README.md

COVID Tracker Ireland

Getting Started

Following these instructions will allow you to run and build the project on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Follow the official guide "Setting up the development environment" to set up your local machine to develop iOS and Android applications with React Native.

Install an xCode version that supports iOS 13.5, required by the ExposureNotification framework used by the app.

Install yarn globally:

npm install -g yarn

For other installation methods, follow the official Installation guide.

Installing

Clone this repository.

Before installing the npm dependencies, you will need to authenticate to GitHub packages so that private packages can be installed. See Authenticating to GitHub Packages for the steps on how to configure npm.

Install the npm dependencies:

yarn install

Create your .env file or copy it from the .env.sample:

cp .env.sample .env

Move to ios/ folder and install the CocoaPods dependencies:

cd ios && pod install

Running the applications locally

Start the React Native bundler:

yarn start

To start the Android application, run:

yarn android

To start the iOS one, run:

yarn ios