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Open `fenix` in android studio and build (`Build > Make Project`).
#### Generating non dev builds (nightly, beta(alpha), release)
As an alternative, you can also build from the command line:
```
gradle --no-daemon -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx20g assemble$variant
./gradlew --no-daemon -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx20g -PversionName="$variant" assemble$variant
```
where `$variant` must be one of `Release`, `Beta` or `Nightly` (notice the capital letter to make the result camelCase).
## Running
#### Running
From Android Studio with `fenix` loaded simply select from the menu `Run > Run 'app'` with an appropriate android device with USB debugging enabled plugged in.
Otherwise, you can sign the apks with the same QA key we use for the builds from tor-browser-build with `fenix/tools/tba-sign-devbuilds.sh`.
This binary assumes that you have `tor-browser-build.git` at the same level of `firefox-android.git`, but you can override this with the `TOR_BROWSER_BUILD` environment variable.
If you have built a specific *variant* for firefox-android as shown above, you can sign the apks with the same QA key we use for the builds from tor-browser-build with `fenix/tools/tba-sign-devbuilds.sh`.
This binary assumes that you have `tor-browser-build.git` at the same level of `firefox-android.git`, but you can override this with the `TOR_BROWSER_BUILD` environment variable. Then you can use `adb` to install the package with something like `adb install ./app/build/outputs/apk/fenix/beta/app-fenix-arm64-v8a-beta-signed.apk`
### For MacOS:
##### For MacOS:
For quickly building, aligning, signing, and installing (to an emulator or device plugged in) the following is useful. Replace the values for variant and Variant with the variant of your choice. Also point the apksigner to your keystore, see https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/app-signing#generate-key for generating a key.
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