Building Android from source

You must first set up your local Android development environment. This involves installing the Android SDK.

More info at https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html#downloads.

With the SDK setup complete, follow these steps to build the app:

Download the source code
Untar with tar -xvf android_source.tar.gz
cd to the android directory
Build the project using one of the following commands:
- For a debug APK: ./gradlew assembleDebug
- For a release APK: ./gradlew assembleRelease
- For a release App Bundle: ./gradlew bundleRelease
The result can be found in:
- Debug APK: app/build/outputs/apk/normal/debug/app-normal-debug.apk
- Release APK: app/build/outputs/apk/normal/release/app-normal-release.apk
- Release App Bundle: app/build/outputs/bundle/normalRelease/app-normal-release.aab

For a release build, you will need to use a "keystore" file. You may supply your own. If you would like to use the same keystore that we use for build through our website, please first purchase a license and then contact us. Please put the release.keystore file in the same directory that the android directory is in.

When using a custom keystore, you can set the keystore file location and password in android/app/build.gradle and then use the commands above.