Mobile: Build and connect to self-hosted server

The up to date instructions to build the mobile apps are in the Ente Photos and Ente Auth READMEs. When building or running, you can use the

--dart-define=endpoint=http://localhost:8080

parameter to get these builds to connect to your custom self-hosted server.

As a short summary, you can install Flutter and build the Photos app this way:

cd ente/mobile
git submodule update --init --recursive
flutter pub get
# Android
flutter run --dart-define=endpoint=http://localhost:8080 --flavor independent --debug -t lib/main.dart
# iOS
flutter run --dart-define=endpoint=http://localhost:8080

Or for the auth app:

cd ente/auth
git submodule update --init --recursive
flutter pub get
flutter run --dart-define=endpoint=http://localhost:8080
# Android
flutter run --dart-define=endpoint=http://localhost:8080 --flavor independent --debug -t lib/main.dart
# iOS
flutter run --dart-define=endpoint=http://localhost:8080

How to build non-debug builds

For building APK, setup your keystore and run

flutter build apk --release --flavor independent -t lib/main.dart