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JM.PASCAL edited this page Feb 25, 2015 · 5 revisions

##Introduction Defined in \alfresco-mobile-android\build.gradle we provide a Gradle Build Variant named "custom". This product flavor allows any developer to create a custom version of the application with minimum code modification. It's a kind of playground.

NB : For more information on Gradle Build Variant

Change Application properties

Inside project root folder, Open and edit gradle.properties

Rename all following keys

  • APPLICATION_ID to org.custom.app
  • PROVIDER_AUTHORITY to org.custom.provider
  • ACCOUNT_ID to org.custom.account
  • SYNC_ADAPTER to org.custom.provider.sync

Application Name

Inside *alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\values* folder, Open/create and edit string.xml

Rename

  • app_name to Custom

(Optional) Redo the same for files in folder

  • Deutsch: alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\values-de\
  • Spanish: alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\values-es\
  • French: alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\values-fr\
  • Italian: alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\values-it\
  • Japanse: alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\values-ja\
  • Simplified Chinese: alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\values-zh-rCN\

Application Icons

Alfresco Application has 2 different applications icons:

  • ic_application_icon.png which is the launcher icon used mostly outside the application.
  • ic_application_logo.png which is the logo used inside the application.

Inside *alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\drawable-xhdpi* folder, add/replace ic_application_icon.png and/or ic_application_logo.png

Redo the same for files in folder

  • alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\drawable-hdpi\
  • alfresco-mobile-android\src\custom\res\drawable-mdpi\

Build the application

####In Android Studio

  • Open Build Variants View
  • Select release for foundation project
  • Select customRelease for alfresco-mobile-android project

  • Wait the end of the automatic build
  • Launch the application
  • APK is available at Root project folder\alfresco-mobile-android\build\outputs\apk
  • Your application file is : alfresco-mobile-android-custom-release-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT.apk

####In command line

  • Open a Command Prompt in root project folder
  • Tap and execute gradlew assembleCustomRelease
  • Wait the end of the build
  • Go to Root project folder\alfresco-mobile-android\build\outputs\apk
  • Your application file is : alfresco-mobile-android-custom-release-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT.apk

####More informations

Getting Started | Configuration | Customisation |

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