bug: When trying to build the android app, the last comand hangs forever
alexispurslane opened this issue · 5 comments
What happened?
All the previous commands in the build instructions ran fine, but the final one, yarn android, just hangs forever after saying "Starting JS server..."
I thought this was going to build an APK I could use, do I need to visit a certain localhost address or something?
This isn't a bug with the app itself. Try re-running the command as it might've gotten stuck somehow; if that doesn't work, you might need to start the JS server (Metro) separately (open a second terminal in the directory, run yarn start, then try re-running yarn android again).
If this still fails, you might have some missing dependencies (i.e. Java/Android's build tools); however, if that turns out to be the issue, I might need to make the README clearer.
I used netstat to figure out the port it was listening on and went to localhost:8081 in my browser. That gave me some broken options but no way to get an APK as far as I can tell. I tried using gradlew to build the app directly and it told me there were several dependencies I need to install, so I think that was it.
Just to be clear, did you get it working in the end?
Just to be clear, did you get it working in the end?
I had to go out and haven't had a chance since, but I think I'll be able to get it to work. You can close this issue for now if you want. Thank you!