ProMotion is designed to be as intuitive and Ruby-like as possible.

Requirements:

  • Licensed RubyMotion (2.29+ recommended)
  • Xcode with command line tools installed
  • Bundler (gem install bundler)
  • CRuby 2.0.0+ (for executable)
gem install ProMotion #=> be sure to capitalize P and M here!
promotion new myapp
cd myapp
bundle
rake spec
rake

You should have a functioning ProMotion app!

Manual Setup

Create a new RubyMotion project.

motion create myapp

Open the new folder in your favorite editor. Mine is Sublime, so I use cd myapp; subl . to open it.

Create a Gemfile and add the following lines:

source "https://rubygems.org"

gem "rake"
gem "ProMotion", "~> 2.5"

Run bundle in Terminal to install ProMotion.

Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/....
Resolving dependencies...
Using rake 10.4.2
Using bundler 1.6.1
Using methadone 1.9.1
Using motion_print 1.2.0
Using ProMotion 2.4.2
Your bundle is complete!
Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.

Go into your app/app_delegate.rb file and replace everything with the following:

class AppDelegate < PM::Delegate
  def on_load(app, options)
    open HomeScreen
  end
end

Create a folder in /app named screens. Create a file in that folder named home_screen.rb.

Now drop in this code in that file:

class HomeScreen < PM::Screen
  title "Home"

  def on_load
    set_attributes self.view, {
      background_color: hex_color("#FFFFFF")
    }
  end
end

Run rake. You should now see the simulator open with your home screen and a navigation bar. Congrats!

Next steps

  • Read through the rest of the API documentation on the right sidebar.

Here are a few tutorials to follow.