I2P-Bote for Android

Bote is an Android port of I2P-Bote.

Build process

Dependencies:

• Java SDK (preferably Oracle/Sun or OpenJDK) 1.6.0 or higher
• Apache Ant 1.8.0 or higher
• I2P source
• I2P-Bote source
• Android SDK 21
• Android Build Tools 21.1.1
• Android Support Repository
• Gradle 2.2.1

Gradle

The build system is based on Gradle. There are several methods for setting Gradle up:

• It can be downloaded from the Gradle website.

• Most distributions will have Gradle packages. Be careful to check the provided version; Debian and Ubuntu have old versions in their main repositories. There is a PPA for Ubuntu with the latest version of Gradle.

• A Gradle wrapper is provided in the codebase. It takes all the same commands as the regular gradle command. The first time that any command is run, it will automatically download, cache and use the correct version of Gradle. This is the simplest way to get started with the codebase. To use it, replace gradle with ./gradlew (or ./gradlew.bat on Windows) in the commands below.

Gradle will pull dependencies over the clearnet by default. To use Tor, create a gradle.properties file in i2p.android.base containing:

```
systemProp.socksProxyHost=localhost
systemProp.socksProxyPort=9150
```

Preparation

1. Install I2P. You need the installed libraries to build against.

2. Download the Android SDK. The simplest method is to download Android Studio.

3. Check out the i2p.i2p-bote and i2p.i2p-bote.android repositories.

4. Create a local.properties file in i2p.i2p-bote.android/botejars containing:

   i2pbase=/path/to/installed/i2p
   botesrc=/path/to/i2p.i2p-bote
   

5. If you want to use a local copy of the I2P Android client library, install it in your local Maven repository with:

   cd path/to/i2p.android.base
   ./gradlew client:installArchives
   

Building from the command line

1. Create a local.properties file in i2p.i2p-bote.android containing:

   sdk.dir=/path/to/android-studio/sdk
   

2. gradle assembleDebug

3. The APK will be placed in i2p.i2p-bote.android/app/build/apk.

Building with Android Studio

1. Import i2p.i2p-bote.android into Android Studio. (This creates the local.properties file automatically).

2. Build and run the app (Shift+F10).

Signing release builds

1. Create a signing.properties file in i2p.i2p-bote.android containing:

   STORE_FILE=/path/to/android.keystore
   STORE_PASSWORD=store.password
   KEY_ALIAS=key.alias
   KEY_PASSWORD=key.password
   

2. gradle assembleRelease