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Welcome to AppKickstarter!
AppKickstarter is your premier solution for swiftly creating Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) on Android and iOS platforms.
Our mission is to expedite your mobile app development journey. We offer a meticulously organized project structure, essential app functionalities, and flawless integration with Firebase backend services.
With AppKickstarter, your focus remains on transforming your unique app vision into reality, while we manage the foundational aspects.
Create a new project from the template
After purchasing AppKickstarter from Lemon Squeezie, you'll gain access to our GitHub repository. Go to the template page and click on Use this template.

Select “Create a new repository” and you should see something like this:

In “Repository template” choose “AppKickstarter/AppKickstarterTemplate.”
Assign yourself as the owner
Set your repository name
Ensure it’s private, and click “Create repository.”
Clone and Set Up Your Repository:
In Android Studio, choose “Get from VCS” and paste the SSH address from GitHub.
Click “Clone.”
Setup Android
Change the Android
applicationId
in androidApp/build.gradleChange
rootProject.name
in settings.gradle.Change your app's name in shared/src/androidMain/values/strings.xml
Setup iOS
Open XCode : Make sure to open the iOS project opening xcworkspace file in XCode
Change Display Name
Change Bundle Identifier
Configuring Environment Variables
AppKickstarter ensures the security of your project by providing a dedicated file (local.properties
) for API keys and secrets. This file is excluded from your GitHub repository, safeguarding your sensitive data. Simply populate your local.properties
file with the necessary data to start your secure and streamlined development with AppKickstarter.
Duplicate the values in local.properties.example inside your own local.properties
Fill the signing configuration for the Android app:
RELEASE_STORE_FILE=
RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=
RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=
RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=
Optional to start: AppKickstarter supports integration with multiple APIs to enhance your app’s functionality. RevenueCat, Google auth, Google map, PostHog, Sentry, AdMob can be effortlessly managed by specifying your API keys:
# Google Map
google_map_api_key=
# AI Proxy
mobile_ai_api_hmac_secret_key=
mobile_ai_url=
# Google Sign in
google_sign_in_web_client_id=
# RevenueCat
revenuecat_api_key_android=
revenuecat_api_key_ios=
# AdMob Android
admob_app_id_android=
admob_rewarded_ad_id_android=
# AdMob iOS
admob_app_id_ios=
admob_rewarded_ad_id_ios=
# PostHog
posthog_api_key=
posthog_host=
# Sentry
sentry_dsn=
Integrate with Firebase:
On your Firebase Dashboard, create and name your new mobile application project. For better integration you must name your app ${your package}.android and your iOS app ${your package}.ios.
Add an Android app, input the package name and download the
google-services.json
file.Place the
google-services.json
file into your Android app module in Android Studio.For iOS, add the
Google-service-Info.plist
via Xcode.
Enable on your Firebase application what you need : authentication, email/password login, google login, firestore, firebase storage
Configure Firebase Authentication Rules such as:
// Allow read/write access on all documents to any user signed in to the application
service cloud.firestore {
match /databases/{database}/documents {
match /{document=**} {
allow read, write: if request.auth != null;
}
}
}
Set the Firebase authentication rules to allow read/write access to authenticated users.
Synchronize and launch your app:
Synchronize Gradle files.
At this point the core of the app is setup. You need to setup third parties now.
Need Assistance?
If any issues arise during the setup, contact me on Slack or at [email protected] for personalized assistance. I am dedicated to helping you build exceptional apps!
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