CMS » CMSDisplay

• (used) https://medium.com/@christof.thalmann/convert-angular-project-to-android-apk-in-10-steps-c49e2fddd29
• https://multi-programming.com/blog/how-to-create-a-mobile-app-with-angular-and-cordova-a-brief-tutorial

Steps to build app (after cordova integration) :

• 0 (optional) - From a fresh cloned repo (e.g. jenkins pipeline), run below to restore saved platforms and plugins. (For good practices we will later add a rm/clean stage to remove all autogenerated artifacts that dont need to be under scv)
  

  cordova prepare

• 1 - Normal build to deliver to 'www' dist folder (as usual in the version for brownser) :
  

   ng build --configuration=production 

• 2 - To delete previous build:

  cordova clean 

• 3 - To build an 'app-debug.apk' in ${project.folder}/platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk

  cordova build 

• 4 - To emulate the created apk, with Android Studio open, turn on virtual device and after initialization :

   cordova emulate android 

• 5 - If want to run this debug.apk in your own mobiphone, first the app need to be signed using the same process mentioned in step 7 below. Then, since is a unknown app (not provided by Google Play) the strategy is upload the file to google drive, download it in the physical device, and allow the installation from unknown source.
• 6 - To release the app (a file will be created on ${project.folder}/android/app/build/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab) use

  cordova build --release android 

• 7 - The bundle file need to be signed before uploading it to Google Play, the sign process uses the keystore created in Task 49 (currently available in ${project.folder}/releases/CMS.keystore using
  

  jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digest SHA1 -keystore CMS.keystore <app-filename> CMSApp
  

  
  8 - After signing the final result is:
  

  >>> Signer
      X.509, CN=Fernando Jose Capeletto Neto, OU=Fernando.Engineer LLC, O=Fernando.Engineer LLC, L=Dallas, ST=Texas, C=US
      [
      Signature algorithm: SHA256withRSA, 2048-bit key
      [trusted certificate]
  
  jar signed.
  

9 - Automatic signing is possible using

cordova build android --release -- --keystore=CMS.keystore --storePassword=cv34erdf --alias=CMSApp --password=cv34erdf --packageType=bundle

10 - To run app in a real device, after pairing it with android studio run:

cordova run android --device