How to include external Javascript library in an Ionic 2 TypeScript project?

Question

I build an Ionic Project using Ionic 2, Angular 2 and TypeScript to test the framework a bit. I need to include an external library (ntc.js) to my project, since I need it t

Answer 1

Besides doing a declare var which tells ts that the variable exists you can use typings of typescript. By writing

typings install libraryname

In your console you get a file that already has declare var/class and you can see all of its functions/properties when you import it.

import {lib} from 'libraryname';