samuelbezerrab/my-basic-mac-mobile-developer-setup

Basic macOS setup for developing apps

My Basic Mac Mobile Developer Setup

I have already developed native and cross platform apps. Here is a list of things to configure and improve development on some platforms (Android, iOS, Flutter and React Native)

Configuration

• Setup global git config (user.name user.email)
• Install Felix Terminall (https://github.com/KrauseFx/what-terminal-is-felix-using)
• Setup SSH Kyes on GitHub and Bitbucket (https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/)

Basic Developer Setup

• Install Xcode (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12)
• Install Homebrew (https://brew.sh/index_pt-br.html)
• iTerm brew install iterm2
• Install GitFlow brew install git-flow-avh
• Fastlane brew install fastlane
• Install Visual Studio Code brew install visual-studio-code
• Install Postman - https://www.getpostman.com/downloads/
• Install Visual git client Fork - https://git-fork.com
• Install Pip sudo -H python -m ensurepip

iOS

• Install cocoapods sudo gem install cocoapods
• Asset Catalog Creator - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/asset-catalog-creator-pro/id809625456?mt=12
• Install SimSim - https://github.com/dsmelov/simsim
• Instlal iOS Console app - https://lemonjar.com/iosconsole/ && libimobiledevice - brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice
• Install Dev Cleaner (https://github.com/vashpan/xcode-dev-cleaner) - Clean a lot of space when you need it
• Install Realm Studio - https://realm.io/products/realm-studio
• If needed: Newer version of Xcode device support whitout upgrading Xcode - https://github.com/iGhibli/iOS-DeviceSupport
• Install Control room - https://github.com/twostraws/ControlRoom
• Install Poes - https://github.com/AvdLee/Poes

Android

• JDK brew tap AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk; brew install adoptopenjdk8 || brew install java
• Install Android Studio - https://developer.android.com/studio/
• Setup Android Home (https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup), after felix terminal
• Accept all SDK Licenses yes | sdkmanager --licenses
• Install Genymotion - https://www.genymotion.com/fun-zone/

Flutter

• FVM - brew tap leoafarias/fvm && brew install fvm

React Native

• Install Node Version Manager (brew install nvm)
• Make nvm default node with a soft link (Optional) - ln -s $(which node) /usr/local/bin/node
• Install Yarn Verson Manager brew install yvm
• Install Watchman brew install watchman
• Install React-native CLI - npm install -g react-native-cli
• Make lauchPackager.command run through iTerm instead of default Term
• Install Appcenter (mainly for codepush) - npm install -g appcenter-cli
• Reactotron - https://github.com/infinitered/reactotron/releases

Infrasctructure / Backend

• Install Heroku - brew tap heroku/brew && brew install heroku
• Install Sequel Pro (https://sequelpro.com/download)
• Install Firebase-hosting-cli npm install -g firebase-tools

Others

• Install Google Chrome (https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/features.html)
• Install Slack (https://slack.com/downloads/) ou Franz
• Buy & Install Sip
• Quick Look Plugins (https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins) (qlimagesize, qlmarkdown, qlcolorcode)
• Install handbrake - https://handbrake.fr
• Magnet - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12
• Discord - https://discord.com/download
• AirServer - Turn your computer AirPlay compatible - https://www.airserver.com/Mac