Building 1 new APK

[nomr72]

Hi,

I haven't found how to build just 1 APK, or how to add an APK. How is this done?

I wanted to see if I could patch https://github.com/SubhamTyagi/Last-Launcher on my phone.

[SDRausty]

@nomr72 try ~/buildAPKs/build.github.bash https://github.com/SubhamTyagi/

[SDRausty]

Results for SubhamTyagi:
io.github.subhamtyagi.encryption.apk

Build time: 187 seconds

[nomr72]

It sounds like their encryption project builds, but Last-Launcher doesn't. Is there a way to build just one project, so as to retry a lot and hunt down how to make it work?

[SDRausty]

I wanted to see if I could patch https://github.com/SubhamTyagi/Last-Launcher
Is there a way to build just one project

Here are a couple of methods to accomplish this. Both of these methods use git clone:

git clone https://github.com/SubhamTyagi/Last-Launcher
cd Last-Launcher 

Followed by this command:

~/buildAPKs/scripts/bash/build/build.in.dir.bash

build.in.dir.bash finds AndroidManifest.xml files and initiates a build with build.one.bash. Another method is to use build.one.bash in the folder where the AndroidManifest.xml files are. Alternatively, similar scripts can be found in the scripts/sh/build and scripts/zsh/build directories.

[SDRausty]

Is there a way to build just one project, so as to retry a lot and hunt down how to make it work?

You can use tar to aid in iterating builds; tar zcf Last-Launcher.tar.gz Last-Launcher will create a backup. To untar, you can use tar xf Last-Launcher.tar.gz to recreate a pristeen copy of the Last-Launcher clone and retry making it work...

[nomr72]

Thanks sdrausty, those scripts were what I was looking for. I usually use git to clean stuff up, doesn't need to rewrite unchanged files like tar does.

[SDRausty]

You are welcome @nomr72. When you manage to build Last-Launcher please share here.

[SDRausty]

I haven't found how to build just 1 APK, or how to add an APK. How is this done?

Command ~/buildAPKs/build.repo.bash was just added. It enables building just one repository. This command has been tested with https://github.com/search/ and https://gitlab.com/explore/ successfully.

EXAMPLE USAGE: build.repo.bash https://github.com/BuildAPKs/buildAPKs.entertainment

If you find repo candidates for inclusion, please share an address to the sourcecode here in this topic.