Android Studio

Change App Name

<string> string name="app_name"> bCard </string>

Change the Package Name

1. In the Project panel on the left side, click on the little gear icon.
2. Uncheck the Compact Empty Middle Packages option.
   
   
   
3. Your package directory will get broken up into single directories, you will have to select each directory you want to rename and do these steps for each one:
   • Right-click on it
   • Select Refactor
   • Click Rename
   • In the Pop-up dialog, click on Rename Package - DO NOT click Rename Directory!
   • Enter a new name and click Refactor
   • Android Studio will update the changes, it may take up to 30 seconds, usually less, just wait for AS to be done.
   When renaming a com directory, Android Studio might show a warning. In this case, select Rename All.
   
   
   
   In case you have integrated Firebase in your project (for Firebase Cloud Messaging or other services), you must also change the "package_name" string into the google-services.json file accordingly to the new package name you've just set in Android Studio, as shown the the picture below.
   NOTE: The google-services.json file is usually located in the app folder of your project folder.
   
   
   
4. Open build.gradle in Android Studio and rename the applicationId string into your new full package name, then click Sync Now on the top-right corner, it's usually highlighted by a yellow bar.
5. Wait for build.gradle to be done. if it doens't print any error in the Android Studio console, then you've successfully renamed your package name.




Reskin the app/change icons

This project has .xml files - stored into the res/layout folder - where you can edit all Views, Buttons texts, TextView's strings and all views positions, font colors, size, etc.
Alert messages are located in the code, they can be edited only in the .java files.




Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Select the tou.html file form the assets folder in Android Studio and edit it accordingly to your own Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Also replace the APP_NAME words with the new name you assigned to your App.
Please also pay attention to this line:
"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]

There are a few identical lines like that in the tou.html file, so you must replace [email protected] with a valid email adress where people can contact you for any question, feedback or in case they want to delete their account.




Delete a User's account upon request

Accordingly to GDPR Terms, you have 24 hours to delete an account after receiving a deletion request. In order for you to delete an account, you first need to identify the user's row in the User class of your Parse Dashboard, keep a note of its objectId value, select that row and click Edit -> Delete this row.
Then, just search for that objectId value you've previously noted in all the other Classes of your database, check out all the rows until you'll find that objectId and delete it - this is in case it appears into some Array-type columns.

The strings.xml file

App Name

<string> string name="app_name"> bCards </string>

The Configurations.java file

Parse Server Keys

    public static String PARSE_APP_ID = "K7SCPO9S6zywk3DMoEskABkJCOOWNkwx6Lfew2hy";
    public static String PARSE_CLIENT_KEY = "kC36ZLG7UWs31cPpLUN3M8RkS6K6BK544MFYm3hD";

Custom colors

    public static String MAIN_COLOR =  "#f54b8f";
    public static String LIGHT_GREY = "#FFF8F8F8";
    public static String GREY = "#bababa"

Custom fonts

public static Typeface osBold, osSemibold, osRegular, osExtraBold, osLight, osItalic;

    osSemibold = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"font/OpenSans-Semibold.ttf");
    osRegular = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"font/OpenSans-Regular.ttf");
    osExtraBold = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"font/OpenSans-ExtraBold.ttf");
    osLight = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"font/OpenSans-Light.ttf");
    osItalic = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"font/OpenSans-Italic.ttf");

public static Typeface osBold, osSemibold, osRegular, osExtraBold, osLight, osItalic, hBold;

hBold = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"font/helvetica-Bold.ttf");

Admin email address

    public static String ADMIN_EMAIL_ADDRESS = "[email protected]";

URL path of the PHP files

    public static String PATH_TO_MAIL_PHP_FILE = "http://xscoder.com/zstore/"

Default Currency Code

    public static String CURRENCY_CODE = "USD";

Default Delivery price

    public static double DELIVERY_PRICE =  7.90;

Default estimated delivery days

    public static int DEFAULT_ESTIMATED_DELIVERY_DAYS =  2;

Courier tracking URL

    public static String COURIER_TRACKING_URL = "https://www.dhl.it/en/express/tracking.html";

Merchant Name

    public static String MERCHANT_NAME = "Z Store Inc."

Parse Dashboard Classes and Utility functions

1. Login into your PayPal developer Dashboard with your Paypal credentials at https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/
   
   
2. Click Accounts in the SANDBOX section and then click Create Account
   
   
3. Fill all the required fileds in the Create Sandbox Account page as you wish, just remember to put a fake email address in the Email Address filed and to select Business (Merchant Account) option.
   Click the Create account button when you're done.
   
   
4. Braintree Sandbox account: Go to https://sandbox.braintreegateway.com/ and Create your Sandbox account
   Once you have signed up and verified your account, enter the Dashboard and click on Settings -> API Keys
   Click on the Generate New Tokenization key button, and once the website has generated it, copy that Key and use it to replace the string in this variable into Configurations.java:

      public static String SANDBOX_TOKENIZATION_KEY = "sandbox_3js4q98q_9jt3psrv9f6x3c6n"; 
   

   
   
   
   
5. Braintree Production account: Go to https://www.braintreegateway.com/ and create your Production account
   Once you have signed up and verified your account, enter the Dashboard and click on Settings -> API Keys
   Click on the Generate New Tokenization key button, and once the website has generated it, copy that Key and use it to replace the string in this variable into Configurations.java:

      public static String PRODUCTION_TOKENIZATION_KEY = "production_xzxnzz7k_ytspsp9gbgwj8bz9";
   

   
   
   
   

   public static String tokenizationKey = PRODUCTION_TOKENIZATION_KEY;

1. Unless you already have an account on back4app.com, create one - it's FREE!
2. Enter My Apps and click on Build new app:
   
   
3. Type your App name and click CREATE:
   
   
4. Wait for the website to create your app - it'll take just a few seconds - then you'll be redirected to the Dashboard (the database interface, which looks like an Excel file):
   
   You'll see it empty, but don't worry, it'll get data while you'll start using your template.
   
   
5. Click on Server Settings from the left side menu:
   
   
6. Click on SETTINGS in the Core Settings box:
   
   
7. In the following page, you'll have to copy the App Id and Client Key, and replace the strings into Configurations.java - as mentioned already in the Quick Start section of this guide:
   
   

       public static String PARSE_APP_ID = "pwkmVrsiHTp2wN3q3UXUBiOwiE5C31atCq2CihPy"
       public static String PARSE_CLIENT_KEY = "ugVWfJTY4azulDWoXmHVnkHkidlDzw6koSzrEVha"
   

   
   
   
8. Click the BACK button on the bottom of the page to go back to your App Dashboard, then click SETTINGS in the Cloud Code box:
   
   
9. Click on + ADD and navigate to the folder you've downloaded from codecanyon in order to upload the main.js file to back4app.
   Once main.js has been uploaded in this section, you can check it out by simply clicking its name from the cloud directory - if you can see its code in the blue area on the right side, it means the upload has been successful.
   Click the DEPLOY button and wait for a success alert, then go back to your App Dashboard by clicking Server Settings from the left side menu.
   
   
   main.js is a Javascript file that is absolutely useful for this app, since it allows it to perform some custom functions, so don't forget to upload it into the Clod Code section ;)
10. Good job, your app is now connected to your own database and you can finally run and test it.
    As explained in the Quick Start section of this guide, you should shortly get an alert after running the app for the first time that warns you that the Categories and Products classes have been created.
    
    Enter the awesome Parse Dashboard and check your database out.
    
    
    PLEASE NOTE: If you already bought the iOS verison of this template, you don't need to create a new Parse App, nor upload the main.js file in the Cloud Code section.
    Just add the App ID and Client Key strings into Configurations.java and you'll be fine.
    The power of Parse Server is that you do not have to manually create tables and columns in the database - like you would have to do in MySQL - because the SDK will automatically create Classes and columns in your Parse Dashboard while using the template!

ADD CATEGORIES AND PRODUCTS IN THE DATABASE

1. Go to adminca.com and Sign up for a FREE account - it's FOREVER FREE, so don't worry and go ahead.
2. Watch this video to learn how to setup your own Admin panel and edit/add data:

1. Enter your Facebook Developer page at https://developers.facebook.com/apps/
2. Click + Add a New App
   
   
3. Type the name of your app and your contact email address in the popup window that just showed up.
   
   
4. Click the Create App ID button and pass the Security check that Facebook will promt out.
   After that, the browser will show your Apps Dashboard.
   
   
5. Click on Settings -> Basic in the left-side menu.
   
6. In the Privacy Policy URL type your website's URL.
   If you don't have any Privacy policy page loaded in your own server or website, don't worry about it, you may either create one and upload it to a free hosting server like 000webhost.com or just place any URL, even "http://example.com/", is ok, Facebook staff doesn't make ay check for it yet. of course it would be good to create and upload a Privacy Policy HTML or PHP page someday in your own server and change that URL with the one of your page :)
7. Select a Category, upload a 1024x1024px or 512x512px app icon image and click Save Changes on the bottom of the page.
   Ignore the Business Use and Data Protection Officer Contact Information sections in case you're not doing any business in Europe (this is intended for companies, not indiviual developers or people).
   
   
8. Scoll down and click + Add Platform, then select Android:
   
   
9. Copy the package name you have set before in Android Studio and paste it in the Google Play Package Name box of the Android section.
   Type Intro in the Class Name box.
   Go back to Android Studio and run your app. You have to be logged out the app in order to enter the Intro screen and check your Logcat. You should see a message like this:

       I/log-: HASH KEY TO COPY: U05jRHlAyYvJZCAuPfKI+/l6fzQ=
   

   
   You have to copy only the U05jRHlAyYvJZCAuPfKI+/l6fzQ= part and paste it into the Key Hashes box.
   Lastly, switch Single Sign On option to Yes and click the Save Changes button on the bottom of the page.
   
   
10. Click the OFF switch on the top-right corner of the page.
    Click the Confirm button in the alert that shows up - you can ignore its message, the Facebook Login will still work in your template:
    
    
11. Now go back to your App Dashboard on back4app, scroll down and click SETTINGS in the Facebook Login box:
    
    
12. Paste your Facebook App ID in the text box and click the + button to add it to your Parse App.
    
    
13. Enter the strings.xml file in Android Studio - it's inside the res/values fodler - and replace the facebook_app_id value with your own Facebook App ID - you can copy it by clicking on the APP ID on the top of the screen:
    
    Into strings.xml:

    <string name="facebook_app_id">228126361127891</string>    
    

    
    
    
14. Great, you're done with the Facebook Login settings!

1. Login into your Firebase account and click on + Add project.
   
   
2. In the popup window that will show up, enter your app name.
   Select the country where you live in.
   Check the Use the default settings for sharing Google Analytics for Firebase data option.
   Check the I accept the controller-controller terms option as well.
   Then click Create project
   
   
3. When Firebase has created your project, click Continue.
   On the top-left corner of the page, next to Project Overview, click the gear icon and select Project settings from the menu.
   
   
4. In the Settings page, click the Cloud Messaging tab, here's where you can copy the Sender ID and Server Key.
   
   
5. Enter your App Dashboard on back4app and click on SETTINGS in the Android Push notification box:
   
   
6. Click Edit, paste your Sender ID in the GCM Sender ID box and your Server key in the API key box.
   Lastly click the Next button:
   
   
   
   
7. It's now time to go back to your Android Studio project and open AndroidManifest.xml by selecting it from the files menu list on the left panel - it's in the manifests folder.
   You will see a few comments like this:

       IMPORTANT: REPLACE "com.xscoder.penpals" WITH YOUR OWN PACKAGE NAME 
   

   
   Just do what they say, which means that you have to replace the original package name with your new one (I assume you already changed the package name, but in case you haven't done that yet, do it now, then keep reading).
   
   Then, you'll have to replace the demo GCM Sender ID string with your new one from your Firebase project, so find that line with this comment:

       IMPORTANT: Replace "191162618244" with your own GCM Sender Id. 
   

   
   and just replace the Sender ID in this line:

       android:value="id:191162618244"/>
   

   
   
   
8. You must also replace the Sender ID into Home.java as well, so open that file, find the following code into the onStart() function and replace the Sender ID string:

       installation.put("GCMSenderId", "191162618244");
   

   
   
   
9. You're now all set with Android Push Notifications!
   
   Now, as the Admin of the app, you can send Push Notifications messages to all registered users by using the Push console in your back4app's Parse Dashboard:
   
   All those users who have allowed Push Notifications in their devidces and have the app open or in background, will receive your Push messages.
   
   
   If you already signed up with some test users in your app - so you've ran the app before doing these Push Notifications configuration steps - then you will have to sign up as a couple of new test users and run the app again in order to test Push Notifications. This is because the previous test users you created have not been registered in the Installation Class in your Parse Dashboard. That's the Parse Server's Class that handles Push and it needs to have the ID of users who allowed Push Notifications on their devices at app startup.

Parse Server hosted on back4app

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