Rocket.Chat Android native application

Description

Currently, the app is maintained in two branches, namely v1+ and v2+. The v1+ is maintained in the develop branch and the v2+ is maintained in the develop-2.x branch. The older version is written partially in java and kotlin, but we intend to write the latest version completely in kotlin.

Clone the repository by running git clone https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Android.git in your terminal. To build the v1.0+ of the app, run git checkout develop and to build the v2.0+, run git checkout develop-2.x. Since both the versions use kotlin for some or all of their classes, following are the common prerequisites for both versions:

How to build

• Android Studio 3.0+ comes with built in kotlin support, so install the latest version (3.0+) of Android Studio (recommended). For older versions, you need to manually install kotlin plugin. Go to File > Settings > Plugins and search for kotlin and install it. You'll need to restart the IDE in order to see the changes.
• Make sure that you have the latest gradle and the android plugin versions installed. Go to File > Project Structure > Project and make sure that you have the latest versions installed. Refer this to see the compatible versions.
• Kotlin is already configured in the project. To check, go to Tools > Kotlin > Configure Kotlin in project. A message saying kotlin is already configured in the project pops up. You can update kotlin to the latest version by going to Tools > Kotlin > Configure Kotlin updates and download the latest version of kotlin.

Instructions specific to version

v1.0+

• After checking out to develop branch as mentioned above, simply import the project in Android Studio.

v2+

• This version requires the Kotlin SDK for Rocket.Chat. Clone the Kotlin SDK in by running git clone https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Kotlin.SDK.git.
• First, a build is required for the SDK, so that required jar files are generated. Make sure that the android repository and the kotlin sdk have the same immediate parent directory. Change the current directory to Rocket.Chat.Android/app and run the build-sdk.sh which will result in creating of the required jar file core*.jar and common*.jar in Rocket.Chat.Android/app/libs,by the following steps in your terminal window:

cd Rocket.Chat.Android/app
./build-sdk.sh

How to run

Command Line

• Connect your physical device to your pc via USB or start an emulator. Run adb devices in terminal. You should see your device in the list of devices.
• In order to build the debug apk, run ./gradlew assembleDebug. This would generate a debug apk which can be found under Rocket.Chat.Android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug folder with the name app-debug.apk.
• In order to build and install the apk directly to the connected device, run ./gradlew installDebug.

Android Studio

• After importing the project in android studio, go to Run > Run app and then select your device, or create a new virtual device by following the wizard.

Bug report & Feature request

Please report via GitHub issue :)

Coding Style

Please follow our coding style when contributing.