OwnTracks for Android

This is the OwnTracks Android app. For setup instructions and documentation see general OwnTracks wiki.

The application can be installed from Google Play.

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To build a development version of the app from source, follow the instructions outlined below.

Download and install Android Studio
Clone the project or a fork of it to your local development machine
Import the project into Android Studio
Sync Project with Gradle files to download all the dependencies
Open the SDK manager to install the required Android SDK Tools and Android SDK Build-tools
The project contains a preconfigured keystore to sign debug builds. If you already have a custom keystore you can specify it in project/app/build.gradle android.signingConfigs.debug
Required: Create a custom Google Maps API Key The provided Google Maps API Key is tied to our signing key, so it cannot be used with the debug keystore
1. Go go to https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start
2. Scroll down to Obtain a Google Maps API key and follow the instructions
3. If you use the preconfigured debug keystore, enter BC:CF:16:C8:4B:5E:5D:2D:DA:B7:35:FF:2A:53:CF:89:83:C2:D9:65;org.owntracks.android.debug
4. If you use a custom keystore run keytool -list -v -keystore $PATH_TO_YOUR_KEYSTORE.jks and replace BC:CF:...:D9:65 with your SHA1 fingerprint
5. Create the directory project/app/src/main/res/values-v1/apis.xml
6. Copy project/app/src/main/res/values/apis.xml to project/app/src/main/res/values-v1/apis.xml
7. Replace the API key in project/app/src/main/res/values-v1/apis.xml with the generated API key
Build the project