Travelpayouts Travel App iOS

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Description

Travelpayouts Travel App iOS is an app template for flights and hotels search. When your user books flight or hotel, you get paid. Aviasales, Jetradar and Hotellook official apps are based on the same code.

You can use this template as a base for you application, or you can use it as is changing only the main settings (app title, color scheme, icon, etc).

To track statistics and payments, please visit our affiliate network website — Travelpayouts.com.

To learn more about the Travelpayouts affiliate network, please visit Travelpayouts FAQ.

How to build your own app using the template project

🔧 Prerequisites

• Xcode 14.2 (14C18)

📲 Setup

1. Download the latest release of template project (not beta) here: https://github.com/travelpayouts/travel-app-ios/releases, file Source Code (zip). Alternatively you can clone the repository for development.
2. Dependencies are managed via CocoaPods (cocoapods.org). It can be installed via Bundler. The following installation commands should be executed in the project folder (unpacked zip archive or cloned repository):

sudo gem install bundler
bundle install
bundle exec pod install --repo-update

Use the TravelpayoutsTravelApp.xcworkspace to work with your project.

3. Add your partner's token and marker in TravelpayoutsTravelApp/default_config.plist file to parameters partner_marker and api_token. You can get the partner marker and API token on our website: Travelpayouts.
4. AppStore app publishing requires unique app identifier (bundle id). It can be configured in Xcode.
5. Change app name in files Info.plist and LaunchScreen.xib.
6. Use the default_config.plist config file to enable/disable flights/hotels tabs, to add app description, feedback email, app website link and App Store app link for the "About" page and to add localized values for external links.
7. Test the app on your iPhone/iPad or in Xcode simulator.
8. Publish the app via App Store Connect

📱 iOS versions support

Application supports iOS 13.0 and higher

🖼 App Icon

Do not forget to replace app icons (Template project includes simple white icons by default). To do this you will need to replace icons in TravelpayoutsTravelApp/AppIcon.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset folder (20.png, 29.png, 40.png etc) with your own icons with same names.

✈️🏨 Tab selection

1. If you want to remove flights or hotels search tab, change values of flights_enabled and hotels_enabled to NO in Project settings. Information tab can't be removed this way.
2. You can add Car Rental tab. To do this you need to join one car rental affiliate program from Travelpayouts programs. Then you will need to generate an affiliate link and add it to the TravelpayoutsTravelApp/default_config.plist file to parameter car_rental_link. Note: Don't use Economybookings, because this program can't track a mobile traffic.

🔧🌻 Color customization

You can choose color scheme in default_config.plist file. Here is a list of color scheme settings with explanations:

Fine-grained color customization can be configured in file ASTJRC.swift by overriding colors from the base class JRC.

🔧📄 Text customization

You can change search forms titles in AppLocalizations.swift file. Uncomment and edit a variable to change corresponding search form title. Title can be localized in multiple languages if you use NSLocalizedString and add all localizations to Localizable.strings files.

🤑 Appodeal ads setup

To get additional profit from ads, we've integrated Mobile Ads Appodeal SDK in the app. To configure it, specify the appodeal_key parameter in the default_config.plist file (get your API key by registering at Appodeal). Ads will appear on the waiting screens for tickets and hotels searching by default. Don't forget to enable all ad modules for Appodeal. To do this edit the Podfile file, uncomment the pod 'APD... lines and execute bundle exec pod install in the terminal.

⭐️ Feedback

Set up the feedback_email and itunes_link parameters in default_config.plist file to activate "Contact us" and "Rate this app" links. The recommended format for itunes_link is the following: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1234567890?action=write-review, where id1234567890 is the identifier of a published application.

🏭 Use of Firebase

Template app supports Firebase services. To enable them, please connect your app in the Firebase console, download and copy with replacement the GoogleService-Info.plist file to TravelpayoutsTravelApp folder and switch the firebase_enabled flag to YES in the default_config.plist file. Out of the box there is an analytics support for: Search / Ticket opened / Ticket booked in the airlines part and Search / Hotel opened / Hotel booked in the hotels part of the app.

Existing app integration

Travelpayouts Sample Flights App is an example of an existing iPhone/iPad app integration with AviasalesKit library to add flights/hotels/car rental search. Users of your app will be able to book tickets or hotels and you will get paid.

To track statistics and payments, please visit our affiliate network website — Travelpayouts.com.

To learn more about the Travelpayouts affiliate network, please visit Travelpayouts FAQ.

Library integration

App should support iOS 13.0 or newer as the minimum iOS version, and it should support Swift language. If your app is written in Objective-C you can wrap all library calls in a class which will be available in Objective-C.

Add CocoaPods dependencies

Add the following function with dependencies to Podfile

def aviasales_kit_dependencies
    pod 'AviasalesKit', podspec: 'https://ios.aviasales.ru/cocoapods/AviasalesKit_6.7.podspec'

    # forked AviasalesKit dependencies
    pod 'EasyTipView', git: 'https://github.com/KosyanMedia/EasyTipView.git', commit: 'ab95be17ce90ff163569e50e2e2b659f003d80a4'
    pod "CollectionSwipableCellExtension", git: 'https://github.com/KosyanMedia/CollectionSwipableCellExtension.git', commit: 'd3d7c9ee8721562174cbd2c89f88b1d05bbc5fc0'
    pod 'Neon', git: 'https://github.com/KosyanMedia/Neon.git', commit: '3770df30ee072a728becb8f1f6b7c29276a3dab4'
end

In the target from which you want to launch the search screens call the dependencies function.

target 'SampleFlightsApp' do
    aviasales_kit_dependencies
end

Install dependencies.

pod install --repo-update

Library initialization

Add initialization code to your AppDelegate. Alternatively you can call this setup once before the first AviasalesViewControllersFactory invocation.

import ASTemplateConfiguration

AviasalesViewControllersFactory.shared.setup(window: window, config: { () -> Config in
    var colorParams = ColorParams()
    colorParams.mainColor = "9C6CBE" // primary style color (search form background)
    colorParams.actionColor = "CE0755" // secondary style color (search button)

    var config = Config()
    config.partnerMarker = "YOUR MARKER" // partner marker https://travelpayouts.com/
    config.apiToken = "YOUR TOKEN" // partner token https://travelpayouts.com/
    config.carRentalLink = "RENTAL PARTNER LINK" // (optional) partner link to car rental https://www.travelpayouts.com/programs
    config.colorParams = colorParams
    return config
}())

Create required screens where you need them:

let flightsViewController = AviasalesViewControllersFactory.shared.flightsViewController()
let hotelsViewController = AviasalesViewControllersFactory.shared.hotelsViewController()
let carRentalViewController = AviasalesViewControllersFactory.shared.carRentalViewController()

viewController.present(flightsViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)

info.plist changes

The library requires some changes in info.plist to work correctly:

<true/>
<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>Used to find nearby hotels.</string>

NSAppTransportSecurity changes are required for some booking agencies. NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription is required for nearest hotels search function.

Fine tuning

You can configure some of the same settings as in the Travel App. Colors can be configured the same way as in ASTJRC.swift. Search screen titles and some other texts can be configured the same way as in AppLocalizations.swift.