MIT App Inventor Docker Image

This repo contains the Dockerfile and some usage scripts for the open source project:

Building the image from DockerHub

docker pull ashiqursuperfly/appinventor

Building the image from Source

Prerequisite

• Docker and docker-compose needs to be installed in the system

Steps

1. Clone this repo

git clone git@github.com:ashiqursuperfly/appinventor-docker-image.git

2. Run the build_aia_image.sh

bash build_aia_image.sh

Running the Image

The easiest way to run the image is to create a basic docker-compose file:

version: '3.8'

services:

  aia:
    restart: always
    build:
      context: .
    ports:
      - "9876:9876"
      - "8888:8888"
      - "9990:9990"

And to run it:

sudo docker-compose up --build

Common Usages

1. Running the BuildServer

sudo docker exec ${container_id} bash -c "cd buildserver && ant RunLocalBuildServer"

2. Running the MainServer

sudo docker exec ${container_id} bash -c "/opt/appengine/appengine-java-sdk-1.9.68/bin/dev_appserver.sh --port=8888 --address=0.0.0.0 appengine/build/war/"

3. Building APK file

app_name=$1
zip_name=$2
container_id=$3
bash zipper.sh ${app_name} ${zip_name}
sudo docker cp ./$2 ${container_id}:/home/Text2App/appinventor/buildserver/
sudo docker exec ${container_id} bash -c "cd /home/Text2App/appinventor/buildserver/ && ant RunMain -Dzip.file=./${zip_name} -Duser.name=t2a -Doutput.dir=./"
sudo docker cp ${container_id}:/home/Text2App/appinventor/buildserver/${app_name}.apk ./${app_name}.apk