Android Packaging Service

This is PWABuilder's Android platform that generates an Android app package from a Progressive Web App using Android's Trusted Web Activity technology.

We utilize Google's Bubblewrap to generate and sign an Android app package.

This tool generates a zip file containing both an .apk file (for testing) and an .aab file (for submission to Google Play Store).

This app uses PWABuilder's Android Build Box docker image, which contains the necessary Android SDK Build Tools to execute Bubblewrap.

Issues

Please use our main repository for any issues/bugs/features suggestion.

Running Locally

You will need Docker and the Azure CLI to run this service locally.

Steps:

1. Run az acr login -n pwabuilder to authenticate with our Azure Container Registry.

2. If you are testing locally, go to Dockerfile and change line 13 to NODE_ENV=test.

3. Run npm run docker:build to build the Docker image, this may take a while the first time you run it.

4. Once the build is complete, run npm run docker:run to start the Docker container.

5. Visit localhost to see the CloudAPK testing interface.

If you don't want to use the testing interface, you may also generate a package manually by sending a POST to /generateAppPackage with the following JSON body:

{    
    "additionalTrustedOrigins": [],
    "appVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "appVersionCode": 1,
    "backgroundColor": "#3f51b5",
    "display": "standalone",
    "enableNotifications": false,
    "enableSiteSettingsShortcut": true,
    "fallbackType": "customtabs",
    "features": {
        "locationDelegation": {
            "enabled": true
        },
        "playBilling": {
            "enabled": false
        }
    },
    "host": "https://sadchonks.com",
    "iconUrl": "https://sadchonks.com/kitteh-512.png",
    "includeSourceCode": false,
    "isChromeOSOnly": false,
    "launcherName": "Chonks",
    "maskableIconUrl": null,
    "monochromeIconUrl": null,
    "name": "Sad Chonks",
    "navigationColor": "#3f51b5",
    "navigationColorDark": "#3f51b5",
    "navigationDividerColor": "#3f51b5",
    "navigationDividerColorDark": "#3f51b5",
    "orientation": "default",
    "packageId": "com.sadchonks",
    "serviceAccountJsonFile": null,
    "shareTarget": {
        "action": "/share-target/",
        "method": "GET",
        "params": {
            "title": "title",
            "text": "text",
            "url": "url"
        }
    },
    "shortcuts": [{
        "name": "New Chonks",
        "short_name": "New",
        "url": "/?shortcut",
        "icons": [
            {
                "sizes": "128x128",
                "src": "/favicon.png"
            }
        ]
    }],
    "signing": null,
    "signingMode": "none",
    "splashScreenFadeOutDuration": 300,
    "startUrl": "/saved",
    "themeColor": "#3f51b5",
    "themeColorDark": "#0d1117",
    "webManifestUrl": "https://sadchonks.com/manifest.json"
}

The response will be a zip file containing the generated app.

More info

Once an Android app package has been generated, follow the steps on Next Steps.

Deploy

Deploys are automatically pushed to cloudapk/staging slot. To deploy to production, swap staging and production.