[Android-tools-devel] Serious bugs and errors in android tools and gradle build process on Debian 10 Buster.
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at at.or.at
Wed Aug 14 14:45:57 BST 2019
Do you mean gradle is broken on buster? It definitely works on stretch.
And in buster, gradle is used to build a lot of Java packages that are
included in buster.
.hc
Fluff Rabbit via Android-tools-devel:
> AFAIK all of Gradle is broken, plus the specific "build-tools" component, which Gradle either can't find or can't find a "license" for, regardless of whether I use upstream gradlew or Debian's gradle. AFAIK platform-23 appears to be intact though, I just can't build apps.
>
> On August 14, 2019 5:29:27 AM MDT, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
>> Hey Alexander!
>>
>> Thanks for your interest! I think you want to leave out the
>> init.gradle
>> pit, and include this line in your build.gradle:
>>
>> maven { url 'file:///usr/share/maven-repo' }
>>
>> For example:
>> https://github.com/guardianproject/LocationPrivacy/blob/master/build.gradle
>>
>> These are the steps I took to get it working on Debian/stretch. It
>> should be similar on buster:
>>
>> *
>> https://github.com/guardianproject/LocationPrivacy/blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml
>> *
>> https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension/blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml#L16
>>
>> Fluff Rabbit,
>>
>> I understand your frustration. Google makes it really hard to package
>> the Android tools, they really don't care about free software, so they
>> include all sorts of mystery blobs, etc. Sounds like both of you think
>> it is important to have truly free Android tools. So helping us
>> figuring out what is working and what specifically is broken would be a
>> great contribution.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> Fluff Rabbit via Android-tools-devel:
>>> Welcome to the club. AFAIK Debian's Android build tools are broken.
>> I've complained so many times the devs have stopped responding. In the
>> meantime, Debian includes installers for Google's tools from Google,
>> which I think are more likely to work.
>>>
>>> On August 14, 2019 3:12:56 AM MDT, Alexander <remake347 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Hello from Russia.
>>>>
>>>> I have Debian 10 Buster. I beginner in android developement. Early
>> I'd
>>>> success build firs android program in Eclipse (in Etch etc..). Now I
>>>> try to build F-Droid application from Git in command line and not
>> have
>>>> success. All what I done is fron wiki source
>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools/IntroBuildingApps
>>>> and
>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools
>>>>
>>>> It's all steps 've been 100% done! But.. nothing. I've tired.
>>>>
>>>> What I've done:
>>>> 1) Install Debian 10 Buster (stable) using minimum ISO with net
>>>> installation.
>>>> 2) apt install android-sdk android-sdk-platform-23
>>>> 3) export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/lib/android-sdk
>>>> 4) apt install libgradle-android-plugin-java (from SID)
>>>> 5) apt install android-sdk-helper (from SID)
>>>>
>>>> note: Repositories SIDs added with Synaptic package manager because
>>>> libgradle-android-plugin-java and android-sdk-helper not exist in
>>>> Buster stable repositories.
>>>>
>>>> 6) In build.gradle, change compileSdkVersion to 23 and
>>>> buildToolsVersion to 24.0.0 (I've tried use '27.0.1' too).
>>>> 7) All steps from
>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools/IntroBuildingApps was done
>>>> completely.
>>>> 8) Get F-droid source code from git.
>>>> 9) Accepting SDK license (note: using android-sdk from Debian 10
>>>> Buster).
>>>> 10) Try to build F-droid source code by command "~/Git/fdroidclient$
>>>> gradle build
>>>> --init-script
>>>> /usr/share/android-sdk-helper/init.gradle~/Git/fdroidclient$
>>>> gradle build --init-script
>> /usr/share/android-sdk-helper/init.gradle"
>>>>
>>>> I HAVE MANY ERRORS.
>>>> 1. First try to build:
>>>>
>>>> .......... CUT
>>>>> Configure project :app
>>>> buildTypes.debug defaultConfig.versionCode 1007050
>>>> Project evaluation failed including an error in afterEvaluate {}.
>> Run
>>>> with --stacktrace for details of the afterEvaluate {} error.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
>>>>
>>>> * Where:
>>>> Build file '/home/alexander/Git/fdroidclient/app/build.gradle' line:
>> 91
>>>>
>>>> * What went wrong:
>>>> A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
>>>>> Could not set unknown property 'includeAndroidResources' for object
>>>>> of type
>>>>>
>> com.android.build.gradle.internal.dsl.TestOptions$UnitTestOptions.
>>>>
>>>> * Try:
>>>> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info
>> or
>>>> --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full
>>>> insights.
>>>>
>>>> * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
>>>>
>>>> BUILD FAILED in 0s
>>>> .......... CUT
>>>> ..........
>>>>
>>>> That error I've try to delete by
>>>> editing /home/alexander/Git/fdroidclient/app/build.gradle
>>>>
>>>> That code I used:
>>>> testOptions {
>>>> unitTests.all {
>>>> includeAndroidResources = true
>>>> jacoco {
>>>> includeNoLocationClasses = true
>>>> }
>>>> forkEvery = 40
>>>> maxHeapSize = "2g"
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Now error was fixed. But have another errors!
>>>>
>>>> 2. Gradle crying about not existing method 'IMPLEMENTATION ()'
>>>>
>>>> I've try to change words
>>>> in /home/alexander/Git/fdroidclient/app/build.gradle from
>>>> "IMPLEMENTATION" on "COMPILE". And now it works.
>>>>
>>>> That's is:
>>>> dependencies {
>>>> compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.1'
>>>> compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
>>>> compile 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:27.1.1'
>>>> compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:27.1.1'
>>>> compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:27.1.1'
>>>> compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:27.1.1'
>>>> ..................
>>>> ..............CUT
>>>>
>>>> 3. Now gradle crying about "No Build-tools available"! *UCK!!!
>>>>
>>>> That's is:
>>>> at
>>>>
>> org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
>>>> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
>>>>
>>>>> Configure project :app
>>>> buildTypes.debug defaultConfig.versionCode 1007050
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
>>>>
>>>> * What went wrong:
>>>> A problem occurred configuring project ':app'.
>>>>> No Build-tools available.
>>>>
>>>> * Try:
>>>> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info
>> or
>>>> --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full
>>>> insights.
>>>>
>>>> * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
>>>>
>>>> BUILD FAILED in 36s
>>>> ..................CUT
>>>>
>>>> and I don't know how to fix it!
>>>>
>>>> Can you help me to build first android application in Debian 10
>> Buster
>>>> on example F-Droid source from git?
>>>>
>>>> I have a backup F-Droid source in another directory. So I can start
>>>> build process from zero.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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