Setting up a KaiOS Dev Environment on Windows in August 2020

kaios_windows_2020.md

Horrendous list of deprecated, missing or old tools/files that you have to use to develop on KaiOS in 2020. This is how I got it working.

• Install Firefox 59 from here: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/59.0/win64/ in a non-standard location
• Immediately go into Firefox Settings and disable automatic-updates or it'll get rid of version 59 after it restarts (you may have to do this several times)
• Unzip ADB Tools to c:\platform-tools and add that to the Windows Path
• Enable Developer mode on your phone "Device > Developer > Debugger > ADB and DevTools" if that menu is visible.
• If Developer menu not visible, type the following on your phone: *#*#0574#*#*
• And then go into the ADB setting that appears on the screen and enable it
• Then type the following on your phone: *#*#33284#*#* to enable developer mode
• Plug your phone into your PC with a USB cable and unlock the screen
• Open a Command Prompt in Windows and type adb devices and hope fully it will list your phone
• Install a missing Cert in Firefox by downloading it from Mozilla and then going to the Authorities tab of the Certificate Viewer in Firefox settings and importing the Cert
• Download their sample app with git clone https://github.com/kaiostech/sample-vanilla.git
• cd sample-vanilla
• Edit package.json and remove the reference to kdeploy 🙄
• npm install -g @filipe_x3/kdeploy
• npm install
• npm run build
• In Firefox 59 launch Web Developer > WebIDE
• Install the ADB Helper Add-On by Clicking the button
• Close and re-open the WebIDE
• Your phone should be listed
• Click on it
• Hopefully (if they haven't broken something else), you should be now connected to the phone
• Click "Open Packaged App"
• Browse to the build sub-directory of sample-vanilla
• The sample To-Do app will be uploaded to the phone and should be visible on the screen