Building Clover

Building Clover

Install the required tools

• Install git
• Install Android Studio

Fork and clone

• Fork Clover by pressing the Fork button
• Open up a terminal (git bash if on Windows)
• Clone your new repo git clone https://github.com/YOURNAME/Clover

Setup Android Studio

• Open Android Studio
• Click "Open an existing Android Studio project"
• Select the file Clover/Clover/build.gradle and press OK
• Open up the build.gradle file and note the buildToolsVersion and the compileSdkVersion, you will need to install the same versions.
• Open the SDK Manager by clicking the button at the top, and make sure that the correct SDK Tools versions and SDK Platforms versions are installed.
• Sync the project again and it should be ready.

Create a pull request

• Commit your changes git commit -a i, enter a descriptive message and save with ESC :wq ENTER
• Push your changes to your repo git push
• Make a pull request at https://github.com/YOURNAME/Clover/pulls
• Make a descriptive title and click Create pull request button

I just want an apk!

You will still need the Android sdk installed, but because we use gradle the following command in the terminal should be enough: ./gradlew assembleRelease, or go to the gradle pane at the right in Android Studio and execute the assembleRelease task. The apk ends up in Clover/Clover/app/build/outputs/apk/. See the comment in the build.gradle file how to sign your apk.