DineIN-Admin

Production monorepo for the DineIN mess-management admin app.

Structure

DineIN-Admin/
├── frontend/     # React Native (Expo) admin app
├── backend/      # Node.js / Express API
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• Expo CLI and EAS CLI for mobile builds
• MongoDB (for backend)

Frontend (Expo)

cd frontend
npm install
npx expo start

Environment

Copy frontend/.env.example to frontend/.env and set:

EXPO_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5000

For production builds, EXPO_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL is also set in frontend/eas.json per profile.

EAS Build and OTA (run from frontend/)

cd frontend
eas build --platform android --profile production
eas update --channel production --message "OTA update"

Or use npm scripts:

npm run eas:build:android:production
npm run eas:update:production

Backend (Express)

cd backend
cp .env.example .env
npm install
npm start

Development with auto-reload:

npm run dev

API URL

The mobile app reads EXPO_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL (see frontend/config.js). Point it at your backend origin without a trailing /api — screens append /api/... themselves.

Local default: http://localhost:5000 (backend PORT in .env, default 5000).

Maintenance scripts

Database backup, restore, and billing jobs live in backend/package.json (e.g. npm run backup:mongo:gdrive from backend/).