The Official HackIllinois Android App

Development Setup

• Download and install Android Studio
• Download and install Git and GitHub Desktop (optional)

Installation

1. Clone the repository.

   git clone https://github.com/HackIllinois/android.git

2. Open the project in Android Studio.

   • Open Android Studio
   • Click "Open an existing Android Studio project"
   • Select the android folder in the location that you cloned to

3. On your computer, create a ~/.gradle/gradle.properties file in the generated .gradle folder.

   • If on Windows, this will be C:\Users\username\.gradle\gradle.properties

4. Fill this gradle.properties file with the following text:

   GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=<API_KEY_HERE>
   

   • The <API_KEY_HERE> should be replaced with the Google Maps API Key. You you can use your own key or contact one of the developers for our development key.

5. Back in the cloned project in Android Studio, create an app/google-services.json file.

   • You can get a copy of this file from one of the developers

Note: steps 3 & 4 are only necessary if the app uses the Google Maps API (current 2024 version doesn't)