User:Saul/nativescript

Nativescript is a framework for building native ios and android apps.

Setup

Firstly ensure that npm is installed.

npm install -g nativescript # Install the nativescript cli

Android

Install

Nativescript install docs

# Install dependencies
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 libstdc++6:i386 # Install dependencies
# OR (If you encounter an error showing "Unable to locate package lib32bz2-1.0")
sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 libbz2-1.0:i386 libstdc++6:i386
sudo apt-get install g++ # Install the g++ compiler

# Install JDK8
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
# Set the ENV varible
export JAVA_HOME=$(update-alternatives --query javac | sed -n -e 's/Best: *\(.*\)\/bin\/javac/\1/p')

Download the android sdk tools from https://developer.android.com/studio/#downloads
Extract it in /android/sdk

export ANDROID_HOME=/android/sdk # Set the ANDROID_HOME ENV varible
# Install dependencies
sudo $ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin/sdkmanager "tools" "platform-tools" "platforms;android-25" "build-tools;27.0.3" "extras;android;m2repository" "extras;google;m2repository"

Install Emulator

Nativescript install docs

IOS

To build for IOS you will need a machine running MacOS.
Nativescript MacOS install docs

Webpack Template

The template I prefer to use is: nativescript-vue/vue-cli-template

vue init nativescript-vue/vue-cli-template <project-name>
cd <project-name>
npm install