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The Premium Mobile Code is only available on phpFox ULTIMATE license. In case you are holding other license types, please upgrade to phpFox ULTIMATE license first. In this article, we assume that you already got the following knowledge:
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Following tools / softwares need to be installed on your MacOS machine:
- Install XCode 10+
- In particular, for Mobile Code 1.4 or newer:
- MacOS
- In particular, for Mobile Code 1.4 or newer:
- Homebrew https://brew.sh/ (for Mobile code 1.3 only)
- CocoaPods https://cocoapods.org/
- NodejsNodejs
Install XCode
Visit https://developer.apple.com/download/ and download stable XCode.
Install Homebrew
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Open Terminal and run the following commands:
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# Checking brew is already which brew # if not, run this command to install /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" |
Install Cocoapods
Open Terminal and run the following commands:
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# Checking Cocoapods is already which pod #if not installed, run below command to install sudo gem install cocoapods |
Install Nodejs & dependencies
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- Download and install latest
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- Nodejs version from https://nodejs.org/
- Open Terminal and run the following command:
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# support eslint npm install -g @babel/core@^7 @babel/cli@^7 eslint eslint-plugin-jest babel-eslint eslint-config-airbnb eslint-config-google eslint-plugin-flow-vars \ eslint-plugin-import eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y eslint-plugin-node eslint-plugin-promise eslint-plugin-react \ eslint-plugin-standard eslint-plugin-mocha eslint-plugin-jasmine babel-plugin-react-intl babel-plugin-transform-remove-console \ yarn react-native-cli create-react-native-app |
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#install dependencies. For the mobile code version 1.3 only. cd MobileProject/ yarn install |
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# install dependencies
cd MobileProject/ios/
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Configure your iOS app
Configure Push Notification with Firebase
- Visit https://console.firebase.google.com/, create a project (You can use one Firebase project for both iOS and Android apps)
- Download GoogleService-Info.plist and overwrite the default file at MobileProject/ios/GoogleService-Info.plist
Configure configuration.json under MobileProject/ios folder
Default file configuration.json will be as below:
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{ "appName": "YourAppName", "bundleId": "com.yourcompany.phpfoxmobile", "shareExtensionId": "com.yourcompany.phpfoxmobile.ShareExtension", "groupId": "group.com.yourcompany.phpfoxmobile", "serverUrl": "https://yourphpfoxwebsite.com", "clientId": "CLIENT_ID", "clientSecret": "CLIENT_SECRET", "versionName": "1.xx", "versionBuildNumber": xx, "facebookAppId": "FACEBOOK_APP_ID", "googlePlacesClientId": "GOOGLE_PLACES_CLIENT_ID", "googleAdMobAppIdstringKeyCodePush": "", "react-native-google-mobile-ads": { "ios_app_id": "GOOGLE_ADMOB_APP_ID, "delay_app_measurement_init": false }, "developmentTeam": "YOUR_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM", "firebaseEnabledAnalyticpingServerUrl": true"", "codeSignStyle": "AutomaticManual", "versionNamecodeSignIdentity": "1.x.x", "versionBuildNumber": 2, IOS_DISTRIBUTION_CERTIFICATE", "provisioningProfileSpecifier": "MAIN_PROVISIONING_PROFILE_NAME", "shareExtensionProvisioningProfileSpecifier": "SHAREEXT_PROVISIONING_PROFILE_NAME", "targetedDeviceFamily": "1", "firebaseEnabledAnalytic": true, "theme": { " "splashScreenBackgroundColor": "#COLOR", "primaryColor": "#COLOR", "grayBaseColor": "#111" } }, "welcomeText": { "fontSize": 24, "color": "#FFF", "fontWeight": 400 }, "welcomeImage": { "height": 48, "resizeMode": "contain" } }, "enableAssociatedDomains": true, "associatedDomains": [ "yourphpfoxwebsite.com", "www.yourphpfoxwebsite.com" ], "enableLiveStream": false, "enableRocketChat": true, "enableInAppPurchase": false, "enableAdmob": false, "enableAudio": false, "enableLog": false, "expose": { "NSAppleMusicUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your apple music.", "NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your bluetooth.", "NSCalendarsUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your calendar.", "NSCameraUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your camera. Without permission to use your camera, you could not take a photo or take a video while posting a photo or video in the status, profile, photo or video modules.", "NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your location address.", "NSMicrophoneUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to your microphone (for videos). Without permission to use your microphone, people could not hear you while watching a video you have taken.", "NSMotionUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your motion.", "NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to save photos to your gallery. Without this permission, you could not save a photo into your local storage.", "NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like access to your gallery to upload photos or videos from your local storage while using some functions.", "NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to recognize your speech.", "NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your location data. Without permission to use your location data, the Check-In feature or location sharing feature may not work.", "NSContactsUsageDescription": "$(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) would like to use your contacts data. Without permission to use your contacts data, the Audio/Video call feature may not work.", "NSUserTrackingUsageDescription": "This allows the $(APP_DISPLAY_NAME) app to provide you with the most relevant ads and content possible." } } |
Here is our detailed explanation for items in this file
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googlePlacesClientId
Follow the instruction at https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/start to get key for ios.
googleAdMobAppIdios_app_id
Follow the instruction at https://developers.google.com/admob/android/quick-start to get key for ios.
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grayBaseColor
This color code is used for generating appropriate text color.
Run
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Nodejs
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- Open Terminal, go to MobileProject folder
- Run the following command to start
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Start your iOS app on a simulator with XCode
- Open XCode, start the iOS project at ios/Mobile.xcworkspace
- Start running iOS on Simulator
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