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@ -16,16 +16,21 @@ If you start working on an issue, leave a comment to let others know. It is
also a good idea to outline your approach to the problem in order to get
feedback.
## Installation
* Clone the repo
* Open Chrome
* Go to chrome://extensions/
* Enable developer mode (checkbox on the top right)
* Click "Load unpacked extension..."
* Point to the repo directory
## Developer Setup
``
npm install # install dependencies
npm start # run
``
Some features, such as native notifications, will not work locally until you
package for your platform:
```
npm run pack-staging # build a packaged app dir in ./dist
```
```
npm run dist-staging # build installer (.dmg, .exe, or .deb)
```
For development, you should always be using the staging server.
Registrations on the staging server are completely partitioned from the
@ -33,8 +38,7 @@ production server that the mobile apps use. A production app from the Play
store or iTunes is hard-coded to connect to the production server. If you wish
to pair your phone and computer, or test sending between the browser and
mobile, **you must build a mobile client that targets the staging server**
(see below, under
[Linking](#linking)).
(see below, under [Linking](#linking)).
## Linking
@ -42,7 +46,6 @@ mobile, **you must build a mobile client that targets the staging server**
0. Build Signal for Android or iOS from source, and point its TextSecure service URL to `textsecure-service-staging.whispersystems.org`:
- **on Android:** Replace the `SIGNAL_URL` value in [build.gradle](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/blob/master/build.gradle)
- **on iOS:** Replace the `textSecureServerURL` value in `TSConstants.h`(located in the SignalServiceKit pod)
This task is 1% search and replace, 99% setting up your build environment. Instructions are available for both
the [Android](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/blob/master/BUILDING.md)
and [iOS](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS/blob/master/BUILDING.md) projects.