Android SDK

Table of Contents

• Import
• Installation
  • Project
  • Settings
  • App
  • Add fragment
• Troubleshooting
• Authors

Import

You must use git to download the sdk from repository

1. The repository is private, to clone it you must generate an ssh key, see the guide
2. Once the key is generate you must send to Tecnavia the public key and wait a confirmation that you are enabled
3. Inside root folder run the following command, replace TAG with the latest release, see the list on releases

git clone --depth 1 --brach TAG git@github.com:tecnaviapress/newsmemory-android-sdk.git

4. if you already has the module you could update to another release by the following commands

cd newsmemory-android-sdk
git checkout tags/TAG

Installation

Project Gradle

1. check main gradle repositories and dependencies

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2"
        classpath "com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.4"
        //add crashlytics only if the aar file is included
        classpath "com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.3.0"
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.5.0"

    }

    //If photodraweeview:1.1.3 for some reason is not available from Maven force this version
    configurations.all {
        resolutionStrategy {
            force "me.relex:photodraweeview:2.1.0"
        }
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        mavenLocal()
        gradlePluginPortal()
        maven {
            url "https://jitpack.io"
        }
    }
}

2. if you are using sdk for amazon and it is built for it add the following maven repository

maven { 
    url "https://s3.amazonaws.com/android-listener/mvn-repo" 
}

3. you could customize all dependencies version by updating the following variables, !pay attention, because the sdk may not starts or works properly add these variables to ext object in main gradle file, see below example.

variable	default	Description
compileSdk	33
targetSdk	33
minSdk	24
frescoVersion	2.5.0	used by react native to display some images
soLoaderVersion	0.10.1	used to load needed system native libraries
okHttpVersion	4.9.2
glideVersion	4.12.0
kotlinGradleVersion	1.5.0
kotlinVersion	1.4.0
webkitVersion	1.4.0
androidxVersion	1.5.0
androidxWorkRuntimeVersion	1.5.0
androidxAnnotationVersion	1.4.0
androidxViewpager2Version	1.0.0
androidxFragmentVersion	1.4.1
androidxBrowserVersion	1.4.0
androidxTransitionVersion	1.1.0
androidxCoordinatorlayoutVersion	1.1.0
androidxSwiperefreshlayoutVersion	1.0.0
androidxAppcompatVersion	1.0.2
androidxLegacySupportVersion	1.0.0
playServiceiidVersion	17.0.0
playServiceBaseVersion	18.0.1
The following variables are used if you include on of the optional library listed in description
playServiceAnalyticsVersion	18.0.1	react-native-google-analytics-bridge
playServiceAdsVersion	20.2.0	react-native-prebid, react-native-dfp, react-native-admob
playServiceMapsVersion	17.0.0	react-native-maps
playBillingVersion	5.0.0	react-native-iap for google
amazonSdkVersion	3.0.3	react-native-iap for amazon

ext {
    compileSdk 34
    androidxVersion "1.4.0"
    ...
}

Settings Gradle

include ':newsmemory-android-sdk'

App Gradle

add the following lines if missing

plugin: "com.android.application"
apply plugin: "com.google.gms.google-services"
//add crashlytics only if the aar file is included
apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.crashlytics'

android{
   ...

   defaultConfig {
       ...
       //This line is required by react-native-iap, not included by default
       missingDimensionStrategy "store", "play"
   }

   ...

   packagingOptions {
       pickFirst "lib/x86/libc++_shared.so"
       pickFirst "lib/x86_64/libc++_shared.so"
       pickFirst "lib/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so"
       pickFirst "lib/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so"
   }
}

dependencies{
   implementation project(":newsmemory-android-sdk")
   ...
}

Add fragment to activity

public class YourActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    ...
    
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        TaFragment fragment = new TaFragment()
                .setDelegate(new TaFragmentDelegate() {
                    @Override
                    public void recreate() {
                        recreate();
                    }

                    @Override
                    public boolean isActionModeVisible() {
                        return false;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public boolean handleClose(){
                        //TODO implement it and return true if you consume the event
                        return false;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public boolean handleOpenUrl(String url){
                        //TODO implement it and return true if you consume the event
                        return false;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public boolean handleTrackAction(Bundle data){
                        //TODO implement it and return true if you consume the event
                        return false;
                    }
                    
                    @Override
                    public boolean handleTokenExpired(){
	                    //TODO implement it and return true if you consume the event
                        return false;
                    }
                })
                .setBuildProps(getBuildProps());

        getSupportFragmentManager()
                .beginTransaction()
                .add(R.id.rnFragment, fragment)
                .commit();
    }

    public Bundle getBuildProps() {
        Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_PSETUP, "replace_with_psetup");
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_MACHINE, "replace_with_server");
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_LOCALE, "en");
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_TOKEN, "replace with a valid token");
        //the value inside R.string will be avilable after first build
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_APP_VERSION_NAME, getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.APP_VERSION_NAME));
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_APP_VERSION_CODE, getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.APP_VERSION_CODE));
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_ANDROID_APP_ID,getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.ANDROID_APP_ID));
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_APP_NAME, getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.APP_NAME));
        //must be true otherwise the module doesn't work in SDK mode
        bundle.putBoolean(TaConstants.TA_IS_ADDON, true);
        bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_API_KEY, "Required to be authorized");
        return bundle;
    }
}

the following constant is required by SDK to be authorized

	bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_API_KEY, "");

the following constants are required by SDK otherwise there will be some inconsinstecies and bugs

    bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_APP_VERSION_NAME, getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.APP_VERSION_NAME));
    bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_APP_VERSION_CODE, getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.APP_VERSION_CODE));
    bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_ANDROID_APP_ID,getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.ANDROID_APP_ID));
    bundle.putString(TaConstants.TA_APP_NAME, getString(com.tecnavia.sdk.R.string.APP_NAME));
    bundle.putBoolean(TaConstants.TA_IS_ADDON, true);

1. The activity that load TaFragment must implement the following interface DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler

public class YourActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler {
    ...
    
    @Override
    public void invokeDefaultOnBackPressed() {
        //TODO handle finish
    }
}

2. you could extends activity class with TaActivity that already has an implementation of DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler but also add some other methods to force locale.

public class YourActivity extends TaActivity {
    ...
}

Troubleshooting

1. if you have some build issues related to google play services versions you could add the following setting to build.gradle

android {
    ...
    googleServices {
        disableVersionCheck = true
    }
    ...
}

2. if you have the following error during the build Unable to make field private final java.lang.String java.io.File.path accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.io" to unnamed module add --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED option to org.gradle.jvmargs entry in gradle.properties

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED

Authors

Nicolò Aquilini, iOS Software developer, Tecnavia Andrea Mauri, Android Software developer, Tecnavia