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After upgrading `react-native` to `0.72.5` we frequently started seeing the _red screen of death_ on both `Android` and `iOS` simulators right after the app was built and installed. This used to happen because our workflow required us to do the following : - `make run-clojure` - `make run-metro` - `make run-ios` OR `make run-android` The problem with this approach was after `metro` was started the `iOS`, `Android` build step would change the files that `metro` couldn't handle and hence metro would go out of sync. The quick fix back then was to restart `metro` terminal and to open the app again from the simulator. This was however not a good DX. This commit fixes that. We no longer rely on `react-native` cli to generate and deploy debug builds on simulators. We take control of the process via our own script. The new workflow introduced in this commit will first build the app, then install the app on the simulators and then start metro terminal. When `metro` is successfully running the script will then open the app. The new workflow now is : - `make run-clojure` - `make run-ios` OR `make run-android` |
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| DETAILS.md | ||
| KNOWN_ISSUES.md | ||
| README.md | ||
| default.nix | ||
| nix.conf | ||
| overlay.nix | ||
| pkgs.nix | ||
| shell.nix | ||
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README.md
Description
This folder contains configuration for Nix, a purely functional package manager used by the Status app for its build process.
Configuration
The main config file is nix/nix.conf and its main purpose is defining the binary caches which allow download of packages to avoid having to compile them yourself locally.
Build arguments
We leverage the environment variables for parameterization of the builds (e.g. to pass a build number or build type).
Here is the list of variables you can use to override defaults:
# Build type (influences which .env file gets used for feature flags)
export BUILD_TYPE="pr"
# Used for versionCode and CFBundleVersion in Android and iOS respectively
export BUILD_NUMBER=9999
# Gradle options passed for Android builds
export ANDROID_GRADLE_OPTS=""
# If APKs should be split based on architectures
export ANDROID_ABI_SPLIT=false
# Android architectures to build for
export ANDROID_ABI_INCLUDE="x86"
# Local source override, see below
export STATUS_GO_SRC_OVERRIDE="$HOME/my/source/status-go"
export STATUS_GO_IPFS_GATEWAY_URL="https://ipfs.status.im/"
You can see the defaults in code:
Shell
In order to access an interactive Nix shell a user should run make shell.
The Nix shell is started in this repo via the nix/scripts/shell.sh script, which is a wrapper around the nix-shell command and is intended for use with our main Makefile. This allows for an implicit use of nix-shell as the default shell in the Makefile.
Normally the shell starts without any specific target platform, if you want to change that you should export the TARGET env variable with appropriate value:
make shell TARGET=android
This way your shell and all other nix commands should run in a setup that is tailored towards Android development.
For valid values you can check the nix/shells.nix file.
⚠️ WARNING: To have Nix pick up all changes a new nix-shell needs to be spawned.
Using a local status-go repository
If you need to use a locally checked-out status-go repository, you can achieve that by defining the STATUS_GO_SRC_OVERRIDE
environment variable:
export STATUS_GO_SRC_OVERRIDE=$GOPATH/src/github.com/status-im/status-go
make release-android
Resources
You can learn more about Nix by watching these presentations:
- Nix Fundamentals (PDF, src)
- Nix in Status (PDF, src)
And you can read nix/DETAILS.md for more information.
Known Issues
See KNOWN_ISSUES.md.