You can use:
@App({
templateUrl: 'build/app.html',
config: {
mode: 'md'
}
})
I'm not sure why this isn't documented, so I created an issue for it:
There is currently no way to set a single component to match the styles of a different platform, but you could override the iOS Sass variables to get close to that of Androids. If this is a feature you'd like - could you create an issue and we can discuss it? Thanks! http://ionicframework.com/submit-issue/