Today I am trying to make a cordova app out of my existing website.
This seems to be pretty easy but there are some errors for me.
After installing everything and creating a new cordova project I only added this line in the index.js:
window.location = "http://myHomePage.net";
This should be enough for using your hosted website in a cordova android app.
And it really seems to work on my emulator but when I build the release for the app with:
cordova build --release android
and try to install the output apk my phone says:
app was not installed
How is this possible and does somebody know this issue?
The answer is don't use cordova build --release android!
cordova build android works.
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I have developed a react native app without installing Android Studio. Though I have installed some tools which were absolutely needed for the development.
My Android folder structure is something like this:
Android
.temp
build-tools
cmdline-tools
emulator
licences
patcher
platforms
platform-tools
tools
.knownPackages
Now that I have completed making my app with react native, I want to build an apk (valid and signed) of that and upload it to google drive as of now and share it with my friends, But the problem is, my potato cannot support Android Studio
I could have used expo, but everyone who wants to install my app will have to install expo client app first which is a problem
I hope my sisters and brothers will help me, I am completely new to android-development.
Thanks.
EDIT:-
I was using a real android device for development till now
This solution is for React-Native CLI , don't know it will work with EXPO.
first generate keystore file using in terminal go to java bin folder and then run this
keytool -genkeypair -v -keystore my-upload-key.keystore -alias my-key-alias -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
after that paste that generated keystore file in your android app folder
after that you have to add configuration in your gradlw.properties file
MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE=my-upload-key.keystore
MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS=my-key-alias
MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD=*****
MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD=*****
and also change in app/build.gradle file :
...
android {
...
defaultConfig { ... }
signingConfigs {
release {
if (project.hasProperty('MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE')) {
storeFile file(MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE)
storePassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD
keyAlias MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS
keyPassword MYAPP_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD
}
}
}
buildTypes {
release {
...
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
}
}
}
...
then
$ cd android
$ ./gradlew bundleRelease
for better guidence visit :
https://reactnative.dev/docs/signed-apk-android
If you are using Expo managed flow then you dont need any IDE for build creation, not even macOS machine for ipa, just couple of commands and your build will be ready in 30 min depending upon queue on turtle server.
If you are working with bareflow or React CLI then. you will. be needing assistance of IDE for build creation of both platforms and mac machine for iOS.
For help on commands for build creation on expo managed flow, use this link
Creating android build from Android studio, you can take help from here
Regarding your concern related to build sharing, expo gives you a link from where people can download the APK or IPA. That would ease out the problem related to build sharing
Hey, Guys! I recently started to work with Cordova and when I run the Cordova platform add android i get the following error. I have successfully placed the environment variables for Java and for the Android SDK as well. But the npm modules does not exist in C:/Windows/System32/npm as shown in the error, It is in the Users/My username/AppData/Roaming/npm folder. Some guidance would be appreciated.
I followed the following scripts which are shown in the official Cordova documentation to create a new project.
Cordova create hello com.example.hello HelloWorld
cd hello
Cordova platform add android -> where I'm stuck at
Kindly Check the Android Version Provided by Cordova and verify with your current Android version installed on your system , if there a mismatch :
1) Update Android Version From Android Studio SDK Manager
2) Update Cordova Platform - Refer: Cordova Documentation
External Source
cordova - Error: Failed to fetch platform android
I figured out halfway what the the problem was. There was a file named 'npm' in my C:/Windows/System32 directory wich was of 0kb size, and once i deleted it, the error vanished. But not all the way though. I was able to install the browser platform but not the android platform via cordova platform add android or even specifying what the matching cordova-andriod pluggin to be with cordova platform add andriod#version.
Only through the cordova platform add https://github.com/apache/cordova-android.git script I could install the andriod platform and once it was done other steps worked fine, and the project ran through the Android AVD. Any idea why the normal command to add the android platform didnt work, Just want to know but if it happens again i think Im gonna have to run the get from git command again. Thanks
I am trying to use the cordova-plugin-health plugin for a phonegap app I am working on. Whenever I use the app every plugin works but this one. I am using the phonegap mac app to test on an iPhone 6s.
Steps I have taken:
Installed plugin with cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-health --variable HEALTH_READ_PERMISSION='App needs read access' --variable HEALTH_WRITE_PERMISSION='App needs write access' also I did cordova platform add ios
Used navigator.health.requestAuthorization later on tried window.plugin.health.requestAuthorization my ide WebStorm was able to detect the second but not the first.
Is there anything I missed/can I use this plugin using the phonegap mac app?
Thanks!
Phonegap Developer App is a tool to easily preview your apps.
Phonegap Developer App is a Cordova app itself, that loads your app code from a local web server.
The thing about the Phonegap Developer App is, as it's a precompiled app, it can only run the plugins that were included on the Phonegap Developer App at the moment of the build.
That means, most 3rd party plugins (like the heathkit one) won't work as they are not included in the Phonegap Developer App.
What you can do is to run your app in your device instead of previewing it.
To do it, run, with the Phonegap CLI installed and your device plugged in:
phonegap run ios
If you have Cordova CLI installed, this should also work
cordova run ios.
I would really like if someone of your very well-known community could help me.
Here is what I try to do. I try to run apache cordova through aptana using Ripple and Android Emulator
I am using aptana studio 3 for web development IDE and I try to configure it in order to develop phonegap apps. I have OS Windows 8.1 64
I have Java sdk
I installed Android sdk
I have Node JS
I have the cordova phonegap using npm install -g cordova in the C
I have installed Ripple emulator as plugin in Chrome. In order to run it through aptana I go to the run arrow and I select Run Configurations and making a new configuration using in
Browser Executable: the path for chrome.exe
Arguments: --enable-extensions --allow-file-access-from-files
And run it.
Also I go to Help --> Install New Software in order to take the android developer tools. I click in the right up corner the button Add and I give the name ADT and location https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
Everything work. I tried to insert an existing phonegap project and run it but I have a problem to show the android emulator. Any help how can I do it?
Also any help how I will run a new phonegap example in order to make my own app and test it with Ripple and Android Emulator? Also can I install plugins like org.apache.cordova.splashscreen
There is so much conflicting information out there on this, I'm hoping we can shed some light.
Goal: Create and develop a phonegap app that will be built using phonegap build.
1) I don't want to install the android and iOS SDKs, that's why I want to use phonegap build.
2) I created an app using the cordova cli cordova create hello
3) There is no phonegap.js or cordova.js I guess because I didn't add a platform. But I don't want to add a platform as that requires installing the SDKs
4) I need to be able to debug and test this, so I downloaded ripple, which may or may not work, I need the phonegap.js file first to see.
So has anyone figured this out? Building and developing and app that will be used on Phonegap build?
Thanks!
Phonegap will let you create a UI using webview of Android, iOS, Blackberry or other platforms. That means you need to have native SDK to apply Phonegap Build. It doesn't mean that Phonegap will create an App for you and deploy it to other platforms.