• Create a new directory inside the app directory with the name of the component, for example action-bar. The name of the directory will be prettified and will become the component section header. Create a file named overview.md and place the general overview text for the component. You cannot use code snippets here.
• If the directory should be displayed as a folder inside the documentation tree, it should end with -category. For example - ns-ui-widgets-category.

• Create a new directory inside a component directory, for example inside the button directory. The name of the directory will be prettified and will become the example header, i.e. title. For example, if your directory name is tap-event the header will become Tap Event, that is, all dashes will be replaced with spaces and all the words will be capitalized.
• Create a file named article.md. Place the article text and code snippet placeholders there. You can place code snippets in TypeScript, HTML and CSS. The code snippet placeholder syntax is explained here. Here is a sample article.md file:

######article.md

Set Button tap callback in TypeScript file
<snippet id='button-tap-ts'/>

Set Button tap callback in JavaScript file
<snippet id='button-tap-javascript'/>

Set Button in XML
<snippet id='button-tap-xml'/>

• Add your example source code files, i.e. .ts, .xml, and .css files. These files should contain the actual code snippets to be injected in article.md. For example:

######text.component.html

<StackLayout sdkExampleTitle sdkToggleNavButton>
    <StackLayout  class="example-container">
        <!-- >> button-tap-xml -->
        <Button id="button" text="I am a button" tap="onTap"></Button>
        <!-- << button-tap-xml -->
    </StackLayout>
</StackLayout>

######text.component.js

import { Button, EventData } from "@nativescript/core";

// >> button-tap-javascript 
export function onTap(args) {
    var myButton = args.object;
    console.log(myButton + " was tapped!");
}
// << button-tap-javascript

######text.component.ts

import { Button, EventData } from "@nativescript/core";

// >> button-tap-ts 
export function onTap(args: EventData) {
    let myButton = <Button>args.object;
    console.log(myButton + " was tapped!");
}
// << button-tap-ts 

• (Optional) Make а screenshot of your example named image.png and add it to the example directory. Here is an image with android and ios phone screenshots:

Image

• Finally, add your example to the main navigation list:

######app/main-view-model.ts

var mainMenuLinks = [
    new Link("Button", "/button"),
    ...
];

• Tests - for the time being the tests will be provided by the NativeScript QA team when the PR is accepted.

npm install
tns run android

or

npm install
tns run ios

npm run build

You can find the build results in the dist directory.

This command pushes to github.com using SSH, so you might need generate a new SSH key and add it to the ssh-agent in case you haven't done so already.

https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-sdk-examples-ng/issues