NOTE: This repository has been open-sourced to the development community in November 2021 as development ceased within our private volunteer group. We hope that others will find the source educational and (potentially) applicable for similar efforts.

Compassion App

Compassion App is a React Native/Expo Framework application built with the Ignite boilerplate. Please take a look at the documentation for Ignite to get familiar with its library choices, architecture, and development style.

Setup

1. If using Windows, first enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) by following the guide here.

2. Install nvm to manage Node versions. We'll use Node v14.16.1 for this project.

   # After install:
   $ nvm install 14.16.1 && nvm alias default 14.16.1
   # Verify you're on the right version of Node
   $ node -v
   v14.16.1

3. Install simulators by following the instructions here.

4. Install yarn

   $ npm install -g yarn

5. Pull the repository

   $ git clone git@gitlab.com:compassion-in-oakland/compassionapp.git
   $ cd compassion app

6. Install project dependencies

   $ yarn install

7. Install firebase-tools and log in

   $ npm install -g firebase-tools
   $ firebase login

8. Install Expo CLI and log in

   # Install expo-cli
   $ npm install -g expo-cli
   
   # Log in -- create an account at https://expo.dev/signup if you haven't already
   $ expo login
   
   # Verify you're logged in
   $ expo whoami

9. (Optional) Install Reactotron

   # Install reactotron (macOS)
   $ brew install reactotron

Also, you might want to check out Editor Setup if using VS Code for the first time for a Typescript project.

...aaand you're set!

Development

Bare-bones development requires three simultaneous processes:

1. Metro (Webpack-like bundler for Expo)
2. Firebase Emulator
3. iOS/Android Simulator

# Start the Firebase emulators
$ fbe:start

# In another window, open the Metro bundler
$ yarn start
# Either on the command line or on the web interface, select a simulator (iOS or Android) to connect to.
# Wait for Expo to be installed on your simulator image and then for Expo to build and publish the bundle to the virtual device

For a better debugging experience, it's recommended you also run these processes along with the above:

1. Jest in watch mode to check for breaking unit tests
2. tsc in watch mode to check for type errors
3. Reactotron to issue commands and view detailed structured logs from the simulator

# (Optionally) Open Reactotron to inspect the app, similar to Redux Dev Tools

# In another terminal instance, run the following to get live feedback about Typescript errors
$ yarn compile --watch

# Similarly, you can keep a watch process for unit tests
$ yarn test --watch

Debugging

Occasionally, you'll have to open the Expo developer menu to reload the app or to debug issues. To activate the menu, use the following keyboard shortcuts:

• For iOS simulators, press Ctrl+Cmd+z
• For Android simulators, press Cmd+m

What's very useful from this menu is the Element Inspector, which acts similar to Chrome's DevTools for inspecting the bounds and attributes of UI elements.

Testing

Unit Tests

# Run unit tests
$ yarn test

# Update Jest Snapshots
$ yarn test -u

Storybook

Storybook in React Native works a little bit differently than with a web-based React app.

First, you'll need to start Storybook, which will build the project and launch the Storybook viewer on https://localhost:9001:

$ yarn storybook

Then add this line in ./storybook/toggle-storybook.tsx:

saveString("devStorybook", "on")

When you reload your app, your simulator will render the story and will respond to changes as you select different stories on the browser.

Firebase Emulator

Run the following:

$ firebase emulators:start
# Navigate to http://localhost:4000 to see the emulator interface

End-to-end Testing with Detox

Detox is a test automation library for writing and driving E2E tests against the app. This library comes with the Ignite boilerplate and doesn't appear to have many tests initially, but it'll be useful later when we need to program specific behaviors and user flows for verification in CI.

Other Docs

• Deployments and Distribution
• Firestore Structure
• Types and Schemas
• Continuous Integration
• Ignite's original README

Resources

Below are recommended resources to reference and read about when working with the app.

• react-navigation's guide on nested navigators This is a great guide to explain the difference between browser-based navigation (via manipulating route parameters in the URL) and the stack navigator which is what most mobile apps employ.