Mac OS X php does not have mcrypt extesion. To ease life, download and install php 5.5:

• curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 5.5 add php to the path:
• if using bash: in the end of ~/.profile add this line: export PATH=/usr/local/php5/bin:$PATH
• if using zsh, in the end of ~/.zshrc add this line: export PATH=/usr/local/php5/bin:$PATH

Create a mysql UTF-8 db and user, assign all the privileges to that user. Write the host, user, pass and dbname in app/config/database.php, in connections => mysql

• curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
• php composer.phar install
• php artisan migrate
• brew install npm
• npm install -g bower
• bower install

Either you need to install this to a vhost in apache, or just run:

• php artisan serve

install cordova:

• sudo npm install -g cordova
• sudo npm install -g ios-sim

Build project with:

• cd cordova
• cordova build ios

Build for android: first set adb directory in cordova/local.properties and cordova/CordovaLib/local.properties

• cd cordova
• cordova build android

Run with:

• cordova emulate ios
• cordova emulate android

Release Android:

• cd cordova/platforms/android
• cordova build android --release
• jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore ../my-release-key.keystore ant-build/FindMyFriends-release-unsigned.apk spotmyfriends
• zipalign -v 4 ant-build/FindMyFriends-release-unsigned.apk ant-build/FindMyFriends-release-aligned.apk password is spotmyfriends zipalign for performance.