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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#cleanup
+if [ -e simulateTravis ]; then
+  rm -rf simulateTravis
+fi
+if [ -e temp ]; then
+  rm -rf temp
+fi
+if [ -e reports ]; then
+  rm -rf reports
+fi
+
+#setup environment
+export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=`pwd`
+export TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE="pull_request"
+########### BEFORE INSTALL ############################################
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+    echo "Simulating for osx"
+    export TRAVIS_OS_NAME="osx"
+    brew install gcovr
+    brew install lcov
+elif [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
+    echo "Simulating for linux"
+    export TRAVIS_OS_NAME="linux"
+    sudo apt-get install lcov
+fi
+
+if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] ;
+then
+  $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/licenseScanner.sh
+  if [ "$?" != "0" ]
+  then
+    printf "\n!*!*!* licenseScanner.sh detected files without proper license. Please refer to the logs above. !*!*!*\n"
+    exit 1;
+  fi
+fi
+
+#setup externals from remote repo
+mkdir simulateTravis
+cd simulateTravis
+replacePath=`pwd`
+git clone --branch=master https://github.com/pxscene/Spark-Externals.git
+if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then
+  sed -i -n "s#/Users/travis/build/pxscene#$replacePath#g" Spark-Externals/artifacts/$TRAVIS_OS_NAME/lib/pkgconfig/*  
+else
+  sed -i "s#/home/travis/build/pxscene#$replacePath#g" Spark-Externals/artifacts/$TRAVIS_OS_NAME/lib/pkgconfig/*  
+fi
+cd Spark-Externals
+ln -sf artifacts/$TRAVIS_OS_NAME extlibs
+cd extlibs
+mkdir lib_orig
+cp -R lib/* lib_orig/.
+if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then
+  rm -rf lib_orig/libgif.7.dylib
+  rm -rf lib_orig/libpng.dylib
+  rm -rf lib_orig/libsqlite3.dylib
+  rm -rf lib_orig/libjpeg.dylib
+fi
+cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+
+########## INSTALL ############################################
+mkdir -p $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/logs
+touch $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/logs/build_logs
+#build externals
+cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/examples/pxScene2d/external
+./build_release.sh --release-externals-path $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/simulateTravis/Spark-Externals
+cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+
+########## BEFORE SCRIPT ############################################
+./ci/before_script.sh
+cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+
+########## SCRIPT ############################################
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
+checkError()
+{
+  if [ "$1" -ne 0 ]
+  then
+    printf "\n\n*********************************************************************";
+    printf "\n********************* SCRIPT FAIL DETAILS *****************************";
+    printf "\nCI failure reason: $2"
+    printf "\nCause: $3"
+    printf "\nReproduction/How to fix: $4"
+    printf "\n*********************************************************************";
+    printf "\n*********************************************************************\n\n";
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+export DUMP_STACK_ON_EXCEPTION=1
+cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci
+sh "build_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh"
+checkError $? "#### Build/unittests/execution [build_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh] failed" "Either build problem/execution problem" "Analyze corresponding log file"
+
+sh "unittests_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh" 300
+checkError $? "#### Build/unittests/execution [unittests_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh] failed" "Either build problem/execution problem" "Analyze corresponding log file"
+
+sh "execute_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh" 3200
+checkError $? "#### Build/unittests/execution [execute_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh] failed" "Either build problem/execution problem" "Analyze corresponding log file"
+if [[ ! -z $ENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE ]] && [[ $ENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE -eq 1 ]]
+then
+  sh "code_coverage_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh" "--gen-reports"
+  checkError $? "#### Build/unittests/execution [code_coverage_$TRAVIS_OS_NAME.sh] failed" "Either build problem/execution problem" "Analyze corresponding log file"
+fi
+
+########## AFTER SCRIPT AND CLEANUP ############################################
+cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/
+rm -rf simulateTravis
+rm -rf examples/pxScene2d/external
+git checkout examples/pxScene2d/external
+cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+echo "Travis build completed successfully !!"