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- [LBRY SDK Configuration Settings](/resources/daemon-settings)
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- [Claim Signing](/resources/claim-signing)
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- [Regtest Setup](/resources/regtest-setup)
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- [LBRY Android build in 10 steps](/resources/android-build-ten-steps)
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- [Lighthouse (search) API](https://lbryio.github.io/lighthouse)
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---
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title: Build the LBRY Android app in 10 simple steps (or less)!
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description: A simplified version of the Android build documentation to get up and running as quickly as possible.
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---
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### Introduction
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If you would like to contribute to the Android app, but find the build documentation a little daunting, this guide lets you copy-paste your way to a successful APK build.
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#### Estimated build time
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25 - 40 minutes (depending on Internet connection speeds)
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#### What do you need?
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* A computer running Ubuntu 18.04
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* Internet access to download modules and packages.
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* At least 15GB of free disk space.
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* Alternatively, Docker. You can skip steps 1 through 5 if you make use of the `lbry/android-base` Docker base image. Scroll down to Fast track if you would prefer to use Docker.
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### Step 1 of 10
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Install all the apt packages required by running the following commands. You can copy-paste directly to your terminal.
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```
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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
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sudo apt-get -y update
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sudo apt-get install -y curl ca-certificates software-properties-common gpg-agent wget
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y && \
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curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add -
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echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
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sudo apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install autoconf autogen automake libtool libffi-dev \
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build-essential python3.7 python3.7-dev python3.7-venv python3-pip ccache git libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 \
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libgtk2.0-0:i386 libpangox-1.0-0:i386 libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 python2.7 python2.7-dev \
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python-pip openjdk-8-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev zlib1g:i386 m4 libc6-dev-i386 yarn gawk nodejs npm
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```
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### Step 2 of 10
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Install a couple of packages using the Python package installer
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```
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sudo -H pip install --upgrade cython==0.28.1 setuptools
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```
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### Step 3 of 10
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Install buildozer, a tool for creating the apk package using the python for android toolcahin.
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```
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git clone https://github.com/lbryio/buildozer.git
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cd buildozer && python2.7 setup.py install && cd ..
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```
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### Step 4 of 10
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The Android SDK needs to be setup for buildozer. This requires creating a few directories and downloading a number of files. Run the following commands to create the buildozer directory, download the required archives and extract them into their proper destination folders.
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```
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mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform
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wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
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wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-27_r01.zip' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
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wget 'https://dl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r26.0.2-linux.zip' -P ~/.buildozer/android/platform/
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tar -xvf ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk_r23-linux.tgz -C ~/.buildozer/android/platform/ && \
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mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-linux ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23 && \
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unzip ~/.buildozer/android/platform/platform-27_r01.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms && \
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mv ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-8.1.0 ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/platforms/android-27 && \
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mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools && \
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unzip ~/.buildozer/android/platform/build-tools_r26.0.2-linux.zip -d ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/build-tools && \
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mkdir -p ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses && \
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echo $'\nd56f5187479451eabf01fb78af6dfcb131a6481e' > ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23/licenses/android-sdk-license
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```
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### Step 5 of 10
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Install the react-native-cli npm package.
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```
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sudo npm install -g react-native-cli
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```
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### Step 6 of 10
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Install the Crystax NDK which is required for building Python 3.7 for the mobile app, and a number of native C / C++ modules and packages used by the app. Run the following commands to download and extract the NDK.
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```
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wget -q 'https://eu.crystax.net/download/crystax-ndk-10.3.2-linux-x86_64.tar.xz' -P ~/.buildozer/android/ && \
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tar -xf ~/.buildozer/android/crystax-ndk-10.3.2-linux-x86_64.tar.xz -C ~/.buildozer/android/ && \
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rm -rf ~/.buildozer/android/crystax-ndk-10.3.2/platforms/android-9 && \
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ln -s ~/.buildozer/android/crystax-ndk-10.3.2/platforms/android-21 ~/.buildozer/android/crystax-ndk-10.3.2/platforms/android-9
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```
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### Step 7 of 10
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Clone the lbryio/lbry-android git repository and create your buildozer.spec file. The provide buildozer.spec.sample contains defaults provided you followed steps 1 through 5 exactly as described. You can also customise the spec file if you want to.
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```
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git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-android
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cd lbry-android
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cp buildozer.spec.sample buildozer.spec
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```
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Step 8 of 10
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Install the npm packages required for the app's React Native code.
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```
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cd app
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npm install
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cd ..
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```
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Step 9 of 10
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Copy a couple of required files from the repository for the build to be successful.
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```
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cp scripts/build-target-python.sh ~/.buildozer/android/crystax-ndk-10.3.2/build/tools/build-target-python.sh
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cp scripts/mangled-glibc-syscalls.h ~/.buildozer/android/crystax-ndk-10.3.2/platforms/android-21/arch-arm/usr/include/crystax/bionic/libc/include/sys/mangled-glibc-syscalls.h
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```
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Step 10 of 10
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If you made it this far, you're finally ready to build the package! You just have to run a single command to generate the APK.
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```
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buildozer android debug
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```
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### Fast Track
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Install Docker and start a container using the `lbry/android-base` image, which is about 1.72GB in size. Run the following commands for Ubuntu and then follow steps 6 through 10 in the container's bash prompt.
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```
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sudo apt-get install docker-ce
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docker run -it lbry/android-base:latest /bin/bash
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```
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**Protip:** You can also make use of Docker to run your builds on macOS or Windows.
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