How to install my meteor app in android without USB debug

nacholozano · May 31, 2015, 7:06pm

I use this command:
meteor build ~/Desktop/folder --server=.meteor.com

This create the next folders:
folder
folder / android
folder / appname.tar.gz

I copy the folder ‘folder’ in my android device and I run de .APK file -> folder / android / unaligned.apk

I get this error: ‘there has been an error parsing the package’

PD: I laready have a mobile-config.js file

doedel · June 1, 2015, 6:21am

You must do the following steps before you can use the apk file:

github.com

Differential/meteor-mobile-cookbook/blob/master/Android/Building.md

# Building for Android

## Getting Started
Make sure you have all of the required software installed on your local machine. Follow these [instructions](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Mobile-Development-Install:-Android-on-Mac).

## Setup mobile-config.js

Insure you have a `buildNumber` property added to your `App.info` settings inside your `mobile-config.js` file. For iOS, this can be created on the fly in XCode, but for Android APK's, it needs to be set here.

```
// inside mobile-config.js
App.info({
  ...
  version: '1.0.0',
  buildNumber: '100' // has to be a number
})
```

**Note:** 
For iOS, we typically increment the build number from 1 to 2 and so on. However, we noticed some issues when uploading APK's to Google play that it preferred a larger number. Test it out, but you might have to start the `buildNumber` at 100 or 101.

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nacholozano · June 1, 2015, 3:51pm

Cant i use the app without sign it ?

doedel · June 1, 2015, 5:17pm

Without signing you have to change your android settings.

Try out something like this: [URL content is no longer available]

but signing is no big deal