Publish app on f-droid

[yozachar]

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[provokateurin]

This is on my TODO list. Still need to work on the app itself first though 😄

[provokateurin]

Template for submission later:

Categories:
  - Internet
  - Graphics
  - Multimedia
  - Reading
  - Writing
License: BSD-3-Clause
AuthorName: jld3103
SourceCode: https://github.com/jld3103/nextcloud-neon
Liberapay: jld3103

AutoName: Nextcloud Neon

RepoType: git
Repo: https://github.com/jld3103/nextcloud-neon

Builds:
  - versionName: 1.0.0
    versionCode: 1
    commit: dce04ed
    subdir: packages/neon
    output: build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release-unsigned.apk
    srclibs:
      - [email protected]
    build:
      - $$flutter$$/bin/flutter config --no-analytics
      - $$flutter$$/bin/flutter packages pub get
      - $$flutter$$/bin/flutter build apk

AutoUpdateMode: Version
UpdateCheckMode: Tags
UpdateCheckData: packages/neon/pubspec.yaml|version:\s.+\+(\d+)|.|version:\s(.+)\+
CurrentVersion: 1.0.0
CurrentVersionCode: 1

I think once I make a first proper 1.0.0 release I'll make a MR for inclusion in the official F-Droid repo.

[provokateurin]

A nightly repository is now available at https://github.com/provokateurin/nextcloud-neon-nightly !

[provokateurin]

@joe733 Can you try it out?

[provokateurin]

F-Droig nightly actually works now

[p1gp1g]

Steps to get a reproducible build on fdroid with flutter are listed here: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/12398

TLDR;

• flutter as a submodule of the git project
• Known build path for instance /tmp/build (git clone https://foo /tmp/build)

[wrenix]

The nightlt shows me a 404

[provokateurin]

@wrenix https://github.com/provokateurin/nextcloud-neon-nightly/ this?

[wrenix]

merci, this link works

[provokateurin]

Which link did you use before? I can fix it if you tell me where the wrong link is.

[Leptopoda]

@provokateurin it was probably the one a few comments above (#18 (comment))

I just edited it.

[alexandru0-dev]

@provokateurin did the repo got deleted? now it's empty

[provokateurin]

Yeah it's broken right now :/ I'll try to fix it soon

[provokateurin]

The nightly fixed itself somehow, I have no clue why

[wrenix]

@provokateurin it is broken again (for 3 weeks or so)

[provokateurin]

I know 😬
There isn't really anything I can do about it. At some point the f-droid action just fails every time.
Usually clearing the entire repository works, but I did that already and it still doesn't work.

[wrenix]

I open an Issue: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/issues/1223

and maybe a fix: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/merge_requests/1511

if you like to test it in your github-workflow ping me for the result.

[provokateurin]

Thank you @wrenix!
The fix worked (https://github.com/nextcloud/neon/actions/runs/10546640045/job/29218364673?pr=2422), but neither the official F-Droid client nor NeoStore show the app to me.
The APKs are definitely there (https://github.com/provokateurin/nextcloud-neon-nightly/tree/master/fdroid/repo), but something else must still be going wrong 🤔

[provokateurin]

Oh I was wrong, only the signatures are in there but the APKs are missing. Then it makes sense that I don't get the app displayed...

[provokateurin]

To add some further information:
The workflow stopped working on 12th of June.
There were two merges around that time:
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/commit/aeb8a7a3e5cfe4e2360350167e67f2288cec8ce4
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/commit/21e03e62a86775370ee58754f6264c02472b3bb9
Looking at the changes of the later, those could be related to the failure.

[provokateurin]

No luck with the previous commit or version from the ppa either 😢

[wrenix]

Build a fix, that looks solving the problem
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/merge_requests/1512

@provokateurin has test it here successful:
#2437

[provokateurin]

Nightly workflow will work properly again thanks to the debugging and fix by @wrenix !

[wrenix]

Do we like to have an link (and the QRcode) to the nightly F-Droid in this Readme ?

[provokateurin]

It was automatically generated in the past, but that doesn't seem to happen anymore 🤔
The HTML file https://github.com/provokateurin/nextcloud-neon-nightly/blob/master/fdroid/repo/index.html still contains the QR code.

[wrenix]

#2451 <- see rendered here: https://github.com/wrenix/nextcloud-neon/blob/feat/readme/README.md