ChurchApps / LessonsScreen

A TV app for Lessons.church

Lessons Screen

Lessons Screen is the companion app for Lessons.church. It runs on any Android TV device and will pre-fetch each weeks lesson in the classroom so they're ready to be displayed on Sunday without needing an Internet connection. The lessons can be scheduled in advance for classrooms and customized.

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The only reason this program is free is because of the generous support from users. If you want to support us to keep this free, please head over to ChurchApps or sponsor us on GitHub. Thank you so much!

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Start Coding

If you'd like to set up the project locally, see our development guide. For this app:

1. Update .env - to point to production or your dev environment.
2. Start React Native - Run npm start to start the React Native server.
3. Install Android App - In Android Studio open the /android folder. Either configure a new Android TV emulator or connect a AndroidTV device and click the run button to install the app.
4. Connect App to React Native - Run adb shell input keyevent 82 to open the developer menu. Go to settings, Debug server host and enter YourIP:8081. Restart the app via Android Studio.

Release build

1. Make sure the environment variables point to the production servers in EnvironmentHelper.ts
2. Increment the version number in android/app/build.gradle
3. Run cd android followed by gradlew bundleRelease to produce the release bundle. (If fails, File->Invalidate Caches in Android Studio)
4. Run cd.. followed by react-native run-android --variant=release to generate an apk file. You can close the node window when it completes.
5. The apk file is located at android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk. Publish it to the Amazon and Google Play stores.

Codepush release

1. Update version number in package.json
2. Run appcenter codepush release-react -a Live-Church-Solutions/LessonsScreen -d Production

Testing on Windows

1. Install Windows Susbystem for Android
2. Intall Amazon App Store for Windows and open it.
3. Run adb connect 127.0.0.1:58526
4. Start the React Native server with npm start
5. In Android Study, select Microsoft... as the device and click Run.
6. Run adb shell input keyevent 82 to open the developer menu. Go to settings, Debug server host and enter YourIP:8081. Restart the app via Android Studio.