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+# Sylk React Native Client
+
+This repo is based off of Sylk-WebRTC - a repo housing a web app and the Electron app for Desktop.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Node.js version 12
+* Yarn (for package management)
+* GPG (for git-crypt)
+* Git-Crypt (for keeping a google upload key keystore secret)
+* XCode
+* Android Studio (Or at least the Android SDK)
+* Gem (for installing gem files)
+* Fastlane (for deploying to testflight/google play store)
+* Cocoapods (for handling iOS Pods)
+* watchman (for helping watch files during development)
+
+### Install
+
+Follow the [Getting Started guide](https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started) as much as you can but not everything will be explained. No install docs will be listed here for each tool as they'll change, go and check them out yourself.
+
+### Decrypting the git repo
+
+Run `git-crypt unlock` to check that you can decrypt the files in the repo. If you can't you'll need to generate a GPG key and pass it to someone with access to the repo. A good guide is located at https://medium.com/@sumitkum/securing-your-secret-keys-with-git-crypt-b2fa6ffed1a6
+
+## Running the app
+
+Use `react-native run-ios --help` and `react-native run-android --help` to give you all you need to know. You shouldn't ever have to build from Xcode or Android Studio.
+
+### Running on the iOS Simulator
+
+```bash
+yarn react-native run-ios
+```
+
+### Running on the Android Simulator
+
+```bash
+yarn react-native run-android
+```
+
+### Running on the iOS Device
+
+```bash
+yarn react-native run-ios --device
+```
+
+if you have multiple devices connected you'll need to tell it which device
+
+```bash
+yarn react-native run-ios --device "Device Name"
+```
+
+
+### Running on the Android Device
+
+```bash
+yarn react-native run-android --deviceId "DeviceId"
+```
+
+>   --deviceId [string] builds your app and starts it on a specific device/simulator with the given device id (listed by running "adb devices" on the command line).
+
+
+## Clean the project
+
+You might want to bring the project back to a clean repo if you're hitting any issues.
+
+Try it as a dry-run first
+
+```bash
+git clean -d -x --dry-run
+```
+
+```bash
+git clean -d -x -f
+```
+
+## Building the app for deployment
+
+We use `fastlane` for building production versions of the app.
+
+Fastlane can handle all the metadata around your entry into the relevant App Stores and much much more too.
+
+Currently we have two commands - you will need to open Xcode and allow it to sync the deployment key as we allow Xcode to control that rather than do it ourselves. We could add it directly into the project with git-crypt and tell fastlane to use it to make this easier.
+
+```bash
+fastlane ios beta
+```
+
+```bash
+fastlane android beta
+```
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