Building AliasVault Android App from Source

This guide explains how to build and install the AliasVault Android app from source code using React Native.

Prerequisites

MacOS or Windows machine with Android Studio installed
Git to clone the repository

Building the Android app

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/lanedirt/AliasVault.git

Navigate to the mobile app directory:
```
cd AliasVault/apps/mobile-app
```
Install JavaScript dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Install and build Android dependencies:
```
cd android
./gradlew assembleRelease
```
Deploy release build to your device:

For MacOS, install adb to deploy the app to a phone or simulator via command line:

# Install adb
brew install android-platform-tools

# List devices (physical devices connected via USB and any running simulators)
adb devices

# Deploy to chosen device
adb -s [device-id] install android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk

For publishing to Google Play: Create a local gradle file in your user directory where the keystore credentials will be placed
```
nano ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
```

Input the following contents and input the correct password:

ALIASVAULT_UPLOAD_STORE_FILE=aliasvault-upload-key.keystore     # Path to the keystore file
ALIASVAULT_UPLOAD_KEY_ALIAS=aliasvault-key-alias                # Replace with value of the `keystore.keyAlias`
ALIASVAULT_UPLOAD_STORE_PASSWORD=*****                  # Replace with the password to the keystore
ALIASVAULT_UPLOAD_KEY_PASSWORD=*****                    # Replace with the password to the keystore

Then create the bundle for upload to Google Play:

cd android
./gradlew app:bundleRelease

The resulting .aapb file will be available in:

app/build/outputs/bundle/release