robosats/mobile/setup.md

Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and OSX 12.5.1

Ubuntu

Install JDK

sudo apt update
sudo apt install default-jdk
java -version

Install Android Studio

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-fonville/android-studio
sudo apt update
sudo apt install android-studio

Install watchman

wget https://github.com/facebook/watchman/releases/download/v2022.06.20.00/watchman-v2022.06.20.00-linux.zip
unzip watchman-v2022.06.20.00-linux.zip
cd watchman-v2022.06.20.00-linux
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/{bin,lib} /usr/local/var/run/watchman
sudo cp bin/* /usr/local/bin
sudo cp lib/* /usr/local/lib
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/watchman
sudo chmod 2777 /usr/local/var/run/watchman

(If in VMware linux environment)

sudo apt install -y open-vm-tools-desktop
sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils
sudo usermod -aG kvm $(whoami)
reboot

Create Emulator (or connect Android phone and install adb)

Use the GUI of Android studio to create a new virtual devide. As of 23/06/2022 we are using a Pixel 5 as template and System image R API level 30 Android 11.0

If using a phone, start the USB debugging mode.

Open or create robosats/mobile/android/local.properties:

• Add sdk.dir = /home/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Android/Sdk

You can check your SDK location on the GUI of Android studio: Tools > SDK Manager Make sure you have NDK installed : Tools > SDK Manager > SDK Tools > NDK (Side by Side)

Launch app builder and

Point a terminal to /robosats/mobile/

npm start

on another temrinal also in /robosats/mobile/

npx react-native run-android

OSX

Install JDK

https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads

Install Android Studio

Download and install https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html. Make sure you have the following libraries installed globally.

npm -i react-native-cli
brew install android-platform-tools

Install watchman

Check https://github.com/facebook/watchman/releases/download or use brew:

brew install node
brew install watchman

Create Emulator (or connect Android phone and install adb)

Use the GUI of Android studio to create a new virtual devide, make sure you add enought internal storage (>= 2 GB). As of 11/10/2022 we are using a Pixel 5 as template and System image R API level 30 Android 11.0

Open or create robosats/mobile/android/local.properties:

• Add sdk.dir = /Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>//Library/Android/sdk
• M1 Users should also add ndk.dir= /Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>//Library/Android/sdk/ndk/{{ndkVersion}}

You can check your SDK location on the GUI of Android studio: Tools > SDK Manager Make sure you have NDK installed : Tools > SDK Manager > SDK Tools > NDK (Side by Side)

Run app

Point a terminal to robosats/mobile/

npx react-native start --reset-cache

To create builds, on another temrinal also in robosats/mobile/

npx react-native run-android

After the build, run or debug your project on Android Studio. Alternatively, you can run the following command to check logs on terminal:

npx react-native log-android