Meteor 1.6 Android App HowTo

For Mac OS users -> https://guide.meteor.com/mobile.html#installing-prerequisites

For ubuntu users, these steps bellow worked for me:

Java JDK 8

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt update; sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer

sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default  

KVM

sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils virt-manager

sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd  

you may need to logoff and login again for this to take effect

android studio

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lyzardking/ubuntu-make

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-make

umake android

~/.local/share/umake/android/android-studio/bin/studio.sh

advanced options, install Android virtual device (check all boxes)

choose custom path : ~/Android/Sdk

follow the instructions

when Android Studio is launched, click configure, SDK Manager

find and install Android SDK 25 (SDK + sources) and select all you can in the SDK tools tab (especially the emulator)

if not using zsh, replace .zshrc with .bashrc

echo "# Android SDK Path" >> ~/.zshrc

echo "export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Android/Sdk" >> ~/.zshrc

echo "export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools" >> ~/.zshrc

echo "alias emulator=$ANDROID_HOME/emulator/emulator" >> ~/.zshrc

source ~/.zshrc  

download and extract https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.3-linux.zip

move it to ~/Android/Sdk/tools-25.2.3

On their website, Meteor tell that if you encounter problems with the android tools, you should use the 25.2.3, so change back the PATH value to this: echo "export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools-25.2.3:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools" >> ~/.zshrc

gradle

sudo apt-get install gradle  

meteor

inside the meteor project repository

curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh

meteor add-platform android

meteor run android  

Optionnal:

fix "WARNING: Attempting to install plugin cordova-plugin-statusbar@2.2.1"

inside the meteor project repository

echo "cordova-plugin-statusbar@2.2.3" >> "$(pwd)/.meteor/cordova-plugins"

echo "cordova-plugin-splashscreen@4.0.3" >> "$(pwd)/.meteor/cordova-plugins"  

fix error "Cannot read property 'replace' of undefined"

find .meteor/local/cordova-build/platforms/android/cordova/lib/emulator.js

replace line 202 with var num = target.match(/\d+/)[0];

fix android emulator device freeze or change your avd

After listing your avd, delete it and recreate it

~/Android/Sdk/tools/bin/avdmanager list avd
~/Android/Sdk/tools/bin/avdmanager delete avd -n Nexus_5X_API_27_x86
~/Android/Sdk/tools/bin/avdmanager create avd -n Nexus_5X_API_27_x86 -d 9 -k 'system-images;android-27;google_apis;x86'

Meteor seems to work better if only one avd is present.