Installing Android Tools for Meteor

Android Tools for Meteor.md

Installation of Android Tools for Meteor

Read the Meteor docs for the latest guide

The Plan

• Install JDK
• Install Android SDK
• Set evironment variables
• Install Gradle
• Test your setup

Versions at the time of writing

• Meteor 1.6.1
• JDK 9.0.4
• Android Studio 3.0.1
• Android SDK Tools
• Cordova 7.x (Bundled with Meteor)
  • Supports up to Android API Level 25 (Android 7.1.1)
  • Requires Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or later.
  • Optional read: Cordova's Android Platform Guide

Download & Install the Java Development Kit

• Download the latest version

Kali Linux

• Move the downloaded file to an installation directory like /opt sudo mv jdk-9.0.4_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz /opt
• Unpack the tarball sudo tar zxvf jdk-9.0.4_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
• Remove the tarball sudo rm -rf jdk-9.0.4_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
  Or see the Oracle Linux install Guide

Download & Install the Android Software Development Kit Tools

• Download the latest Android Studio

Android Studio

• Installation prerequisites
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install -y libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386
• Move the downloaded file to an installation directory like /opt
  • sudo mv android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip /opt
• Unpack the tarball
  • sudo unzip android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip
• Run installation script
  • /opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh
• Remove the tarball (to save disk space)
  • sudo rm -rf android-studio-ide-171.4443003-linux.zip

-- OR --

Android SDK Tools Only

• Download (bottom of the page)
• Install with the sdkmanager

-- OR --

Updating Android Studio or Android SDK

See Android Studio Docs

Set environment variables and add to PATH

See Android SDK Docs

• ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = Android SDK directory
• ANDROID_HOME which also use to point to the Android SDK directory, is deprecated.
• STUDIO_JDK = JDK directory
• REPO_OS_OVERRIDE = 'linux'
• Add environment variables to ~/.bashrc (example)
  • Add line to file export HTTP_PROXY=myserver:1981
  • Reload file source ~/.bashrc
  • For WebStorm terminal, rather use .bashrc than .profile (loaded on ui login) or .bash_profile (loaded on non ui login)

.bashrc (example)

# Android
#export ANDROID_HOME="/opt/android-sdk" # ANDROID_HOME is deprecated
#export PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="/opt/android-sdk"
export PATH="$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/tools:$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT/platform-tools:$PATH"
export STUDIO_JDK="/opt/jdk-9.0.4"
export REPO_OS_OVERRIDE="linux"

# Gradle
export GRADLE_HOME="/opt/android-studio/gradle/gradle-4.1"
export PATH="$GRADLE_HOME/bin:$PATH"

# MongoDB
export MONGODB_HOME="/opt/mongodb"
export PATH="$MONGODB_HOME/bin:$PATH"

• // TODO Research why export JAVA_HOME="/opt/jdk-9.0.4" might also be required

• Test your enviroment variables from the terminal you normally run meteor apps (IDE or OS)

  • $PATH

At this point, navigate back to your project directory and try running
meteor run android to check for errors.

// this.Docs TODO
// - make android & sdkmanager executable ?
// - ad to PATH

Install Gradle if it's not found

• Install Gradle apt-get ... //probably
• Add to ~/.bashrc

# Gradle
export GRADLE_HOME="/opt/android-studio/gradle/gradle-4.1"
export PATH="$GRADLE_HOME/bin:$PATH"

Mac

/usr/local/Cellar/gradle/3.4

Create a virtual Device

• avd

Test your setup

• adb
• apt-get install android-tools-adb
• sudo usermod -aG plugdev $LOGNAME
• adb devices
• Troubleshooting USB devices

Finally run meteor run android and your are done!

iOS

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