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Run Mobile App

Akram El Assas edited this page May 6, 2024 · 4 revisions

Prerequisites

  • If you don't have an Expo account, you'll need to create one.

  • Go to ./mobile folder and run the following command to login to expo:

npx expo login
  • Go to expo.dev, Click on Pojects then Create a Project. Set Movin' In as project name and click on Create.

  • Go to Movin' In project and copy the project ID. Open ./mobile/app.json and paste the project ID in extra.eas.projectId.

Instructions

To run the mobile app, create ./mobile/.env file with the following content:

MI_API_HOST=https://movinin.io:4004
MI_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=en
MI_PAGE_SIZE=20
MI_PROPERTIES_PAGE_SIZE=8
MI_BOOKINGS_PAGE_SIZE=8
MI_CDN_USERS=https://movinin.io/cdn/movinin/users
MI_CDN_PROPERTIES=https://movinin.io/cdn/movinin/properties
MI_AGENCY_IMAGE_WIDTH=60
MI_AGENCY_IMAGE_HEIGHT=30
MI_PROPERTY_IMAGE_WIDTH=300
MI_PROPERTY_IMAGE_HEIGHT=200
MI_MINIMUM_AGE=21
MI_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY
MI_STRIPE_MERCHANT_IDENTIFIER=MERCHANT_IDENTIFIER
MI_STRIPE_COUNTRY_CODE=US
MI_STRIPE_CURRENCY_CODE=USD

Set the following options:

MI_API_HOST=https://movinin.io:4004
MI_CDN_USERS=https://movinin.io/cdn/movinin/users
MI_CDN_PROPERTIES=https://movinin.io/cdn/movinin/properties
MI_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY
MI_STRIPE_MERCHANT_IDENTIFIER=MERCHANT_IDENTIFIER
MI_STRIPE_COUNTRY_CODE=US
MI_STRIPE_CURRENCY_CODE=USD

Replace https://movinin.io with an IP, hostname or FQDN.

If you want to enable stripe payment gateway, set stripe publishable key in MI_STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY. You can retrieve it from stripe dashboard. Use stripe in test mode.

MI_STRIPE_MERCHANT_IDENTIFIER is the merchant identifier you registered with Apple for use with Apple Pay.

MI_STRIPE_COUNTRY_CODE is the two-letter ISO 3166 code of the country of your business, e.g. "US". Required for Stripe payments.

MI_STRIPE_CURRENCY_CODE is the three-letter ISO 4217 alphabetic currency code, e.g. "USD" or "EUR". Required for Stripe payments. Must be a supported currency: https://docs.stripe.com/currencies

Install the demo database by following these instructions.

Configure http://localhost/cdn

On Windows, install IIS and add full access permissions to the user who is running Movin' In API on C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cdn\movinin.

On Linux, install NGINX and update /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default as follows:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name _;
    
    ...

    location /cdn {
      alias /var/www/cdn;
    }
}

Create /var/www/cdn/movinin folder add full access permissions to the user who is running Movin' In API on /var/www/cdn/movinin.

Configure ./api by following these instructions.

Run ./api with the following command:

cd ./api
npm run dev

Run the mobile app by simply installing Expo app on your device from App Store/Play Store and running the following commands from ./mobile folder:

cd ./mobile
npm install
npm start

Open Expo app on your device and scan the QR code to run Movin' In mobile app.

Push Notifications

If you want to enable Movin' In push notifications, Download google-services.json file and place it in ./mobile root directory for push notifications. Its path can be configured from ./mobile/app.json configuration file through googleServicesFile setting option. Don't forget to generate a new private key in the Firebase Console and upload the JSON file to Expo dashboard.