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layout: default
title: Mobile App Development
parent: Development
grand_parent: Miscellaneous
nav_order: 9
---

# React Native Expo

## MacOS:
Install watchman

```
brew install watchman
```

Run iOS on Simulator:

```
npx expo run:ios
```

Install OpenJDK for Android dev:

```
brew install openjdk@17

# Add to path
sudo ln -sfn /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk@17/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-17.jdk

# Test if Java works on CLI
java --version
```

Make sure NDK is installed:

1. Open Android Studio.
2. Go to: `Preferences > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK > SDK Tools tab`.
3. Check NDK (Side by side).
4. Click Apply or OK to install it.

If getting `node` errors in Android studio, close and re-open Android Studio from CLI via:

```
open -a "Android Studio"
```

## Unit tests
TODO: improve documentation further.

The iOS project contains unit tests that test the `VaultStore` native Swift implementation. The `VaultStore` logic is responsible for handling vault encryption/decryption, contains the SQLite client and acts as a proxy for all local queries etc.

In order to test this query logic behavior the tests contain a static encrypted client vault (SQLite database) that is provided to the tests.

This static encrypted database can be (re)generated by running the `src/Tests/AliasVault.E2ETests/Tests/Extensions/TestVaultGeneratorTests.cs` in the .NET solution. This E2E test generates a deterministic vault and saves it to a local temporary file. This file can then be used as the input for these unittests.