[Feature Request]: Integrating with angular/cli

[sandangel]

Since angular/cli 1.5, we could use schematics to generate project boilerplate. So I think it is possible to integrate ionic with angular/cli to take the advantages of:

1/ make use of --build-optimizer to reduce bundle size.
2/ using angular/bazel for blazing fast 2s production build which will release about next year.
3/ building web components not only by stencil, but also by brand new angular/elements package.
4/ environment variable support: We don't have to do some workarounds as described in this issue.
5/ optional adding cordova support, If we are building PWA, we won't need cordova.

You can take a look at ngx-rocket. They did a great job but there is still some warning about crucial dependencies in console when serving app.

[imhoffd]

@sandangel I took a look at Angular schematics a little while ago and it's not quite ready yet for other players. I'm excited to do some work on our generators, too. See #2407.

For 5 -> #2595

As for the rest, I need to investigate the rest a bit more. Perhaps @danbucholtz knows more.

[sandangel]

@dwieeb thanks for your answer. I know that angular schematics is not ready yet, but It will, soon. You can take a look at @nrwl, they had an early adoption of angular/schematics, with experimental feature angular/bazel build tool. This is really amazing. At this time ionic build takes about 15~20s for webpack stuffs. It will be a huge boost for end users, as well as for Ionic Pro cloud build with angular/bazel. Can't wait to see this.

[jdnichollsc]

+1 I'm getting the same warning using the angular-cli in this POC (Code sharing between web and mobile using Ionic only for web) https://github.com/proyecto26/nativescript-ionic-template

[imhoffd]

The Ionic CLI will use the Angular CLI for tooling in CLI v4, which supports Ionic Angular v4. The CLI will also continue to support Ionic Angular v2/v3 with @ionic/app-scripts for tooling.

[jdnichollsc]

Excellent news! thanks guys! 👍