Audiobookshelf Mobile App

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server.

Android (beta)

Get the Android app on the Google Play Store

iOS (early beta)

Beta is currently full. Apple has a hard limit of 10k beta testers. Updates will be posted in Discord/Matrix.

Using Test Flight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/wiic7QIW (beta is full)

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Go to the main project repo github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf or the project site audiobookshelf.org

Join us on discord or Matrix

Requires an Audiobookshelf server to connect with

Contributing

This application is built using NuxtJS and Capacitor in order to run on both iOS and Android on the same code base.

Windows Environment Setup for Android

Required Software:

• Git
• Node.js (version 20)
• Code editor of choice(VSCode, etc)
• Android Studio
• Android SDK

Install the required software with winget

Note: This requires a PowerShell prompt with winget installed. You should be able to copy and paste the code block to install. If you use an elevated PowerShell prompt, UAC will not pop up during the installs.

winget install -e --id Git.Git; `
winget install -e --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode; `
winget install -e --id  Google.AndroidStudio; `
winget install -e --id OpenJS.NodeJS --version 20.11.0;

Your Windows environment should now be set up and ready to proceed!

Mac Environment Setup for Android

Required Software:

• Android Studio
• Node.js (version 20)
• Cocoapods
• Android SDK

Install the required software with homebrew

brew install android-studio node cocoapods

Start working on the Android app

Clone or fork the project from terminal or powershell and cd into the project directory.

Install the required node packages:

npm install

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Generate static web app:

npm run generate

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Copy web app into native android/ios folders:

npx cap sync

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Open Android Studio:

npx cap open android

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Start coding!

Mac Environment Setup for iOS

Required Software:

• Xcode
• Node.js
• Cocoapods

Start working on the iOS app

Clone or fork the project in the terminal and cd into the project directory.

Install the required node packages:

npm install

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Generate static web app:

npm run generate

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Copy web app into native android/ios folders:

npx cap sync

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Open Xcode:

npx cap open ios

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Start coding!