diff --git a/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin-tests.ts b/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin-tests.ts
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+const startupConfiguration: any = { camera_position: 'back' };
+
+// Some code samples from the wikitude ionic starter
+WikitudePlugin.loadARchitectWorld(
+    success => {
+        console.log('ARchitect World loaded successfully.');
+    },
+    fail => {
+        console.log('Failed to load ARchitect World!');
+    },
+    'www/assets/07_3dModels_6_3dModelAtGeoLocation/index.html',
+    ['geo'],
+    <JSON> startupConfiguration
+);
+
+WikitudePlugin.setOnUrlInvokeCallback(url => {
+    if (url.indexOf('captureScreen') > -1) {
+        WikitudePlugin.captureScreen(
+            absoluteFilePath => {
+                WikitudePlugin.callJavaScript(
+                    `World.testFunction('Screenshot saved at: ${absoluteFilePath}');`
+                );
+            },
+            errorMessage => {
+                console.log(errorMessage);
+            },
+            true,
+            null
+        );
+    } else {
+        alert(url + 'not handled');
+    }
+});
diff --git a/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/index.d.ts b/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin 7.2
+// Project: https://github.com/Wikitude/wikitude-cordova-plugin
+// Definitions by: zbarbuto <https://github.com/zbarbuto>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.2
+
+// The following types are taken directly (unmodified) from the wikitude-ionic-3-starter-app
+// https://github.com/pbreuss/wikitude-ionic-3-starter-app
+// Latest commit at time of writing was 647cd546f6d1805765c4cee725566e246ca6259d
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper for the Wikitude SDK Phonegap Plugin - to use with IONIC2
+ * (c) 2016 Schneeweis.Technology
+ */
+interface WikitudePlugin {
+    isDeviceSupported(
+        successCallback: (success: string) => void,
+        errorCallback: (message: string) => void,
+        requiredFeatures: [string]
+    ): void;
+
+    loadARchitectWorld(
+        successCallback: (success: string) => void,
+        errorCallback: (message: string) => void,
+        architectWorldPath: string,
+        requiredFeatures: [string],
+        startupConfiguration: JSON | object
+    ): void;
+
+    close(): void;
+
+    hide(): void;
+
+    show(): void;
+
+    // test type ok?
+    callJavaScript(js: any): void;
+
+    setOnUrlInvokeCallback(onUrlInvokeCallback: (success: string) => void): void;
+
+    setLocation(latitude: any, longitude: any, altitude: any, accuracy: any): void;
+
+    captureScreen(
+        successCallback: (success: string) => void,
+        errorCallback: (message: string) => void,
+        includeWebView: boolean,
+        imagePathInBundleOrNullForPhotoLibrary: string | null
+    ): void;
+
+    setErrorHandler(errorHandler: (message: string) => void): void;
+
+    setDeviceSensorsNeedCalibrationHandler(
+        startCalibrationHandler: (message: string) => void
+    ): void;
+
+    setDeviceSensorsFinishedCalibrationHandler(
+        finishedCalibrationHandler: (message: string) => void
+    ): void;
+
+    setBackButtonCallback(onBackButtonCallback: (message: string) => void): void;
+
+    /* Lifecycle updates */
+
+    onResume(): void;
+    onBackButton(): void;
+    onPause(): void;
+
+    onWikitudeOK(): void;
+    onWikitudeError(): void;
+
+    _sdkKey: string;
+    FeatureGeo: string;
+    Feature2DTracking: string;
+    CameraPositionUndefined: number;
+    CameraPositionFront: number;
+    CameraPositionBack: number;
+    CameraFocusRangeNone: number;
+    CameraFocusRangeNear: number;
+    CameraFocusRangeFar: number;
+}
+
+declare var WikitudePlugin: WikitudePlugin;
diff --git a/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/tsconfig.json b/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/tslint.json b/types/com.wikitude.phonegap.wikitudeplugin/tslint.json
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+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+}