MobileFacts - development (android)

Prerequisites:

• Download Android sdk https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• Install Cordova Comannad Line Interface: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.4.0/guide_cli_index.md.html
• Edit your path variable: PATH=/path/to/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/:/path/to/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/:$PATH

Commands for development:

• Test in emulator: cordova emulate android

• Upload on device: cordova run --device

• See logs (device/emulator): adb logcat

   

Important notice: In case of our MobileFacts app the Sensor-Library has do be advised to send the collected data directly via IOLSession.sendLoggedEvents();.

Steps to create the MobileFacts under cordova 3.4.

• edit {{MobileFacts/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml}} and adjust {{android:versionCode}} (mandatory for new release) and {{android:versionName}}
• add the SpringPlugin, which includes the mobile sensor to the project  {{cordova plugin add ../SpringPlugin}}
• cd into {{MobileFacts/platforms/android}} and execute  {{ant release}}
• sign the apk: {{jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -signedjar ../bin/MobileFacts-release-signed.apk  -keystore ../keys/keystore-android ../bin/MobileFacts-release-unsigned.apk mobile-facts}}
• align the apk: {{zipalign 4  bin/MobileFacts-release-signed.apk bin/MobileFacts-release-signed-aligned.apk}}

Done (upload the MobileFacts-release-signed-aligned.apk to the store)