AndroidSetup.md

Install Steps for Android

1. Add a couple of lines to a resource file, that should have been updated by the install of the facebook plugin.

   Until jeduan/cordova-plugin-facebook4#599 is resolved...

   Edit /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WeVoteCordova/platforms/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

   <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
   <resources>
       <string name="app_name">We Vote</string>
       <string name="launcher_name">@string/app_name</string>
       <string name="activity_name">@string/launcher_name</string>
       <string name="fb_app_id">1097389196952441</string>
       <string name="fb_app_name">WeVoteWebApp</string>
   </resources>
   

   Add those last two lines "fb_app_id" and "fb_app_name".

2. cd to the Android specific code area, and the platform_www directory. This is the area Android serves the bundle.js in some situations from WeVoteCordova/platforms/android/platform_www

   cd /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WeVoteCordova/platforms/android/platform_www
   

3. bundle.js (This file probably will not yet exist in this location)

   rm bundle.js
   ln -s /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/js/bundle.js bundle.js
   

4. Make the other symlinks that the Android Cordova app will need while running (including another bundle.js)

   cd /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WeVoteCordova/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/www
   rm index.html
   ln -s /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WeVoteCordova/www/index.html index.html
   ln -s /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/css css
   ln -s /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/fonts fonts
   ln -s /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/img img
   ln -s /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/javascript javascript
   
   

   When you are done, the Android www directory should look like this

   (WebAppEnv)Steves-iMac:www your-username$ pwd
   /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WeVoteCordova/platforms/android/app/src/main/assets/www
   (WebAppEnv)Steves-iMac:www your-username$ ls -la
   total 152
   drwxr-xr-x  12 your-username  staff    384 Apr 12 16:53 .
   drwxr-xr-x   3 your-username  staff     96 Apr 12 16:34 ..
   lrwxr-xr-x   1 your-username  staff     73 Apr 12 16:53 bundle.js -> /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/js/bundle.js
   drwxr-xr-x   6 your-username  staff    192 Apr 12 16:34 cordova-js-src
   -rw-r--r--   1 your-username  staff  73155 Apr 12 16:34 cordova.js
   -rw-r--r--   1 your-username  staff   1845 Apr 12 16:34 cordova_plugins.js
   lrwxr-xr-x   1 your-username  staff     64 Apr 12 16:52 css -> /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/css
   lrwxr-xr-x   1 your-username  staff     66 Apr 12 16:52 fonts -> /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/fonts
   lrwxr-xr-x   1 your-username  staff     64 Apr 12 16:52 img -> /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/img
   lrwxr-xr-x   1 your-username  staff     64 Apr 12 16:52 index.html -> /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WeVoteCordova/www/index.html
   lrwxr-xr-x   1 your-username  staff     71 Apr 12 16:52 javascript -> /Users/your-username/MyProjects/WebApp/build/javascript
   drwxr-xr-x   8 your-username  staff    256 Apr 12 16:34 plugins
   (WebAppEnv)Steves-iMac:www your-username$
   

   If you started with iOS, then proceeded to Android, the code install for both platforms is now done.

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Other documentation pages:

Return to the WeVote Cordova home documentation page

Making an iOS Release

Making an Android Release

Cordova JavaScript Differences

Testing with localhost from an actual phone