materialious/docs/BUILDING.md

Building

Web Deployment (via Docker)

Materialious supports web deployment through Docker.

• The build process starts with the Dockerfile.
• Placeholder environment variables are injected into a .env file, which are later replaced by the replace_env_vars.sh script.
• The application is served using NGINX, configured with nginx.conf.
• Deployment and building are handled via docker/build-push-action@v5 using the workflow defined in prod-web.yml.

Desktop Release (via GitHub Releases)

Materialious desktop builds are handled through GitHub using prod-desktop.yml.

• First, the typical build steps are run: npm install and npm run build.
• We utilize Capacitor with @capacitor-community/electron to integrate Electron into the project. The command npx cap sync @capacitor-community/electron is used to synchronize the latest build.
• The patch_capacitor_plugin.py script removes the Capacitor-NodeJS plugin from the desktop build, as it's not required and currently has no better alternative.
• From here, the process follows standard electron-builder steps to complete the build.

Desktop Release (via Flathub)

• After all workflows have completed, the prod-flatpak workflow runs.
• It downloads the AMD and ARM packages from the latest release.
• It computes SHA-256 hashes for both packages.
• It inserts the hashes into the Flatpak manifest.
• It automatically opens a pull request on our Flathub repository.

Android Release

Android builds are handled using the workflow prod-android.yml.

• After running the standard npm install and npm run build commands, we install the modules located in nodejsAndroid/ for Capacitor-NodeJS.
• The npx cap sync command is used to synchronize with Capacitor.
• The Android build is processed using setup-java, followed by signing the APK with sign-android-release.