Generating APK from source code
Steps how to generate APK from source code
Source Code references
Open Terminal and clone source code
git clone https://github.com/Sunbird-Saral/Project-Saral.git
Refer
Source Code Repositoryfor latest repository location.
Change Directory to
Project-Saral/
folder and switch to release tag as per release notes.git checkout tags/<tag_name>
$FRONTEND_FOLDER = Project-Saral/v1.0/frontend
$BACKEND_FOLDER = Project-Saral/v1.0/backend
Saral v1.0 Android App bundling/packaging
Follow Frontend Setup steps @ Workspace Setup - Playbook
App Icon can be customised/replaced by generating App icon using standard icon editors and replace icons in below folders.
$FRONTEND_FOLDER\SaralApp\android\app\src\main\res\mipmap-mdpi
$FRONTEND_FOLDER\SaralApp\android\app\src\main\res\mipmap-hdpi
$FRONTEND_FOLDER\SaralApp\android\app\src\main\res\mipmap-xhdpi
$FRONTEND_FOLDER\SaralApp\android\app\src\main\res\mipmap-xxhdpi
$FRONTEND_FOLDER\SaralApp\android\app\src\main\res\mipmap-xxxhdpi
Open Terminal in
$FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/android
folder
./gradlew clean
APK Signing can be enabled using the below Gradle files. Make sure the Keystore file is to be used for signing placed in $FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/android/app
folder.
$FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/android/gradle.properties
$FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/android/app/build.gradle
Note: Make sure signingConfig signingConfigs.release
the line is uncommented. Also set enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
flag to true to generate CPU architecture specific APKs. This will also reduce the size of the APK compared to universal APK.
Update
google-services.json
file in$FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/android/app
folder.Edit
$FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/src/config/config.js
to change apkVersionId , apkURL, BASE_URL as per the implementation.Open Terminal in
$FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/android
folder
./gradlew assembleRelease
(OR)
./gradlew assembleDebug
3. You can find the release apk file in Project-Saral/v1.0/frontend/SaralApp/android/app/build/outputs/apk/release or debug
folder.
Note: If releasing APK file for a client/implementation, its recommended to build APK from the release tag and modify implementation-specific BASE_URL entry and google-services.json
file.
Open terminal from
$FRONTEND_FOLDER
/SaralApp/android
folder and execute the below command to verify apk signature.
jarsigner -verbose -verify ./app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
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