CONTENTS OF THIS FILE

• Dependencies
• Ionic-Android build Setup
• Cli setup
• Project setup
• Build apk
• Debug apk

DEPENDENCIES

• Ionic:

  Ionic CLI : 6.19.1 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli) Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 6.1.7 @angular-devkit/build-angular : 13.2.6 @angular-devkit/schematics : 13.2.6 @angular/cli : 13.2.6 @ionic/angular-toolkit : 6.1.0

• Capacitor:

  Capacitor CLI : 3.5.1 @capacitor/android : 3.5.0 @capacitor/core : 3.5.1 @capacitor/ios : 3.5.0

• Cordova:

  Cordova CLI : 11.0.0 Cordova Platforms : none Cordova Plugins : no whitelisted plugins (0 plugins total)

• Utility:

  cordova-res : 0.15.4 native-run : 1.6.0

• System:

  Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (/home/afnan/Android/Sdk) NodeJS : v14.19.0 (/usr/local/bin/node) npm : 6.14.16 OS : Linux 5.13

IONIC-ANDROID BUILD SETUP

• [Install java] (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java8)

• [Install Gradle] (https://gradle.org/install/)

• [Install Android Studio] (https://developer.android.com/studio)

• After Android studio installation, install SDK

• Open Android studio and goto settings/appearance and behavior/system settings/Android SDK

• Install appropriate Android sdk platform package.

• Add environment variables in ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile as follows export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=path_to_sdk export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/tools/bin export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/platform-tools

• Reference: https://ionicframework.com/docs/installation/android

CLI SETUP

• npm install -g ionic
• npm install @capacitor/core
• npm install @capacitor/cli --save-dev
• npx cap init

PROJECT SETUP

• git clone the repo (https://github.com/ELEVATE-Prjoect/mentoring-mobile-app.git)
• Add environment files inside src/environments
• Go to project folder and run npm i

BUILD APK

• To check attached devices do adb devices
• Run ionic build (Make sure you have attached device)
• Run ionic cap sync
• Run ionic capacitor run android --prod
• Apk location project_folder/platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/apk_name.apk

DEBUG APK

• Open chrome and enter chrome://inspect
• Select app