Photon

Wireless connection between smartphones using light.

Local Development

Installation

• Install Java Development Kit

  $ sudo apt-get remove --purge openjdk*
  $ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java
  $ sudo apt-get update
  $ sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java8-installer
  

• To verify that java is installed, run

  $ java -version
  
  java version "1.8.0_31"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_31-b13)
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.31-b07, mixed mode)
  

• Download Android Studio.

• Extract the zip.

• Inside the folder, navigate to bin/ and open a terminal there.

• Run this command

  ./studio.sh
  

• A setup window should appear. Follow the instructions.

Development

• Clone the repo

  git clone https://github.com/amitness/photon
  

• In Android studio, select Open Existing Project and point to the location where you cloned the repo.

• The build should start.

Testing

• Builds are automatically tested through continuous integration using Travis.
• Unit tests and instrumentation tests are automatically run on each build.

Authors

• Amit Chaudhary | Ashish Ghimire | Ashwin Neupane | Kiran Koirala

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details