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## Ionic Android Development on WSL.md

      
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Installing the required software

Execute the following commands to install Node, npm, git, Java, Ionic, Cordova and Angular CLI:
cd ~
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo npm i -g ionic cordova @nestjs/cli @angular/cli

sudo apt install git
git config --global user.email "you@yourmail.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global core.autocrlf input

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default

NOTE: Node can be installed via NVM (node version manager) on ZSH as described here: http://www.boekhoff.info/how-to-install-nodejs-and-npm-using-nvm-and-zsh-nvm/
Downloading the Android SDK Tools

To download the Android SDK tools in your home folder execute the following commands:
cd ~
sudo mkdir android-sdk
cd android-sdk
wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-4333796.zip
unzip sdk-tools-linux-4333796.zip

Note: you can get an updated Android SDK link from https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads
Adding the Android SDK to your PATH

Add the following to your .profile (or .zshenv if you use zsh):
# Add Android SKD to PATH
export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/android-sdk
PATH="$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH"
export PATH

Installing the required Android SDK components

Execute the following commands to install some basic Android SDK components.
Note that you can install any component listed with sdkmanager --list by running sdkmanager "packagename".
Always run sdkmanager --licenses to accept all the licenses after installing something.
sdkmanager --update
sdkmanager --list
sdkmanager "build-tools;26.0.2" "platform-tools" "platforms;android-26" "tools"
sdkmanager --licenses

Install Gradle

Install gradle with the following command:
sudo apt install gradle
ADB Alias

We can default to Windows's adb.exe (which can read USB) instead of the Linux one.
Create a ~/.aliases file with the following content:
alias adb='adb.exe'

ZSH

If you use ZSH, add the following to your .zshrc
source $HOME/.aliases

Bash

If you use bash, add the following to your .bashrc
if [ -f ~/.aliases ]; then
    . ~/.aliases
fi