realtybaron / template-android-app

3rd Parties

• Dagger
• RxJava
• Klaxon
• Picasso
• Retrofit
• Mockito

Dependencies

• For a full list of dependencies, execute ./gradlew :app:dependencies from the root directory

Tools

• Git
• Android SDK
• Android Studio

Install Git

• Visit this page and download git
• Double-click the .DMG file to mount it. A new Finder window showing its contents should appear.
• If the window also contains a shortcut icon to Applications, drag and drop the app onto the shortcut.
• If not, double-click the mounted volume on your desktop and drag the app icon from there to the Applications icon in the Finder sidebar.

Install SDK

• Download the Android SDK from here
• cd ~ and unpack the SDK like so: unzip android-sdk_r21.1-macosx.zip
• Create a symbolic link like this: ln -s android-sdk-macosx android

Set Environment

• Add export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/your_uname/android to ~/.bash_profile
• Add export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools to ~/.bash_profile
• Execute source ~/.bash_profile to reload environment variables

Update SDK

• If you already have the SDK installed, you may want to update it like so: ~/android/tools/android update sdk --no-ui

Clone the Repo

• cd directory_where_you_keep_code and git clone https://github.com/realtybaron/template-android-app.git

Run Unit Tests

• cd template-android-app
• ./gradlew connectedCheck

Build and Install the APK on a device

• cd template-android-app
• ./gradlew clean installDebug