Ethanifier is an application that allows anyone to see your presence in Slack and message you
Fork or clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/juliangarritano/ethanifier-android.git
Sign up for a free app token on SupportKit.io
Set up a Slack integration in the app you just created (this is how you'll talk to people)
Open the project you just cloned in Android Studio (Open an existing Android Studio project)
Copy and paste the app token into the EthanifierApplication.java file in the Ethanifier project.
You'll want to replace the token in the init call with your own token.
This flavour of Ethanifier includes Slack presence, so your users can see if you're online or not.
To set this up, you'll need a secure web app to store your Slack credentials
Worry not! I've created a button that will automatically deploy a copy of this application to Heroku for you at the click of a button
To find your Slack credentials, go here
Click on your @username, and press Test Method
You will want to note the token and user generated in the URL Slack provides.
To deploy your web app, click this handy button below
Once you've created an account and deployed your application, you'll want to configure it with your Slack credentials
Click on the Manage App button
Go to Settings and click Reveal Config Variables
Create two configuration variables, SLACK_USER_ID and SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN
Paste the credentials that were generated from Slack above.
That's it! You now have your very own web application.
Copy your heroku app domain (located in the settings screen, should be something like [your_app_name].herokuapp.com)
In MainActivity.java of the Android application, paste your domain name in the apiEndpoint variable:
private final String apiEndpoint = "https://ethanifier.herokuapp.com";
That's it! You should now have your very own copy of Ethanifier working. Give it a try.
Take a look at the SupportKit docs to learn more about the library I used to implement the messaging functionality. It contains many more features that are really handy for any app you might be working on.