# Android App (build via docker/podman)

The goal of this repo, is to create a container that can serve to produce an "empty android Application" (i.e `app.apk` file). 
As such the philosophy is to keep the process "simple" as to now make the understanding too difficult.

## basic ideas

* work within container (debian based image)
* use Makefile as a build tool

## basic info

This repo should allow to generate an empty "android app". by simply cloning this repo and
```
./build-android-app.sh
```
It does so via:

1. building a container (in any of the runtime/daemons it finds: i.e. docker,podman,etc..)
2. running this container having the `./app` folder being mounted within as `/app`
3. executing the [`app/Makefile`](app/Makefile) which will then:
4. either work with the configuration stored in an `app/app-config.sh` in case such file exists or
5. if not go through a `whiptail` text menu wizzard to configure a new empty app. (Makefile recipe: `./app-config.sh`)
6. it will then download the required android sdk files as necessary (Makefile recipe: `./android-sdk/installed`)
7. go through the further steps to setup the blank app.


## usage

1. run 

```
./build-android-app.sh
```

2. follow the configuration 
3. upon success the apk file created is in app/result/app.apk and can be installed via `adb`
```
adb install -r app/result/app.apk 
```