The MATE-Server is part of the MATE project for automated Android testing. The server runs on the host machine and is responsible for some functionality that can not be performed from within the instrumentation tests.
JDK-1.11 or newer is needed to build MATE-Server. The PATH variable needs to be set correctly so that java and javac can be executed by the gradle-wrapper.
ADB needs to be installed and the PATH needs to be set accordingly. Warning: If you use Android Studio make sure to that the ADB version supplied by Android Studio is used instead of the version installed via the package manager. Otherwise the adb daemon used by Android Studio will conflict with the adb version of your system. One way to achieve this is by adding this to the .profile file in your home directory (create the file if it does not exist):
PATH=~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools:$PATH
You will need to log out and log back in again in order for the changes to take place.
You can provide further configurations via a so-called mate-server.properties file.
For instance, you can specify the location of the apps directory or the port that is used
for the communication between MATE and MATE-Server:
apps_dir=apps
# port 0 assigns a random port
port=0
The file need to be placed in the current working directory.
Open IntelliJ. Select "Check out project from Version Control" and click through the wizard
(use git with url https://github.com/mate-android-testing/mate-server.git). When asked
if you would like to open settings.gradle say yes. Traverse the project directory to
src->main->java->org.mate right click Server and click on Run 'Server.main()'.
Clone the git repository
git clone https://github.com/mate-android-testing/mate-server.git
Navigate to the project folder
cd mate-server
Build jar file with all dependencies using the gradle-wrapper
./gradlew fatJar
Run MATE-Server
java -jar build/libs/mate-server.jar