Step By Step Guide
What is the expected result?
By following this guide you will build your own mobile app (iOS, Android or both) with all Ethora engine features (alternatively you may choose to disable / limit some features via Config file).
In the process you will specify your own name and do a basic branding (logo, colours).
How long does it take?
It takes just 0.5h for a React Native engineer experienced with Ethora engine to produce a new build like this.
A React Native engineer without previous Ethora experience should be able to complete this within around 1 work day.
You may need a couple work days or more if you have done some software development but you don't have much experience with React Native.
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The whole process takes between 0.5h - 2h 1) Open the terminal at your project directory and create your new project npx react-native init [proj_name]
It will download the react-native template and install cocoapods dependencies. This may take few minutes depending on your network speed.
2) now we need to go inside the project folder to execute further commands
cd [proj_name]
yarn
3) Now download/clone the code from GitHub repo and update the folder structure as instructed below.
Locate "src" and "docs" folder in Ethora project directory and copy both the folders
Paste them in your project directory
Now open both the projects in your code editor side by side.
Navigate to package.json and replace dependencies, devDependencies and jest from package.json of Ethora to your project's package.json
Navigate to index.js
Now we need to change the import from default app.js to app.js from inside the src folder
In order to do this, change import App from './App'; to import App from './src/App';
Go to your terminal again and execute yarn command in your project directory because the package.json is now updated.
This will install all the required packages.
4) Now in your project folder execute the following commands.
cd ios
pod install
resolve the errors then in your project directory execute yarn ios
This will build the app.
Dismiss the notice and navigate to "docs" folder in your project directory.
Open config.js
You can now set the appTitle to your project name and add your own logo for rebranding.
You'll find all the options for the modification in this config.js for you to continue building your own product with ethora engine.
5) NOTE: If you're not using M1 chipset mac machine then remove the line __apply_Xcode_12_5_M1_post_install_workaround(installer) from Podfile.
Please check out the video for more details regarding setup of Ethora.