Important Things To Know About Salesforce MobileSDK & Hybrid Apps (2016)

PROGRAMS NEEDED:

• Java 7 or Later (oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/download..)

• Android Studio & SDK (developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)

• NodeJS (nodejs.org/en/download)

• Cordova (npm install -g cordova)

• ShellJS Version 0.5.3 (npm install -g shelljs@0.5.3)

• Forcedroid (npm install -g forcedroid)

• (Mac Only) Forceios (npm install -g forceios)

• Git (git-scm.com/downloads)

• Gradle (gradle.org/gradle-download)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:

1. Add to path variable

   • Git Bin Path (Example: C:\Program Files\Git\bin)

   • Gradle Bin Path (Example: C:\Program Files\gradle-2.11\bin)

2. New Variables

   Variable Name	Example Path
   JAVA_HOME	JDK Bin Folder (Example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_79)
   ANDROID_HOME	The SDK Folder (Example: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Android\sdk)

STEPS TO CREATE A HYBRID APP:

1. Open command prompt

2. Forcedroid create (and follow the onscreen commands like naming the app, Proceed to Step 3 if you have a SENDER_ID error , if no error skip to Step 4)

3. Though you get an error, a cordova project will be created, navigate to that cordova project directory in command prompt and enter the following commands

   • cordova plugin add phonegap-plugin-push --variable SENDER_ID="1234569"

   • cordova plugin add https://github.com/forcedotcom/SalesforceMobileSDK-CordovaPlugin

4. Import the android directory of the cordova project into android studio.

5. Build Menu > Clean Project.

That is it. We learnt about the required programs and steps to follow to create hybrid apps using SalesforceMobileSDK.

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