Is it possible to create Ionic 2 project in Ionic 3 CLI

Question

When I do this, I get the message below:

Command :

ionic start blank myapp --v2

Error :

[ERROR] Sorry! The --v1 and --v2 flags have been removed. Use the --type option. (ionic start --help) For Ionic Angular projects, try ionic start blank myapp --type=ionic-angular

My Ionic CLI version is :

ionic -v
3.3.0

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Update 2 : You can no longer create Ionic 2 project in Ionic 3 CLI.

As Ionic 2 was not updated & is rewritten using Ionic 3, which uses Angular 4.

So if you create new Ionic project it will use Ionic 3 by default.

Update 1 : More Info Available Here

With the updates few changes are done in syntax as well :

To create a new project : (You have 3 templates available with Ionic i.e. blank, tabs, sidemenu)

ionic start {{AppName}} {{TemplateName}} ==> Latest Ionic codebase project

ionic start {{AppName}} {{TemplateName}} --type ionic1 ==> Ionic v1 project

Yes, You can check this link out

ionic start [app-name] [template] --type=ionic1

ionic start [app-name] [template] --type=ionic2

ionic start [app-name] [template] --type=ionic-angular

I have Ionic -v 2.2.2 right now so couldn't test it, so please try and let me know ;)

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jun 05 '17 at 12:18

Sangwin Gawande

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ionic start myapp blank --type=ionic2 Error: Unable to find starter type for ionic2 – Kumaresan P Jun 05 '17 at 12:22
Are you able to create ionic 1? – Sangwin Gawande Jun 05 '17 at 12:28
Have you tried changing package.json to ionic 2 components then running project? It might work – Sangwin Gawande Jun 05 '17 at 12:35
its initial project setup so where i have to find package.json – Kumaresan P Jun 05 '17 at 12:36
As per the ionic documentation here https://ionicframework.com/docs/cli/start/ , ionic2 is not valid option. – vjnan369 Aug 27 '17 at 14:18
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I think Ionic 2 is deprecated and Ionic 3 is continued. – Sangwin Gawande Aug 28 '17 at 04:00

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '17 at 13:03

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You don't have to specify --v2 for an Ionic 2 project because an Ionic 3 project is just an Ionic 2 project with some new features such as lazy loading and adoption of Angular 4 instead of Angular 2 .Just like Angular 2 and 4 are the same framework ,Ionic 2 and 3 are the same also

answered Jun 05 '17 at 13:03

Ahmed

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are you sure? I m going to create a project from stretch – Khurshid Ansari Feb 28 '18 at 13:14

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 04 '19 at 02:38

You can check in

ionic start --list

Starters for Ionic 2/3 (--type=ionic-angular)

name     | description
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tabs     | A starting project with a simple tabbed interface
sidemenu | A starting project with a side menu with navigation in the content area
blank    | A blank starter project
super    | A starting project complete with pre-built pages, providers and best practices for Ionic development.
tutorial | A tutorial based project that goes along with the Ionic documentation
aws      | AWS Mobile Hub Starter

Is it possible to create Ionic 2 project in Ionic 3 CLI

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