INSTALL-ANDROID.md

Android Installation

You will have to install the plugin by manually downloading a Release from this repository. The plugin is not currently submitted to a package manager (eg: jCenter)

Create a folder in the root of your application project, eg: /Libraries and place the extracted background-geolocation-firebase folder into it:

eg: 📂 Libraries/background-geolocation-firebase

Gradle Configuration

📂 settings.gradle

include ':background-geolocation'
project(':background-geolocation').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, './Libraries/background-geolocation-lt/android/background-geolocation')

+include ':background-geolocation-firebase'
+project(':background-geolocation-firebase').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, './Libraries/background-geolocation-firebase/android')

include ':app'

📂 android/build.gradle

buildscript {
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
        // If you've already got firebase installed, the following line may already exist
+       classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.0'  // Or latest
    }
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
        minSdkVersion = 16
        compileSdkVersion = 28
        targetSdkVersion = 28

        googlePlayServicesLocationVersion = "17.0.0"
+       firebaseCoreVersion = "17.1.0"
+       firebaseFirestoreVersion = "21.0.0"
    }
}

📂 android/app/build.gradle

android {
+    compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
     defaultConfig {
+        targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
         .
         .
         .
     }
     .
     .
     .
}

dependencies {
    .
    .
    .
+   project(':background-geolocation-firebase')
}

// If you've already got firebase installed, the following line may already exist
+ apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

📂 google-services.json

Download your google-services.json from the Firebase Console. Copy the file to your android/app folder.

AndroidManifest.xml

📂 android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.transistorsoft.backgroundgeolocation.react">

  <application
    android:name=".MainApplication"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

    <!-- react-native-background-geolocation licence -->
+   <meta-data android:name="com.transistorsoft.firebaseproxy.license" android:value="YOUR_LICENCE_KEY_HERE" />
    .
    .
    .
  </application>
</manifest>

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