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Build Canvas Android apps (Student, Teacher, Parent) using Gradle. Use when user mentions building, compiling, assembling, or making the app. Provides commands for dev, qa, and prod build variants.
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- Build Canvas Android apps (Student, Teacher, Parent) using Gradle. Use when user mentions building, compiling, assembling, or making the app. Provides commands for dev, qa, and prod build variants.
# Build Canvas Android Apps
Build the Canvas Android apps (Student, Teacher, Parent) using Gradle.
## Build Location
All build commands must be run from the repository root (`canvas-android/`), not the `apps/` directory.
## Build Commands
### Build Individual Apps
Build a specific app in the dev debug variant:
```bash
# Build Student app
./gradle/gradlew -p apps :student:assembleDevDebug
# Build Teacher app
./gradle/gradlew -p apps :teacher:assembleDevDebug
# Build Parent app
./gradle/gradlew -p apps :parent:assembleDevDebug
```
### Build All Apps
Build all three apps at once:
```bash
./gradle/gradlew -p apps assembleAllApps
```
### Clean Build
Remove build artifacts before building:
```bash
./gradle/gradlew -p apps clean
```
## Build Variants
- **Flavors**: `dev`, `qa`, `prod`
- **Types**: `debug`, `debugMinify`, `release`
- **Common variants**:
- `devDebug` - for development
- `qaDebug` - for testing
## Examples
Build Teacher app for QA testing:
```bash
./gradle/gradlew -p apps :teacher:assembleQaDebug
```
Clean and rebuild Student app:
```bash
./gradle/gradlew -p apps clean :student:assembleDevDebug
```
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