Dial Mobile (CERN Phone Mobile App)

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CERN Phone application to make and receive calls.

Current limitations

OS	Status
Android	Tested and working on Android 9
iOS	Not yet compatible

Requirements

To install the following components, please follow the React Native guide for your platform

• Android >= 8.1
• Node >= 11.10.1
• React Native Debugger
• yarn (>1.16.0)
• React Native >= 0.61

Development

Read the docs

• Contributing Guidelines
• Git Basics

Environment setup

1. Follow the steps of the official React Native documentation to setup your development environment. Since we are using native modules, we need to follow the React Native CLI Quickstart guide.

Updating libs

⚠️ Beware of the libs used which contain native code. Some of them are highly dependent on the React Native version and might not be compatible with newer ones.

• React Native Callkeep
• React Native Webrtc
• React Native Firebase
• React Native Vector Icons
• React Navigation (and it's dependencies)
  • React Native Gesture Handler
  • React Native Screens
  • React Native Reanimated
• React Native Sound

Debugging

On a physical device

• Shake the phone to display the development menu.

On the emulator

• Command + M will display the development menu.

Change the debugger port

1. Open the development menu
2. On "Dev Settings" change the "Debug server host & port for device" to something like: localhost:8081

Run the app

On Android

yarn
yarn run android

Troubleshoot your environment

Running the following command will return a diagnosis of your environment:

npx @react-native-community/cli doctor

Testing

yarn test

Packaging and Deployment

• Read the https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/signed-apk-android

The following command will generate the apk for Android.

cd android
./gradlew assembleRelease