Run Mobile App

Instructions

To run the mobile app, create ./mobile/.env file with the following content:

BC_API_HOST=https://bookcars.com:4002
BC_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=en
BC_PAGE_SIZE=20
BC_CARS_PAGE_SIZE=8
BC_BOOKINGS_PAGE_SIZE=8
BC_CDN_USERS=https://bookcars.com/cdn/bookcars/users
BC_CDN_CARS=https://bookcars.com/cdn/bookcars/cars
BC_COMAPANY_IMAGE_WIDTH=60
BC_COMAPANY_IMAGE_HEIGHT=30
BC_CAR_IMAGE_WIDTH=300
BC_CAR_IMAGE_HEIGHT=200
BC_APP_TYPE=frontend
BC_MINIMUM_AGE=21

Set the following options:

BC_API_HOST=https://bookcars.com:4002
BC_CDN_USERS=https://bookcars.com/cdn/bookcars/users
BC_CDN_CARS=https://bookcars.com/cdn/bookcars/cars

Replace https://bookcars.com with an IP, hostname or FQDN.

Install the demo database by following these instructions.

Configure http://localhost/cdn

• On Windows, install IIS and create C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cdn\bookcars folder.
• On Linux, install NGINX and add cdn folder by changing /etc/nginx/sites-available/default as follows:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    server_name _;
    
    ...

    location /cdn {
      alias /var/www/cdn;
    }
}

Configure ./api by following these instructions.

Run ./api with the following command:

cd ./api
npm run dev

Run the mobile app by simply installing Expo app on your device from App Store/Play Store and running the following commands from ./mobile folder:

cd ./mobile
yarn install
yarn start

Open Expo app on your device and scan the QR code to run BookCars mobile app.

Push Notifications

If you want to enable BookCars push notifications, Download google-services.json file and place it in ./mobile root directory for push notifications. Its path can be configured from ./mobile/app.json configuration file through googleServicesFile setting option.