launchAR()

Launch an AR World with the Wikitude plugin, and returns a promise. This creates a new AR View and switches the app’s focus to it.

Argument

Name Type Description
world_ref STRING The name of the folder that contains the files for the AR World to launch. This folder must exist in a folder named "wikitude-worlds" in your app’s www directory. If you want to change the name of this folder (or event it’s path), you can by passing an argument to Ionicitude.init() (see API Doc > init() for details).

Returns

  • PROMISE - A promise of a launched AR World.

Throws

  • UnsupportedFeatureError when:
    1. Trying to launch an AR World that requires features not supported by the device (see Checking Device’s Features)

Usage

Ionicitude.launchAR("my_world_folder_name")
  .then(function(success) {
    // React to a successfull AR World launching
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    // React to a failed AR World launching
  });