Prerequisites
$ npm install -g cordova ionic
First thing you should do is npm install
.
For launching you can do
$ ionic serve
If you want to see the app as a desktop webapp
or
$ ionic serve -l
This will open the app wrapped in each platform mode (android, ios and windows phone).
If you want to build the app for your mobile phone:
$ ionic platform add android
$ ionic build android
$ ionic run android
For iOS users, you will need macOs and xCode installed. You will need to install two node modules:
$ npm install -g ios-deploy
$ npm install -g ios-sim-version