I worked on this project during my last year at the university of Waterloo. This was hacked together in many ways, and does not exactly adhere to a scalable design.

Setup

1. Clone this repo
2. Setup & install react native environment: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup
3. Install dependancies:
   1. pyhton3 -m pip install -r frontend/requirements.txt
   2. pyhton3 -m pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
4. Install ffmpeg system library
   1. brew install ffmpeg
5. Startup backend server
   1. cd backend
   2. ./run.sh
6. Startup fe_upload server
   1. cd frontend
   2. python3 fe_upload.py
7. In a separate terminal start Metro from the frontend folder by running npx react-native start
8. In a separate terminal run npx react-native run-ios from the frontend folder to run the AnyTalk App

Common Errors when trying npx react-native run-ios

0. missing gcp creds.

• ... Set up a gcp account with appropriate auth scopes, and add it to a json, save it in the FE folder

2. error Failed to load configuration of your project.

• run npm install --force in root of project

2. error Failed to build iOS project. ran "xcodebuild" command but it exited with error code 65

• cd into frontend/ios folder
• run pod install

3. Some other error we don't remember

• XCode > Preferences > Locations > Click the dropdown next to "Command Line Tools" and select the same version the mac should prompt for password or fingerprint

4. Invalid Podfile file: cannot load such file -- /myPath/node_modules/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods

• cd frontend
• run npm audit fix
• cd ios
• run pod install

5. Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64

• rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/*
• cd ios
• pod install
• restart metro and rebuild app