Mobile Apps with MeteorJS

My first mobile app with MeteorJS

See here. Run from command line (path does not matter):

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make
• umake android --accept-license

Start Android Studio (Applications, Programs...) and install the SDK (some hundred mega bytes...) Close Android Studio. (You can check package under File, Settings, etc., see here.)
Set ANDROID_HOME and update path:

• sudo gedit /etc/environment
• insert export ANDROID_HOME=/home/pfu/Android/Sdk and extend: PATH=....::/home/pfu/Android/Sdk

Open new shell, go to your project (~/WebstormProjects/Club76-Huettenabrechnung) and enter:

• run meteor add-platform android

other commands: meteor remove-platform android / meteor list-platforms

Unfortunately you run a 32 Bit Ubuntu system you probably have downloaded a too new Android SDK, see here. Downgrade by downloading zip from here. Copy the unzipped content to ~/Android/Sdk.

• Install system image:

• cd /home/pfu/Android/Sdk/tools/
• ./android sdk -> opens Android SDK Manager
• deselect all, then select 'Android 6.0' / 'Intel x86 Atom System Image', install

• select avd:

• ./android avd
• create a device suiting your needs (in my case 5' screen with 1040 x 1920 pixels)

Run with emulator

meteor run android

SINCE I AM RUNNING A 32 BIT UBUNTU SYSTEM I DID NOT MANAGE TO MAKE THAT RUN. (Running ~Android/Sdk/platform-tools/emulator -force-32bit did not work either.) Best resort is going 64 bit and try again...

Run on local device (Galaxy S4 in my case)

Go according this guide and here:

• Check that your smartphone has USB debugging enabled (Einstellungen, Optionen, Entwickleroptionen). (To make it available, go to Settings > About phone and tap Build number seven times.)
• Open terminal:

 cd /etc/udev/rules.d/
 sudo touch 51-android.rules
 chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
 sudo gedit 51-android.rules  

and put following code into it:

 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="04e8", GROUP="plugdev"

04e8 is for Samsung, to find out your group: groups

save and close gedit

• start meteor:

 meteor run android-device

in my case I had to try twice. (You can check if your device is available by: ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb devices Here my output:

 List of devices attached
 54a03590	unauthorized

Then after some time the application appears on the smartphone. Don't expect it to be fast...