scratchy/nativescript-cli repository overview

⁠nativescript-cli

This repo includes nativescript running on ubuntu-20.04 LTS.

It includes the Android SDK 30 and latest node.js v14.17.0.

It allows you with a single command to build your entire nativescript application for android.

Perfect for CI environments like jenkins or bitbucket pipelines.

⁠Reproducability

For reproducible builds I added version branches / tags on docker hub.

Tag 20.04-14.17.0-8.0.2-30.0.3

Is creating a Docker container with

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Node.js v14.17.0
• Nativescript CLI 8.0.2
• Android SDK 30.0.3

If you need more version combinations just create PRs on Bitbucket

⁠Running android with version/20.04-14.17.0-8.0.2-30.0.3

docker run -v $(pwd):/app -it scratchy/nativescript-cli:20.04-14.17.0-8.0.2-30.0.3 bash -c "cd /app && tns build android"

⁠Visual Studio Code devcontainer Usage

This image can be used for developing nativescript apps in a consistent environment, rather than installing nativescript on your local machine. Follow the standard steps for using a devcontainer, and use a devcontainer.json file similar to this:

{
    "name": "Sample Visual Studio Code Nativescript devcontainer.json configuration",
    "image": "scratchy/nativescript-cli:20.04-14.17.0-8.0.2-30.0.3"
    # Instead of "image", use "dockerFile": "<path to Dockerfile>",
    "settings": {
        "terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash"
    },
    "remoteUser": "tnsuser",
    "mounts": [
        "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/Cache/.gradle,target=/home/tnsuser/.gradle,type=bind"
    ],
    "runArgs": [
        "--privileged",
        "-v",
        "/dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb"
    ]
}

Notes:

• If you use a Dockerfile, it should start with FROM scratchy/nativescript-cli:20.04-14.17.0-8.0.2-30.0.3 and then add customizations
• The image is about 2.5 GB, so it will take a long time for Visual Studio to start up the first time (however the image will be cached for future runs)
• This will cache downloaded gradle files (make sure ${localWorkspaceFolder}/Cache/.gradle is in .gitignore)
• This will allow communication with physical Android phones (on a linux machine)