how to do prod build in ionic capacitor - ionic-framework

In ionic 4, how to do a release aka prod build?
The angular part can be build in prod mode by ionic build --prod
Now how to copy this build to android? If I do ionic capacitor run android it will do normal build first and then copy assets to android. But I want to build in prod mode and take assets to android.
(I know how to generate apk in Android studio)


After doing
ionic build --prod
Assuming you have already installed Capacitor, otherwise you can follow this and thereafter,
You can do the following
npx cap copy android
Which copies the built code to android folder.
Then you can do
npx cap open android
Which opens android studio if you havent opened it already, then you should go to Build -> Generate Signed Bundle / APK option and the rest is quite straightforward.
More info can be found here


You can use the simple way.
ionic capacitor build android --prod
after the command, the android studio will open automatic
Development:
android stdio: Build-> Build Bundle(s)/APK(s)->Build APk(s)
Production: android stdio: Build-> Generate Signed Bundle(s)/APK(s)-> Android App Bundle or APk-> release

Related

ionic cordova build android difference between

Please Explain me difference between:
ionic cordova build android -> .apk Slowin loading
ionic cordova build android --prod -> .apk Fast in loading
ionic cordova build android --prod --release -> .apk Slow in loading
Thanks

Without flags it generates the apk debug version. And with release it generates the apk ready for the store but unsigned when you sign it you can upload it.
The --prod flag:
This will minify your app’s code as Ionic’s source and also remove any debugging capabilities from the APK.

ionic app error while building Android APK

I am getting the error while building the ionic app ,ionic-app-script is missing.How to add 'ionic-app-script' file in ionic 2 project? what is the purpose of this file?

just delete platform folder and run
ionic cordova build android --release --prod

How to get .apk and .ipa file from flutter?

I am new to flutter programming and I've created a demo app, its running fine on both android and iOS devices. I want to see .apk and .ipa file in flutter. Can anyone help me to get these files from Flutter? Where can I see these files in folders or is there any other solution.

For apk (Android) you need to run the command :
flutter build apk --release
If you want to split the apks per abi (Split Apk) then run
flutter build apk --target-platform android-arm,android-arm64,android-x64 --split-per-abi
For ipa (iOS) you need to run the command :
flutter build ios --release
From the console
P.S. --release is optional as it is by default
if you need debug build, just replace --release with --debug
you can find the released APK or IPA files form
build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk

For Android an APK is generated every time you build the app, e.g. with flutter run. You will find that in your project folder under <project>/build/app/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk. If you want a release APK, have a look at the docs.
I'm not an iOS person, so I'm not sure an IPA is generated during development as in android. But looking at these docs it seems you can follow the standard steps on xcode to get it, as shown here.

For apk (Android) run the command :
flutter build apk --release
For ipa (iOS) run the command :
flutter build ios --release
Then to get actual .ipa file, open xcode -> Product -> archive -> Distribute App -> Ad Hoc -> Export
You can then save the .ipa(which is inside the Runner folder) file in any location

I also had this question and had a really tough time finding the right solution.
First of all in the terminal of your code editor type:
flutter build apk --release
and after that go to this location:
yourAppFolder/build/app/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
I do not do development for iOS so I don't know much about that.

For Android, an APK is generated every time you build the app, e.g. with flutter run. You will find that in your project folder under <project>/build/app/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk.

Follow below steps to get .apk and .ipa from flutter app in Mac system
First, Enter below command in your terminal to go your project directory
cd $(PROJECT FOLDER PATH)
For android apk build to upload store, Enter below command
sudo $(FLUTTER SDK PATH till bin)/flutter build apk --release
To get ios ipa , Enter below command
sudo $(FLUTTER SDK PATH till bin)/flutter build ios --release

To get an apk, it is simple. Just use :
flutter build apk
To get an ipa, It is more complicated. First use :
flutter build ipa
Be careful to use flutter build ipa, not flutter build ios, because the second one builds a ".app" file instead of ".xcarchives" file.
Once you have the ".xcarchives" file, you can open it in XCode and click on "Distribute the app" to export an ipa file on your computer.

For iOS:
Step 1: open terminal and type cd "your flutter sdk path"
Step 2: cd export PATH=/Users/yourname/Downloads/flutter/bin:$PATH
Step 3: cd your project path
Step 4: flutter build ios --release
run step 1 to 4 in terminal.
After that open android studio and go to iOS folder path and open project.pbxproj file with ios module and in xcode you need to choose generic ios device and select archive, it will generate ipa build for you.

Android(After adding release build type run below command which will generate release apk with below version)
flutter build apk --build-name=1.0.1 --build-number=1
iOS
flutter build ios --release
For a detail explanation read the below article.
https://medium.com/#ralphbergmann/versioning-with-flutter-299869e68af4

For apk, you can use flutter build apk --release to get the release version of your apk on either windows/macOS.
For ipa, you have to use flutter build ios --release to get the release version of your apk on macOS.
Note: You can get a ipa on macOS only.

If you want this apk and .ipa with flavour then you can refer below commands for internal and production.
iOS:
flutter build ios --debug --flavor internal
flutter build ios --release --flavor production
android:
flutter build apk --debug --flavor internal
flutter build apk --release --flavor production

Updated for iOS :-
first you need to go to your current working directory and run the following command;
flutter build ios --release
After successfully completion of build, you can find build on below path;
/Users/sanjaybalaji/Documents/KiranFlutterApps/hb_calculator/build/ios/iphoneos/Runn
er.app.
you can check below screenshots for more details.

You can find your app apk after you run the app at path
<project_dir>/build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app.apk

how to build apk create old version app in Flutter

I am trying to build my release app in Flutter and when I run:
flutter run
everything works fine in debugging and test mode. But when I was trying to build a release app with:
flutter build apk
it creates an old first-release app of mine. That I created before and I try to reset the computer reset android and everything but not work what can I do to reset it and clear the cache?
I'm trying almost to delete and reset everything but they don't work.
What command that I have to run to fix it and create new version release apk

The solution is easy.
Just run flutter clean and run flutter build apk after that and it generates the updated app apk.
If you want to install it directly just run flutter install after the build command.

To all the beginners If you wish to release an apk of a flutter app just do:
flutter run --release
(and make sure to connect your device to a phone)
steps to ensure your phone is connected:
1. enable usb debugging mode in your phone
2.click on version number of your phone in system settings to enter into developer mode
3. change the phone mode to transferring file mode
After you run the command
go to build->apps->output->apk

run these command
flutter clean
and after that
flutter build apk --release

Run this command for making a bundle.
flutter build appbundle --target-platform android-arm,android-arm64,android-x64

If flutter clean and flutter build apk also generates apk with old version code in your pubspec.yaml change the version like this version: 1.0.2+2
Before + it is your version name and after + sign it is your version code
NOTE: Your new version number should be in the place of 2. Or you can use different format such as 1.2+2

You can run flutter clean Then run flutter build apk --split-per-abi to split the apk. It will build three apks and you can find them in build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/

Can be done easily by Android Studio

Ionic 2 Android Production Build loads very slow

I have finished my Ionic 2 App for Android.
For testing I generated my builds with:
cordova build android
These APKs work but the device ready event takes quite a while to fire. No problem.
No I build the productions APK:
cordova build --release android
And the device ready event still happens only after a few seconds. I hoped that this would not be the case in the production version.
ionic run android --prod
This creates a build for debugging and in this build the device ready events fire very fast. But the build is called app-debug.apk.
How can I build a production build that loads fast?

For production (the --prod uses aot which makes load time faster). Also make sure to use ionic middleware instead of cordova
ionic build --release --prod android
To debug in aot:
ionic run android --aot