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How to build for Android

Installation and Setup

The following tools are required to build the App:

  • Android Studio Chipmunk or later
  • Java 8

Configuration

How to work with self-signed SSL certificates?

Supporting self-signed certificates is currently not supported. Refer to the Android Security documentation.

How to add support for languages?

The default language shown in the user interface is en_US. The default localiation can be found in res/values/string.xml. Refer to the documentation to add more languages.

Android uses resource directories with specific naming conventions to hold localized content. The naming convention for resource directories is res/values-xx, where xx is the two-letter ISO 639-1 language code for the target language. For example, if you're adding Spanish localization, you would create a directory named values-es for Spanish resources. In the new directory you created, copy the default res/values/strings.xml and translate the content to the target language.

Build

The App can be built using the command line or using Android Studio.

  1. Goto project root directory and open command prompt and execute the command gradlew build.
  2. Alternativly, open the App in Android Studio, it will automatically build the project.

The created APK is located at this path ../app/build/outputs/apk.

The latest release can be found here.

This build contains an unsigned APK.

Code Sign

Open the App in Android Studio:

  • Find the Build menu and select Generate signed bundle/APK.,
  • Select Apk and click next,
  • In keystore path, choose keystore path(.jks), -- Create a new keystore if its not present.
  • Enter keystore password, key alias and key password,
  • Click next, select Release and click create.

Alternativly, use the command line. Goto root project directory and update the build.gradle to include the below lines and update the keystore details:

android {
    signingConfigs {
        release {
            storeFile file('path/to/your/keystore.jks')
            storePassword 'your_keystore_password'
            keyAlias 'your_key_alias'
            keyPassword 'your_key_password'
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
        }
    }
}

Open command prompt and execute the command gradlew assembleRelease.

This will create a signed apk at the path ../app/build/outputs/apk/release.