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Building

This document explains how to build Phoenix for iOS or for Android. Phoenix is a Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile application. It can run on many different platforms, including mobile devices (iOS and Android).

Note: that the legacy Android app is now a library within a new Android app. To build the old versions of this app, checkout one of the android-legacy-vXX tags, and follow the build instructions.

Requirements

You'll need to install the following:

  • Xcode: if you build the iOS app.
  • Android Studio: if you want to build the Android app. Android Studio is also the recommended IDE if you want to contribute to the phoenix-shared module, which contains shared code between iOS and Android. We recommend installing it even if you're only working on the iOS app.

Build lightning-kmp

Phoenix is an actual lightning node running on your phone. It contains much of the bitcoin/lightning protocol. For that, Phoenix relies on the lightning-kmp library. Tags of this library are released on public maven repository, but this repository may from time to time use a SNAPSHOT development version.

When that happens, you will have to build this library yourself on your local machine. To do that, follow those instructions.

Build the application

Start by cloning the repository locally:

git clone git@github.com:ACINQ/phoenix.git
cd phoenix

The phoenix-legacy module

This module contains an older version of the Android application. This version is now an AAR, that is a Android library (and not a standalone application). It is embedded within the new phoenix-android app and must be built if you want to run the Android application.

Follow those instructions to build the legacy app.

Note:

  • in the future, the legacy app code will be removed and the modern Android app won't have this dependency anymore.
  • iOS developers who don't need the Android app and wish to save time can do so by skipping the Android app altogether.

The phoenix-shared module

This module is where Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile is used. The code written in Kotlin is shared between the Android and the iOS application. It contains common logic, such as the database queries, or the MVI controllers. Development on this module should be done with Android Studio.

You do not need to run a command to build this module. It will be built automatically whether you're building the Android or the iOS app:

  • the phoenix-android module has a direct gradle dependency to this module, so Android Studio will build it automatically when building the Android app.

  • when building the iOS app, XCode will automatically call this command:

./gradlew :phoenix-shared:packForXCode -PXCODE_CONFIGURATION=Debug -PXCODE_PLATFORM_NAME=iphoneos -PskipAndroid=true

which will generate the required phoenix-ios-framework used by iOS.

Skipping the Android app

If you are only interested in the iOS application, create a local.properties file at the root of the project, and add the following line:

skip.android=true

Building the iOS app

Open XCode, then open the phoenix-ios project. Once the project is properly imported, click on Product > Build.

If the project builds successfully, you can then run it on a device or an emulator.

Building the Android app

Open the entire phoenix project in Android Studio, then build the phoenix-android application.

Troubleshooting

Lightning-kmp versions

Make sure that the lightning-kmp version that phoenix depends on is the same that the lightning-kmp version you are building. Your local lightning-kmp repository may not be pointing to the version that phoenix-android requires.

Phoenix defines its lightning-kmp version in buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt, through the val lightningKmp = "xxx" field.

If this value is snapshot it means that the current phoenix master branch is using a development version of this library. In that case, there may be API changes in lightning-kmp which are not yet supported here.