Sunbird Mobile

Introduction

The Sunbird Mobile app provides mobility to its feature-rich learning platform. It provides learners with the flexibility to learn anywhere, anytime.

Prerequisites

1.To set up Sunbird mobile app, ensure you have installed the following: a) NPM Version - 6.+ b) Node JS Version - 8.+ c) Cordova Version - 8.+ d) Ionic Version - 4.11.2 2. Generate the key and secret for the mobile app user using the JWT token of the mobile admin user. Run the OnboardConsumers Jenkins Job and take the jwt token(JWT token for mobile_admin) from Jenkins Output.

Generating Secret: Execute the listed API to generate the key and secret for the mobile app:

curl -X POST \ <your-sunbird-base-url>/api/api-manager/v1/consumer/mobile_app/credential/register \ -H ‘authorization: Bearer <mobile_admin_jwt_token_from_jenkins_job_output>’ \ -H ‘content-type: application/json’ \ -d ‘{ “request”: { “key”: “<implementation-name>-mobile-app- <version-number>” } }’

Response body:

{“result”:{“key”:”<implementation-name>-mobile-app-<version-number>”,”secret”:”<secret>”}}

Use the key and secret from the response given for MOBILE_APP_KEY and MOBILE_APP_SECRET configuration in respective environments in gradle.properties file. Example:

dev_mobile_app_key = “<implementation-name>-mobile-app-<version-number>” dev_mobile_app_secret = “<secret>“

Producer Key

Replace the producer id PRODUCER_ID for respective environments in sunbird.properties.

Fabric credentials:

Replace release_fabric_api_key in sunbird.properties with your fabric API Key. Create an account in fabric.io and register in the app to get the API key.

Set up mobile app workspace from Git Repository

Sunbird mobile app can be built from the main source code which is available at SunbirdEd-mobile-app.

• Clone the SunbirdEd-mobile-app repo

• Customising App Configuration - sample.sunbird.properties file is located inside SunbirdEd-mobile-app > buildConfig folder. This has to be renamed to sunbird.properties and appropriate values should be provided.

• Package the framework and form data.

• go to project folder and run ./build.sh

Customising App Configuration

Instance admin of Sunbird adopters can configure various aspects of the Sunbird mobile app based on the requirement of the the organization. The admin are able to configure various aspects such as:

• App name

• App logo

• Login/Guest page to new users

• Sign in footer card on the app

• Onboarding cards

• Categories in the profile page

S NO.	VARIABLE NAME	DESCRIPTION	PURPOSE	DEFAULT VALUE
1	dev_app_id/staging_app_id/production_app_id	The app ID in the SunbirdEd-mobile-app/buildConfig/sunbird.properties file with the implementation-specific application ID	To change the app ID	appId: “org.sunbird.app”
2	app name	Navigate to the SunbirdEd-mobile-app/config.xml file and enter the required app name	To change the app name
3	app logo	Navigate to SunbirdEd-mobile-app/resources/android/icon	Replace the ic_launcher.png image with your desired logo in all the mipmap and drawable folders. The logo name should be drawable-ldpi-icon.png	To change the app logo
4	splash image	Navigate to SunbirdEd-mobile-app/resources/android/splash	Replace the drawable-ldpi-icon.png, drawable-hdpi-icon.png, drawable-xhdpi-icon.png image with your desired image.	To change the splash image
5	app	Set the configuration variable in the SunbirdEd-mobile-app repo file in the buildConfig folder
6	app version code	Version code for the app release	To customize the end points in the app	Replace redirect base url REDIRECT_BASE_URL and all other base urls with your respective domain name in sunbird.properties
7	deep link schema	This plugin handles deeplinks on iOS and Android for both custom URL scheme links and Universal App Links. Deep link schema can be changed from sunbird.properties	Change the “dev_deeplink_base_url = dev.open-sunbird.org” to the required name
8	display_onboarding_page	set the configuration variable inside the SunbirdEd-mobile-app repo inside buildConfig folder	to display the onboarding page	false
9	display_signin_footer_card_in_course_tab_for_teacher	set the display_signin_footer_card_in_course_tab_for_teachervariable as true in sunbird.properties file	to show the sign-in footer in the course tab for teachers	false
10	display_signin_footer_card_in_library_tab_for_teacher	Set the display_signin_footer_card_in_library_tab_for_teacher variable true in sunbird.properties file	to show the sign-in footer in the library tab for teachers	false
11	display_signin_footer_card_in_profile_tab_for_teacher	Set the display_signin_footer_card_in_profile_tab_for_teacheras true in sunbird.properties file	to show the sign-in footer in the profile tab for teachers	false
12	display_signin_footer_card_in_profile_tab_for_student	Set the display_signin_footer_card_in_profile_tab_for_studentas true in sunbird.properties file	to show the sign-in footer in the profile tab for students	false
13	display_signin_footer_card_in_library_tab_for_student	Set the display_signin_footer_card_in_library_tab_for_studentas true in sunbird.properties file	to show the sign-in footer in the profile tab for students	false
14	display_onboarding_card	set the display__onboarding_cards as true in sunbird.properties file	to display the guest/login page	false
15	display_framework_categories_in_profile	set the display_framework_categories_in_profile variable as true in sunbird.properties file	to display categories in the guest/login page	false
16	track_user_telemetry	Variable used to track user telemetry.	Used to track telemetry that is missing at the device level so as to generate greater usage context within the instance. Set the variable as true in the sunbird.properties file to enable tracking.	false
17	content_streaming_enabled	Variable used to enable content streaming	Used to enable content streaming. Set the variable as true in the sunbird.properties file to enable content streaming	false
18	open_rapdiscovery_enabled	Variable used to enable OPENRAP discovery	Used to enable OPENRAP discovery. Set the variable as true in the sunbird.properties file to enable OPENRAP discovery	false
19	display_onboarding_category_page	Variable used to enable onboarding category selection page	Used to onboarding category selection page in the onboarding process. Set the variable as true in the sunbird.properties file to enable onboarding category selection page.	false
20	display_onboarding_scan_page	Variable used to enable onboarding scan page.	Used to enable onboarding scan page in the onboarding process. Set the variable as true in the sunbird.properties file to onboarding scan page	false
21	support_email	Variable used to set	Used to set the support email id. Set the variable as <valid_email_id> in the sunbird.properties file to set support email id	<valid_email_id>
22	dev_custom_scheme/staging_custom_scheme/production_custom_scheme	Scheme used to redrirect chrome custom tab back to mobile app		“org.sunbird.app”

Packaging Framework and Form Data

Sunbird mobile app supports configuration of the app framework to enable offline usage of the app. To configure the app framework, adopter needs to package the channel for the respective framework. Details of the file naming convention and folder location are given below:

S NO.	FOLDER	FILE NAME	PURPOSE
1	buildConfig/data/framework	framework-<FRAMEWORK_IDENTIFIER<.json	To package the channel for the respective framework. Same framework must be listed in the channel’s suggestedFramework list
2	buildConfig/data/channel	channel-<CHANNEL_IDENTIFIER>.json	To package the channel. To support offline usage custodianOrgId channel must be included in the bundle
3	buildConfig/data/form	pageassemble_course_filter.json	Page assemble filter for course
4	buildConfig/data/form	pageassemble_library_filter.json	Page assemble filter for library
5	buildConfig/data/system	<system-setting-custodianOrgId>.json	custodianOrgId channelid for the mobile app
6	buildConfig/data/system	system-setting-courseFrameworkId.json	courseFrameworkId for the TPD workflow
7	buildConfig/data/notificationconfig	local_notofocation_config.json	Configuration for local Notification setup in mobile

Installing the Mobile Application

1.Create a workspace (Folder Hierarchy) and clone the Git repositories into this folder

2.Execute the instructions mentioned for each cloned repository

3.Open terminal and change the directory to “SunbirdEd-mobile-app”

4.Add one device to the system

5.Run the command- $ ionic cordova run android

Generate Multiple Sunbird Apps

As a Sunbird instance owner, owner should be able to generate multiple apps for multiple environments(dev/qa/production) so that user can use all the apps simultaneously. For each app, user should be able to have different content stores (on the local device), fire telemetry from separate app identifiers and upload to playstore (if need be).

Configuration

Instance admin of Sunbird adopters can configure the appId in the following way to acheive the functionality

• dev_app_id = org.sample.app.dev

• staging_app_id = org.sample.app.staging

• production_app_id = org.sample.app