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• Firstly install Lightning CLI

• Type lng to confirm the installation. You will see the below output.

  Code Block

  $ npm install -g @lightningjs/cli $ lng Usage: index lightning-cli <command> [options] Options: -V, --version output the version number -h, --help display help for command Commands: create - Create a new Lightning App build - Build a local development version of the Lightning App serve - Start a local webserver and run a built Lightning App in a web browser watch - Watch for file changes and automatically rebuild the App dev - Build a local Lightning App, start a local webserver, run a built Lightning App in a web browser and watch for changes docs - Open the Lightning-SDK documentation dist [options] - Create a standalone distributable version of the Lightning App upload - Upload the Lightning App to the Metrological Back Office to be published in an App Store update - Update the Lightning-CLI to the latest version help [command] - display help for command

• Clone repo

  Code Block
  $ git clone "https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/components/opensource/RDK_apps" $ cd RDK_apps $ git checkout rdk-next $ cd accelerator-home-ui Note: if you are not able to launch offline UI, add .env file inside accelerator-home-ui/ and add 'LNG_BUNDLER=esbuild' to force the bundler. Make sure you have esbuild dependency (npm install esbuild) $ npm install

• Build and Host

  Code Block
  $ lng build

• Install as offline-app

  Code Block
  $ cd RDK_apps/accelerator-home-ui/dist/<es6>/Replace the dummy icons with original and then tar the entire contents to deploy on the offline UI location on device.

• Host the app locally to test
  

  Code Block
  $ lng serve

  App will be hosted on It will print the local url as : http://127.0.0.1:8080

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Reference

The UI uses localstorage feature of WebkitBrowser's ResidentApp configuration for storing the user preferences. PLUGIN_RESIDENT_APP_LOCALSTORAGE and PLUGIN_RESIDENT_APP_PERSISTENTPATHPOSTFIX variables need to be configured build-time itself.

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