#Building the Application (since V1.7.0)

With the growth of the APP codebase and the introduction of Rust code, a single /gradlew task can no longer fully explain how to build this APP. This post is created specifically to provide explanation.

#Development Tools

Given that IDEA cannot support versions above AGP8.8.0-alpha05, we strongly recommend using Android Studio for development.

#Toolchain Selection

The must-install toolchains are as follows:

• JDK22, Kotlin, Android API36 (including NDK)

• Rust related

  This toolchain is currently only used for the gif module.

  Need to switch to nightly language features to support lazy_get: rustup default nightly

  INFO

  Regardless of the user, everyone needs to install i686-linux-android, x86_64-linux-android.

  Mac users who want to run iOS programs should install x86_64-apple-ios, aarch64-apple-ios, aarch64-apple-ios-sim

Install as needed:

• msvc, used for Rust build tool selection.

#Run Commands:

• Desktop: ./gradlew run

• Android: Add Android related tasks in the run configuration

• iOS: Add iOS related tasks in the run configuration

  TIP

  Need to install the Kotlin MultiPlatform

  plugin. This plugin only supports macOS installation.

#Packaging Commands:

• Desktop: ./gradlew packageReleaseDistributionForCurrentOS

  TIP

  Windows users can use ./gradlew light

  to generate an improved msi package.

• Android: ./gradlew assembleRelease

• iOS: ./gradlew buildReleaseIpa