Android JS framework lets you write android applications
using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on Node.js.
It allows you to write fully featured android application in node js and provide you environment to use any npm
package in your android app (i.e. SocketIO, fs, etc..)
To install Android JS binaries, use npm
.
npm install androidjs
Install Android JS project generator and builder
npm install -g androidjs-builder
mkdir myfirstapp
cd myfirstapp
androidjs g
npm install
it will generate a sample project inside myfirstapp
myfirstapp
|__ assets
| |__ ipc, css, js
|
|__ views
| |__ index.html
|
|__ main.js
|__ package.json
main.js
is the main file or we can say it is back process of your app which execute all the code written in node, so you have to write all the node js code insidemain.js
index.html
is the first view which is render by app initiallypackage.json
to keep track of all your node packagesassets
to store all assets of your app
cd myfirstapp
androidjs b
it will generate apk file inside dist
folder
if this build
command fails
or generated any error, try to build with force
command
androidjs b -f
clone and run the android-js/sample-app repository to see a minimal Android JS app in action:
git clone https://github.com/android-js/sample-app
cd chat-app
npm install
androidjs b -f
it will generate an apk inside dist folder.
- android-js.github.io/androidjs/ - all of Android JS's documentation
- android-js/androidjs/sample-app - sample starter apps created by the community
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