** incomplete **

Dependencies

• PHP >7.2 with L5.8's Requirements (extensions)
• Composer + Yarn
• Redis
• Any DB supported by Eloquent
  • MariaDB, Postgres and SQLite should all work just fine
• node-google-play-cli
• aapt (Android Asset Packaging Too)
  • Available standalone on most distros, check your package manager

Installing

• git clone https://github.com/matical/himekawa - Clone the repo
• composer install - Install PHP dependencies
• yarn - Install frontend assets
• yarn run prod - Compile frontend assets
• cp .env.example .env
  • Fill in your secrets here. Fields should be pretty self explanatory.
• php artisan key:generate
• php artisan migrate
• php artisan apk:import - Populates the watch list with apps from resources/apps.json
• Check out the GSF generation guide for filling in the 3 fields.

Scheduler

Two important tasks are scheduler in Laravel's console kernel.

• apk:update, runs every 15 minutes
• apk:prund-old, runs once a day

If nothing goes wrong, this app is basically requires zero intervention. But time hasn't stood still, so GP occasionally breaks stuff.

Example Crontab config

* * * * * php /path/to/project/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1