SharkNet setup guide for developer

Prerequisites

• Install IntelliJ IDEA and activate a free premium account if you are a student
• Install Android Studio
• A smartphone with Android 4.4 or higher

Setting Up SharkNet

• Open IntelliJ and checkout the SharkFW project (NOT SharkNet!)
• In IntelliJ click View -> Tool Windows -> Maven Projects
• Within the now opened Maven Projects Explorer, click on the Drop-down list "sharkfw-core", then click on "install" and then on the green arrow. This will install SharkFW to the local maven repository:
• Open Android Studio and checkout the SharkNet project
• Open a command prompt and navigate to the in step 4 ceated folder of SharkNet
• Type and execute the following command: git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
• Switch back to Android Studio, click on View -> Tool Windows -> Gradle
• Within the now opened Gradle Explorer, click on the Drop-down list "SharkNet", then click on "Tasks", then click on "install", then double-click on "installDebug":
• You should now be able to run the project (Run ‘app‘)

Setting up your mobile phone

• It is advisable to test the SharkNet App with one or multiple mobile phones. Emulators are not quite suitable for SharkNet
• Go to the run configurations -> General -> switch Target to Open Select Deployment Target Dialog (and later to the option USB Device)
• Follow these instructions

Inspecting the SQL databases of the app

• Install the app on two or more devices
• Enable Bluetooth on all devices
• Create a new account and search for other chat partners via the „+“ button
• Send multiple messages to the chat partner
• Check if the other partner received the messages
• Connect your mobile phone with a PC
• Create a .bat file with the content: „adb pull /sdcard/Android/data/net.sharksystem.sharknet/files“
• Move the .bat to a location where the SQLite databases shall be stored
• Install SQLite Studio: https://sqlitestudio.pl/index.rvt
• Execute the .bat
• Open the new ceated files folder, after that open the chats folder
• Open the .db file with SQliteStudio, choose the .db file which includes the nicknames of you and your chatpartner, e.g. DustinFMichaelS1503514403815.db
• You can now inspect your sent and received messages inside the knowledge table