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| Disclaimer: The instructions are the collective efforts from a few places online. | |
| Nothing here is my original. But I want to put them together in one place to save people from spending the same time as I did. | |
| First off, bundle. | |
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| 1. cd to the project directory | |
| 2. Start the react-native packager if not started | |
| 3. Download the bundle to the asset folder: | |
| curl "http://localhost:8081/index.android.bundle?platform=android" -o "android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle" | |
| (Credit: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/2743#issuecomment-140697340) | |
| Note: make sure there is assets folder under android/app/src/main beforehand, and check if there is any error in the packager terminal window after curl. | |
| Secondly, compile release version. | |
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| 1. cd to {YOUR_PROJECT}/android | |
| 2. ./gradlew assembleRelease | |
| Thirdly, sign the apk. | |
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| 1. To generate keystore | |
| keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-keystore.keystore -alias name_alias -keyalg RSA -validity 10000 | |
| 2. To sign an apk | |
| jarsigner -verbose -keystore <path of my-keystore.keystore> <path of apk> alias_name | |
| 3. To zip align an apk | |
| zipalign -f -v 4 <your.apk > <your_aligned.apk> | |
| (Credit: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26828372/how-to-sign-a-modded-an-apk-on-a-mac-with-apktool) | |
| Lastly, install apk to device. | |
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| 1. connect your phone to computer | |
| 2. adb install {PATH_TO_APK} |
Instead of writing instructions, just add the command
mkdir android/app/src/main/assets
when signing the the apk:
jarsigner -verbose -keystore alias_name
should be
jarsigner -verbose -keystore name_alias
I'm confused. Nothing here actually generates an APK. Should that be done through Android Studio ( as usual )?
./gradlew assembleRelease generates an APK in the android/app/build/outputs/apk/ directory
@marty-wang thank you for the steps in one place.. Saved my life :-)
I can't find any resource about gradle configuration (target versions, support from Android x to Android y...). Any advices? Thanks :)
@digitalz4k you can check out build.gradle file available at "android/app/build.gradle" path. There you can find minSDK compileSDK and all the relevant information.
I have successfully deploy my app to my phone and while i was browsing the app i notice some errors that needed to be fixed. I made the changes to my source code and i want those changes to be reflected to the app on my phone. How can i update my app or apk, what must i do to see these changes made on my phone? Detailed instructions would be much appreciated.
Images are not coming in android if I am installing the build.
Where I have to place image folder ??
curl "http://localhost:8081/index.android.bundle?platform=android" -o "android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle"
returns "curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 8081: Connection refused"
Tried with my public ip too!!
Help me to build the app
Thanks in advance
This 100% works if followed step by step. Thank you, OP.
I followed the steps above and the compilation works, but the images I used in my application were not loaded, they used relative paths, how can I correct the image problems?
hey @AnandAron I am also facing same issue. Can you tell me how did you fixed that?
react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res
use this command to download in assets folder.
this works for me
I needed to create the directory
android/app/src/main/assets
and run the above command
react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res
This created the file
index.android.bundle
The install of the app on my device worked from there.
- (in project directory) mkdir android/app/src/main/assets
- react-native bundle --platform android --dev false --entry-file index.js --bundle-output android/app/src/main/assets/index.android.bundle --assets-dest android/app/src/main/res
react-native run-android
Previously, I didn't need to execute this command for a release build. But now I need to execute the command. Can I know whether it is a bug or caused due to some changes by me?
after generating apk through ./gradlew assembleDebug
How to start again previous react-native run-android with metro bundler to develop further ?
See mjohnston/react-native-webpack-server#65 (comment)