Before starting work

1. Ask your Tech/Team leader to create a private Git repository on Github/Bitbucket.
2. If you are going to use release branches, add protection regex with same rules as for the main branch.
3. Ask the project manager to provide you with all project documentation and design.

Initial project setup

1. Branch a new branch off main (see the Using Git chapter for details).
2. Create a new project in Android Studio using the wizard.
3. Create a gitignore file using gitignore.io.
4. Set up buildTypes and flavors (you usually need a staging and production flavor).
5. Generate a development keystore with random passwords and add the configuration to build.gradle. The production keystore management is explained in the Keystore management chapter.
6. Add static analysis and CI configuration as described in the Continuous integration chapter.
7. Add an Application class and Timber, set up Timber in the app class.
8. Set up basic networking and test code with dependency injection (see the Dependency injection chapter for details).
9. Set up Firebase on the Infinum or client account if available (make sure that caught exceptions are also logged using Timber).
10. Add app icons with a different icon for non-production server targets (we usually use a banner overlay on the icon saying 'test' or 'staging').
11. Add the appropriate ProGuard configuration depending on the libraries used.
12. Create README.md (see the Readme chapter for details).
13. Open a pull request to the appropriate colleague.

The first pull request should contain only the initial setup code so that it's easier to review.