ons

A global object that’s used in Onsen UI.

Signature Description
isReady() Returns true if Onsen UI is initialized.
isWebView() Returns true if running inside Cordova.
ready(callback) Method used to wait for app initialization. Waits for DOMContentLoaded and deviceready, when necessary, before executing the callback.
setDefaultDeviceBackButtonListener(listener) Set default handler for device back button.
disableDeviceBackButtonHandler() Disable device back button event handler. Must be called on ons.ready.
enableDeviceBackButtonHandler() Enable device back button event handler. Must be called on ons.ready.
enableAutoStatusBarFill() Enable status bar fill feature on iOS7 and above (except for iPhone X). Must be called before ons.ready.
disableAutoStatusBarFill() Disable status bar fill feature on iOS7 and above (except for iPhone X). Must be called before ons.ready.
mockStatusBar() Creates a static element similar to iOS status bar. Only useful for browser testing. Must be called before ons.ready.
disableAnimations() Disable all animations. Could be handy for testing and older devices.
enableAnimations() Enable animations (default).
disableAutoStyling() Disable automatic styling.
enableAutoStyling() Enable automatic styling based on OS (default).
disableIconAutoPrefix() Disable adding fa- prefix automatically to ons-icon classes. Useful when including custom icon packs.
forcePlatformStyling(platform) Refresh styling for the given platform. Only useful for demos. Use ons.platform.select(...) instead for development and production.
preload(templatePaths) Separated files need to be requested on demand and this can slightly delay pushing new pages. This method requests and caches templates for later use.
createElement(template, options) Create a new element from a template. Both inline HTML and external files are supported although the return value differs.
createPopover(page, [options]) Create a popover instance from a template.
createDialog(page, [options]) Create a dialog instance from a template.
createAlertDialog(page, [options]) Create a alert dialog instance from a template.
openActionSheet(options) Shows an instant Action Sheet and lets the user choose an action.
resolveLoadingPlaceholder(page) If no page is defined for the ons-loading-placeholder attribute it will wait for this method being called before loading the page.
getScriptPage() Access the last created page from the current script scope. Only works inside <script></script> tags that are direct children of ons-page element. Use this to add lifecycle hooks to a page.
bootstrap([moduleName, [dependencies]]) Initialize Onsen UI. Can be used to load Onsen UI without using the ng-app attribute from AngularJS.
findParentComponentUntil(name, [dom]) Find parent component object of dom element.
findComponent(selector, [dom]) Find component object using CSS selector.
compile(dom) Compile Onsen UI components.
createElement(template, [options]) Create a new element from a template. Both inline HTML and external files are supported although the return value differs. If the element is appended it will also be compiled by AngularJS (otherwise, ons.compile should be manually used).
createAlertDialog(page, [options]) Create a alert dialog instance from a template. This method will be deprecated in favor of ons.createElement.
createDialog(page, [options]) Create a dialog instance from a template. This method will be deprecated in favor of ons.createElement.
createPopover(page, [options]) Create a popover instance from a template. This method will be deprecated in favor of ons.createElement.
isReady(): Boolean

Returns true if Onsen UI is initialized.

Returns: Will be true if Onsen UI is initialized.

isWebView(): Boolean

Returns true if running inside Cordova.

Returns: Will be true if the app is running in Cordova.

ready(callback)

Method used to wait for app initialization. Waits for DOMContentLoaded and deviceready, when necessary, before executing the callback.

Parameters
Name Type Description
callback Function Function that executes after Onsen UI has been initialized.
setDefaultDeviceBackButtonListener(listener)

Set default handler for device back button.

Parameters
Name Type Description
listener Function Function that executes when device back button is pressed. Must be called on ons.ready.
disableDeviceBackButtonHandler()

Disable device back button event handler. Must be called on ons.ready.

enableDeviceBackButtonHandler()

Enable device back button event handler. Must be called on ons.ready.

enableAutoStatusBarFill()

Enable status bar fill feature on iOS7 and above (except for iPhone X). Must be called before ons.ready.

disableAutoStatusBarFill()

Disable status bar fill feature on iOS7 and above (except for iPhone X). Must be called before ons.ready.

mockStatusBar()

Creates a static element similar to iOS status bar. Only useful for browser testing. Must be called before ons.ready.

disableAnimations()

Disable all animations. Could be handy for testing and older devices.

enableAnimations()

Enable animations (default).

disableAutoStyling()

Disable automatic styling.

enableAutoStyling()

Enable automatic styling based on OS (default).

disableIconAutoPrefix()

Disable adding fa- prefix automatically to ons-icon classes. Useful when including custom icon packs.

forcePlatformStyling(platform)

Refresh styling for the given platform. Only useful for demos. Use ons.platform.select(...) instead for development and production.

Parameters
Name Type Description
platform string
preload(templatePaths): Promise

Separated files need to be requested on demand and this can slightly delay pushing new pages. This method requests and caches templates for later use.

Returns: Promise that resolves when all the templates are cached.

Parameters
Name Type Description
templatePaths String|Array Set of HTML file paths containing ‘ons-page’ elements.
createElement(template, options): HTMLElement|Promise

Create a new element from a template. Both inline HTML and external files are supported although the return value differs.

Returns: If the provided template was an inline HTML string, it returns the new element. Otherwise, it returns a promise that resolves to the new element.

Parameters
Name Type Description
template String Either an HTML file path, a <template> id or an HTML string such as '<div id="foo">hoge</div>'.
options Object Parameter object.
options.append Boolean|HTMLElement Whether or not the element should be automatically appended to the DOM. Defaults to false. If true value is given, document.body will be used as the target.
options.insertBefore HTMLElement Reference node that becomes the next sibling of the new node (options.append element).
createPopover(page, [options]): Promise

Create a popover instance from a template.

Returns: Promise object that resolves to the popover component object.

Parameters
Name Type Description
page String Page name. Can be either an HTML file or a