Ionic Android Build

Ionic Framework is an open source front-end SDK for developing hybrid mobile apps with web technologies.

Docker Build Base Image

This image provides a base image for which Ionic based android apps can be built upon or extended from to create an development environment.

How to use this image

Use this image to build an ionic app

$ docker run -it --rm --name ionic-app -v "$PWD":/usr/src/app -w /usr/src/app weikinhuang/ionic-android-build create-release-apk

Create a Dockerfile in your Ionic app project

FROM weikinhuang/ionic-android-build

# expose the ionic development ports
EXPOSE 8100 35729

# copy project
COPY . /data

# set up ionic requirements
WORKDIR /data

# restore ionic state
RUN npm install --quiet
RUN bower install --quiet --allow-root
RUN ionic state reset

$ docker run -it --rm --name ionic-app -v "$PWD"/www:/data/www -w /data -p 8100:8100 -p 35729:35729 your-ionic-app create-release-apk

Tools included

android-sdk-install

Use this command to install additional android sdk components without user interaction. Useful for docker build instructions.

RUN android-sdk-install android-17

android-wait-for-emulator

Use this command to wait for an headless android emulator.

See Paul Estrada blog on how to create a headless android image.

# start emulator
$ android -avd ...
$ android-wait-for-emulator
# run tests

create-release-apk

Use this command to generate a release android apk file to platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/*-release.apk.

Automatically removes the console plugin per the Ionic publishing docs.

$ create-release-apk

fastlane's supply

Use this command to automatically publish an apk to the Google Play Developer Console

See supply docs for usage.

Enabling USB in the container

sudo docker run -it --rm --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb weikinhuang/ionic-android-build adb list

License

License information for the software contained in this image.

Supported Docker versions

This image is tested on Docker version 1.10.3.