@wavemaker/wm-cordova-cli v3.2.0

wm-cordova-cli

A command line untility to build mobile apps created using WaveMaker product.

The main goal of wm-cordova-cli is to simplify generation of APK or IPA for WaveMaker developers. wm-cordova-cli combines multiple cordova commands into a single command. First, one has to make sure all the required hardware and software are available and installed. Then execute the command with the appropriate values for arguments.

ANDROID build

Requirements

• Linux or MAC or Windows
• Latest Android Studio
• Node 14.x (https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.18.0/)
• GIT (https://git-scm.com/download)
• Java 11 (for Wavemaker 11.2 and WaveMaker 10.16 projects) or Java 8 for earlier versions
• Gradle 6 (https://gradle.org/releases/)
• KeyStore file for production release builds (https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing#generate-key)
• Install wm-cordova-cli (npm install -g @wavemaker/wm-cordova-cli)
• Make sure JAVA_HOME, ANDROID_SDK and GRADLE_HOME are set in the environment variables and also in PATH.
• For development build, keystore is optional.

• For production build, keystore is required.

Command

wm-cordova build android <src_dir> <dest_dir> additional_arguments

Example 1

wm-cordova build android "/path/to/src"

Example 2

wm-cordova build android "/path/to/src" \
--aKeyStore="/path/to/file.keystore" \
--aStorePassword="store_password" \
--aKeyAlias="key_alias_name" \
--aKeyPassword="key" \
--buildType="production"

IOS build

Requirements

• MAC machine
• Latest XCODE
• CocoaPods (https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#toc_3)
• Node 14.x (https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.18.0/)
• GIT (https://git-scm.com/download/mac)
• Apple developer or distribution P12 certificates
• Provisioning profile
• Install wm-cordova-cli (npm install -g @wavemaker/wm-cordova-cli)
• For development build, development certificate and development provisioning file are required.
• For production build, distribution certificate and distribution provisioning file are required.

NOTE: Before building an app, please make sure that neither iPhone nor iPad is not connected to Mac. This is open issue on cordova-ios.

Command

wm-cordova build ios <src_dir> <dest_dir> additional_arguments

Example

wm-cordova build ios "/path/to/src" \
--iCertificate="/path/to/distribution.p12" \
--iCertificatePassword="unlock_password" \
--iProvisioningFile="/path/to/profile.mobileprovision" \
--buildType="production"

Cordova versions used for a build

1. Based upon the value of 'phonegap-cli' preference value, versions mentioned in the below table are used by default.

2. In config.xml, the above cordova values can be overridden by setting preferences with the below mentioned names.

   wm-cordova wm-cordova-android wm-cordova-ios

3. Cordova versions can also be mentioned as command line arguments.

Additional Information

1. Destination folder path is logged at the start of the build.
2. Build log files are present at <destination_folder>/output/logs
3. The artifact built is available at <destination_folder>/output/<platform_type>/. The complete path is printed in log also.

License

MIT License Copyright (c) 2020 WaveMaker