cake_wallet/howto-build-android.md

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# Building CakeWallet for Android
## Requirements and Setup
The following are the system requirements to build CakeWallet for your Android device.
```
Ubuntu >= 16.04
Android SDK 28
Android NDK 17c
Flutter 1.22.6
```
## Building CakeWallet on Android
These steps will help you configure and execute a build of CakeWallet from its source code.
### 1. Installing Package Dependencies
CakeWallet cannot be built without the following packages installed on your build system.
- unzip
- automake
- build-essential
- file
- pkg-config
- git
- python
- libtool
- libtinfo5
- cmake
- openjdk-8-jre-headless
You may easily install them on your build sytem with the following command:
`$ sudo apt-get install -y unzip automake build-essential file pkg-config git python libtool libtinfo5 cmake openjdk-8-jre-headless`
### 2. Installing Android Studio and Android toolchain
You may download and install the latest version of Android Studio [here](https://developer.android.com/studio#downloads). After installing, start Android Studio, and go through the "Setup Wizard." This installs the latest Android SDK, Android SDK Command-line Tools, and Android SDK Build-Tools, which are required by CakeWallet. **Be sure you are installing SDK version 28 or later when stepping through the wizard**
### 3. Installing Flutter
CakeWallet requires **EXACTLY** Flutter version `1.22.6` to build properly.
To install this version of Flutter on your Ubuntu system, please use [these instructions](https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/linux#install-flutter-manually).
### 4. Verify Installations
Verify that the Android toolchain, Flutter, and Android Studio have been correctly installed on your system with the following command:
`$ flutter doctor`
The output of this command will appear like this, indicating successful installations. If there are problems with your installation, they **must** be corrected before proceeding.
```
Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 1.22.6, on Linux, locale en_US.UTF-8)
[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 28)
[✓] Android Studio (version 4.0)
```
### 5. Generate a secure keystore for Android
`$ keytool -genkey -v -keystore $HOME/key.jks -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 -alias key`
You will be prompted to create two passwords. First you will be prompted for the "store password", followed by a "key password" towards the end of the creation process. **TAKE NOTE OF THESE PASSWORDS!** You will need them in later steps.
### 6. Acquiring the CakeWallet Source Code
Create the directory that will be use to store the CakeWallet source...
```
$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/android
$ sudo chown $USER /opt/android
$ cd /opt/android
```
..and download the source code into that directory.
`$ git clone https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet.git --branch deploy`
Proceed into the source code before proceeding with the next steps:
`$ cd cake_wallet/scripts/android/`
### 7. Installing Android NDK
`$ ./install_ndk.sh`
### 8. Execute Build & Setup Commands for CakeWallet
Build the Monero libraries and their dependencies:
`$ ./build_all.sh`
Now the dependencies need to be copied into the CakeWallet project with this command:
`$ ./copy_monero_deps.sh`
It is now time to change back to the base directory of the CakeWallet source code:
`$ cd ../../`
Install Flutter package dependencies with this command:
`$ flutter pub get`
Your CakeWallet binary will be built with cryptographic salts, which are used for secure encryption of your data. You may generate these secret salts with the following command:
`$ flutter packages pub run tool/generate_new_secrets.dart`
Next, we must generate key properties based on the secure keystore you generated for Android (in step 5). **MODIFY THE FOLLOWING COMMAND** with the "store password" and "key password" you assigned when creating your keystore (in step 5).
`$ flutter packages pub run tool/generate_android_key_properties.dart keyAlias=key storeFile=$HOME/key.jks storePassword=<store password> keyPassword=<key password>`
**REMINDER:** The *above* command will **not** succeed unless you replaced the `storePassword` and `keyPassword` variables with the correct passwords for your keystore.
Then we need to generate localization files.
`$ flutter packages pub run tool/generate_localization.dart`
Lastly, we will generate mobx models for the project.
`$ flutter packages pub run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs`
### 9. Build!
`$ flutter build apk —release`
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