -g @ionic/cli native-run cordova-res

Step 2. Create an Application
Run the below command to create an ionic application. We will create a calculator for this article’s explanation. Check out the below screen prints for command execution.

ionic start calculator

Step 3. Write an Application Code
home.page.html
<ion-header [translucent]="true">
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-title>
      Calculator
    </ion-title>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<ion-content [fullscreen]="true">
  <ion-header collapse="condense">
    <ion-toolbar>
      <ion-title size="large">Blank</ion-title>
    </ion-toolbar>
  </ion-header>

  <div id="container">
    <div class="jumbotron col-sm-4 p-2 m-0 bg-inverse mx-auto" style="border: 1px solid lightgray; border-radius: 2%;">
      <label style="font-weight: bolder;">Input</label>
      <div class="input-group input-group-sm col-sm-12 m-0 p-0">
        <div class="col-sm-12 form-control text-lg-right" type="text">{{input}}</div>
      </div>
      <label style="font-weight: bolder;">Result</label>
      <div class="input-group input-group-sm col-sm-12 m-0 p-0">
        <div class="form-control text-sm-right" type="text">{{result}}</div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-sm-12 p-1 m-0">
        <button class="btn btn-info col-sm-6" type="button" (click)="allClear()">C</button>
        <button class="btn btn-warning col-sm-3" type="button" (click)="clear()">x</button>
        <button class="btn btn-secondary col-sm-3" type="button" (click)="pressOperator('/')">/</button>
      </div>
      <div class="col-sm-12 p-1 m-0">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('7')">7</button>
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('8')">8</button>
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('9')">9</button>
        <button class="btn btn-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="pressOperator('*')">X</button>
      </div>
      <div class="col-sm-12 p-1 m-0">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('4')">4</button>
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('5')">5</button>
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('6')">6</button>
        <button class="btn btn-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="pressOperator('-')">-</button>
      </div>
      <div class="col-sm-12 p-1 m-0">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('1')">1</button>
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('2')">2</button>
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('3')">3</button>
        <button class="btn btn-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="pressOperator('+')">+</button>
      </div>
      <div class="col-sm-12 p-1 m-0">
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('.')">.</button>
        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary col-sm-3 p-1" type="button" (click)="clickNum('0')">0</button>
        <button class="btn btn-success col-sm-6 p-1" type="button" (click)="getAnswer()">=</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</ion-content>

home.page.ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-home',
  templateUrl: 'home.page.html',
  styleUrls: ['home.page.scss'],
})
export class HomePage {
  input: string = '';
  result: string = '';

  clickNum(num: string) {
    // Do Not Allow . more than once
    if (num == ".") {
      if (this.input != "") {
        const lastNum = this.getLastOperand();
        console.log(lastNum.lastIndexOf("."));
        if (lastNum.lastIndexOf(".") >= 0) return;
      }
    }

    // Do Not Allow 0 at beginning.
    // Javascript will throw Octal literals are not allowed in strict mode.
    if (num == "0") {
      if (this.input == "") {
        return;
      }
      const PrevKey = this.input[this.input.length - 1];
      if (PrevKey === '/' || PrevKey === '*' || PrevKey === '-' || PrevKey === '+') {
        return;
      }
    }

    this.input = this.input + num;
    this.calcAnswer();
  }

  getLastOperand() {
    let pos: number;
    console.log(this.input);
    pos = this.input.toString().lastIndexOf("+");
    if (this.input.toString().lastIndexOf("-") > pos) pos = this.input.lastIndexOf("-");
    if (this.input.toString().lastIndexOf("*") > pos) pos = this.input.lastIndexOf("*");
    if (this.input.toString().lastIndexOf("/") > pos) pos = this.input.lastIndexOf("/");
    console.log('Last ' + this.input.substr(pos + 1));
    return this.input.substr(pos + 1);
  }

  pressOperator(op: string) {
    // Do not allow operators more than once
    const lastKey = this.input[this.input.length - 1];
    if (lastKey === '/' || lastKey === '*' || lastKey === '-' || lastKey === '+') {
      return;
    }

    this.input = this.input + op;
    this.calcAnswer();
  }

  clear() {
    if (this.input != "") {
      this.input = this.input.substr(0, this.input.length - 1);
    }
  }

  allClear() {
    this.result = '';
    this.input = '';
  }

  calcAnswer() {
    let formula = this.input;

    let lastKey = formula[formula.length - 1];

    if (lastKey === '.') {
      formula = formula.substr(0, formula.length - 1);
    }

    lastKey = formula[formula.length - 1];

    if (lastKey === '/' || lastKey === '*' || lastKey === '-' || lastKey === '+' || lastKey === '.') {
      formula = formula.substr(0, formula.length - 1);
    }

    console.log("Formula " + formula);
    this.result = eval(formula);
  }

  getAnswer() {
    this.calcAnswer();
    this.input = this.result;
    if (this.input == "0") this.input = "";
  }
}

home.page.scss
#container {
  text-align: center;

  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

#container strong {
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 26px;
}

#container p {
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 22px;

  color: #8c8c8c;

  margin: 0;
}

#container a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

.col-sm-3 {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  width: 23%;
  margin: 1%;
}

@media (min-width: 576px) {
  .col-sm-3 {
      flex: 0 0 auto;
      width: 23%;
      margin: 1%;
  }
}

.form-control{
  min-height: 30px;
}

Step 4. Add required packages
We can add third-party packages as per requirements. Here for this demo, I have used Bootstrap to make the UI smooth. Run the below command to install the Bootstrap.

Move to the application path using the below command.
cd calculator
npm i bootstrap bootstrap-icons
ng add @ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap

Import bootstrap to styles.scss file located at the root level.

Step 5. Run the Application with Browser
Run the below command to execute the application in a browser.
ionic serve

You can examine the folder structure and the created/generated www folder as soon as the application launches in the browser. All of the JavaScript code generated for the application is stored in the www folder. This is a www, similar to the dist folder in an Angular application. For an example, view the screen print below.

Step 6. Install the Android SDK
Once all application runs on the browser, we now need to run the same application on mobile devices like iOS or Android. For this article demonstration, I’m using an Android device. So I’ll generate the .apk file.

Now, let’s see how we can generate the APK file.

Let’s first run the below command in the terminal of the application path to generate apk.
ionic capacitor build android

If Android Studio is installed it will show a response like the below screen print, otherwise, you need to install Android Studio.

On My machine, I have already Android Studio installed. But you can get Android Studio from the mentioned path and get installed like the below screen print

Android Studio SDK path. Sometimes it takes time to download all required packages and it throws errors like the below screen print.

You can just close the error popup and close the project. It will start downloading pending packages and once all required packages are installed it will show a screen like below with the SDK path.

Step 7. Build the APK
Once the Android studio setup is done we can build apk file. To build apk file go to android studio -> build -> Build App Bundle(s) / APK(s) -> Build APK(s)

While building apk it will show the status like the below screen print.

Once APK generated you can click on locate and see the apk file.

Let’s install the APK file on an Android device.

Installed calculator application then let’s run application on the Android mobile device.