Cordova and ionic relation

Question

I'm a little bit confused about Ionic and Cordova :

Correct me if i'm wrong but both of them allows you to create multi mobile devices projects using web techs (html, css, js). In this case, what is really the difference between those two ?

I'm now asked to use both of them for a project which make my previous statement wrong

I'm really confused, send help ! (i already searched in Google and still didn't understand)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '18 at 11:21

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Ionic uses cordova. Also it's built on the top of the Angular framework. It provides you some UI components. But cordova is a bridge for javascript and each native platform for accessing hardware (like camera or any native feature).

You can build your app with or without ionic.

answered Feb 15 '18 at 11:21

Vahid Najafi

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Does that mean, that if i want to use Ionic, i should obviously have cordova installed before the creation of my project ? – MOTZI Feb 15 '18 at 11:25
yes, step one of the Ionic getting starter is `npm install -g cordova ionic`, that installs cordova and ionic – jcesarmobile Feb 15 '18 at 11:32
@jcesarmobile thanks a lot ! – MOTZI Feb 15 '18 at 11:35
@MOTZI Without cordova, you can just make an app that runs only in browser. – Vahid Najafi Feb 15 '18 at 12:24

Cordova and ionic relation

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