Get Started

Thanks for purchasing Rentors Plus Flutter

Please read the documentation carefully, and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Most pages are accompanied by a video tutorial, it's recommended to check both, the video and the written Documentation.

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After purchase, it is suggested to setup the Web APIfirst for smooth functioning of the application.

Web API is in PHP 7.0 and it will work on all hosting packages

Flutter Installation

In order to start configuration, you need to install Flutter Flutter Installation

SDK Manager

The installer, as also shown in the video should automatically download and install all required components. If you want to do manual setup, download at least the following components using the SDK manager

  • SDK tools
  • SDK platform Tools
  • SDK Build Tools
  • Google Play Services
  • Android Support Library
  • Google Repository
  • Google USB Driver

You can download these SDK, if not installed already, using the SDK manager SDK Manager after this, you can open Android Studio and continue.

Importing Android Project

To import the template, simply open Android Studio and import/open the template. Make sure to wait for all the processes (the Gradle Build) to complete before continuing to the next step.



Additional steps

Additional steps are required sometimes if the Gradle Build fails. In some cases additional components are needed, Android Studio will ask you to do download these additional SDK components in the 'messages' tab, simply follow the instructions provided to install and download the additional components.

Change Server Key

Above illustration demonstrates the process to change the Server Key of the application using \lib\screen\chat\ChatScreen.dart

Change All Key

Above illustration demonstrates the process to change the file of the application using \android\app\google-services.json

Firebase Configuring

Debug and release Key

Before going to the next step, you have to learn about the Sh1 key for both debug and release. If you are in the development mode then you will use the debug sh1 key but when you are going to publish the app on play store, you will have to use the sh1 key of Release key

Debug Key

Signed or release key

To get sh1 released, follow below two steps.

Step1: You have to generate your own app signing key

Step2: Get the Sh1 key of app signing key

Step 1: Create your own app signing key

Create signing key

Step 2: Get the Sh1 key. Run the below command on Command Prompt

keytool.exe -list -v -alias {alies name you set according to above toturial "key0" is the alies name} -keystore "{file adress of the key}" -storepass {password} -keypass {password}

Also demonstrated all the steps in video and screen shots


Google Map Configration

First you have to add Firebase account in your application/project and then only you will be able to see your project on Google API Console.

Web Configuration

Installing Rentors in PHP

Before getting started, please make sure your web server meets all the below pre-requisites:

  • PHP Version 8.2 + advance
  • CURL Extension (enabled on most hosts by default)
  • MySQL extension (enabled on most hosts by default)

Deploying the PHP Application on a Remote Web Server

Deploying the PHP Application on a Remote Web Server

Database Setup & Configuration

Database Installation

Extract the project_name.zip file on your local apache server.

Create a new database on the phpmyadmin.

  • Open the browser & type this url http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
  • Create Database in Phpmyadmin databases ( in cPanel )
  • Import sql file in your database by going into phpmyadmin
  • Import sql file successfully!

Setup Notification Server key

Server key setup

Extract the project_name.zip file and edit Api Controller

Change Api Controller for server key setup

Set the configuration via Api Controller using \app\Http\Controllers\Auth\ApiController.php .

Admin Panel Setup

Final configuration

Change env for Admin Panel

Set the all configuration via .env file :- admin/.env.production

Change env for APIs

Set the all configuration via .env file:- api/.env.production

Change config for upload url

Set upload url path via config.php:- api/application/config/config.phpand admin/application/config/config.php

  • Example 1. If your backend setup path is https://YOUR_DOMAIN/admin then $config['upload_url'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/uploads/";
  • Example 2. If your backend setup path is https://YOUR_DOMAIN/rentors/admin then $config['upload_url'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/rentors/uploads/";
  • Example 3. If your backend setup path is https://YOUR_DOMAIN/rentors/app/admin then $config['upload_url'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/rentors/app/uploads/";

Check Your Setup - YOUR_DOMAIN/admin

Enable Error Log

In case if http://YOUR_DOMAIN/admin or https://YOUR_DOMAIN/admin not work as expected then need to enable log threshold using variable $config['log_threshold'] in file /admin/application/config/config.php and /api/application/config/config.php :

  • 0 = Disables logging, Error logging TURNED OFF
  • 1 = Error Messages (including PHP errors)
  • 2 = Debug Messages
  • 3 = Informational Messages
  • 4 = All Messages

    • You can set $config['log_threshold'] = 1 to record all errors, you can check error of admin setup in /admin/application/logs folder and for api setup error you can check /api/application/logs folder.

    In case of any issue, write us at : [email protected]