status-mobile/doc/starting-guide.md
Siddarth Kumar 4ac7f0bdda
update docs & makefile for iPhone 13 (#17784)
The design team has now decided to keep iPhone 13 as the baseline standard instead of iPhone 11 Pro.

This commit updates the docs on pixel perfection and starting guide.
We also update the default simulator to iPhone 13 for `make run-ios`
2023-11-06 23:55:06 +05:30

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# Description
This document provides information on how to start developing Status App.
# Getting Started
To start developing start a shell for the platform you are interested in.
```
make shell TARGET=android
```
This step will take a while the first time as it will download all dependencies.
# Development
There are three steps necessary to start development, in this case for Android:
1. `make run-clojure` - Compiles Clojure into JavaScript, watches for changes on cljs files, and hot-reloads code in the app.
2. `make run-metro` - Starts metro bundler and watches JavaScript code.
3. `make run-android` or `make run-ios` - Builds the Android/iOS app and starts it on the device.
The first two will continue watching for changes and keep re-building the app. They need to be ready first.
The last one will exit once the app is up and ready.
## Simulators and Devices
### Android
You need to have an emulator like [AVD](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator), or [Genymotion](#genymotion-virtualization), or a real device running and visible to [adb](https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb), before you run `make run-android`.
### iOS
#### Running on a simulator
We highly recommend using either the `iPhone 11 Pro` or `iPhone 13` simulator as its screen dimensions match with our design.
If you have Xcode `v12.x` (and above) installed in your system, you need to follow the below steps to add `iPhone 13` simulator:
1. Open Xcode
2. Menu `>` Window `>` Devices and Simulators
3. Tap `+` button on bottom left
4. Select **Device Type** as `iPhone 13`
5. Leave the **Simulator Name** empty and tap on **Create**
##### NOTE ⚠️
Running `make run-ios` will target `iPhone 13` by default.
If you need to run on any other simulator, you can specify the simulator type by adding the `SIMULATOR` flag:
```sh
make run-ios SIMULATOR="iPhone 13"
```
#### Running on a physical device
Some manual steps are necessary for [developing on a physical iOS Device](#physical-ios-device).
# Build release
To build the app, you can simply run on of the following:
```
make release-android
make release-ios
```
For more `make` targets run `make help`.
# Updating Dependencies
* `make nix-update-pods` - iOS CocoaPods dependencies (updates `ios/Podfile` and `ios/Podfile.loc`)
* `make nix-update-gradle` - Android Gradle/Maven dependencies (updates `nix/deps/gradle/deps.json`)
* `make nix-update-clojure` - Clojure Maven dependencies (updates `nix/deps/clojure/deps.json`)
* `make nix-update-gems` - Fastlane Ruby dependencies (updates `fastlane/Gemfile.lock` and `fastlane/gemset.nix`)
# Manual Steps
There are a few manual steps you might want to do in order to start contributing.
## Genymotion Virtualization
Optionally set up Genymotion if you don't want to use Android Virtual Device:
https://www.genymotion.com
## Android Development Environment
You can also setup Android Development Environment + Simulator:
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html
## Configure GitHub Account
The optimal way of pushing to GitHub is using SSH instead of user/pass auth.
It's recommended that you [add your public SSH key to your GitHub account](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account).
## Configure GPG Keys for signing commits
In order to increase security we require all commits in `status-mobile` repo to be signed with a GPG key.
Steps:
1. [Generate a new GPG key](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/generating-a-new-gpg-key)
2. [Setup Git to use your GPG key](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/telling-git-about-your-signing-key)
3. [Setup Git to sign commits](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/signing-commits)
4. [Setup GitHub to validate commits](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-gpg-key-to-your-github-account)
## Physical iOS Device
To use a physical iPhone your device UDID must be added to provisioning profiles and your Apple account invited as Developer to Status team.
1. [Get your UDID of your iPhone.](https://www.extentia.com/post/finding-the-udid-of-an-ios-device)
2. Request from someone with access like @cammellos or @jakubgs to
- Add the UDID to development devices on Apple Developer Portal.
- Invite your Apple account to be Developer in Status team.
3. Run a build in XCode using the project from `status-mobile/ios` directory.
- You might see error: `Select a development team in the Signing & Capabilities editor`
- Select `Status Research & Development GmbH` as the development team and rebuild again.
Once build finishes Status should start on your iPhone with its logs in terminal running `make run-metro`.