Supply toybox with AppManager

[MuntashirAkon]

AppManager use various commands which are not available on AP 23 or earlier and often some commands are not available either purposefully or due to vendor's mistake. I intend to use toybox to fix this issue. The benefit of toybox over busybox is that it also comes built-in with Android and is actively developed for this platform (and that it's developed by the same author who started busybox development). It's license (0BSD) is also compatible with GPL-3.0 license.

@IzzySoft Does F-Droid support the use of git submodules? I intend to add the project as a submodule to this project.

[IzzySoft]

Does F-Droid support the use of git submodules?

Yes, it does. Make sure the corresponding keyword is enabled in the metadata build block then (*.yml; manual MR required for the first version using it), e.g.:

Builds:
  - versionName: '3.0'
    versionCode: 30
    commit: v3.0
    subdir: app
    submodules: true
    gradle:
      - yes

(see the line with submodules: true which enables that feature)

PS: a pity that toybox is that limited… Do you know which Android version introduced it as being built-in?

[MuntashirAkon]

Do you know which Android version introduced it as being built-in?

API 24 (Android M)

[IzzySoft]

Thanks!

[MuntashirAkon]

Fixed via 78e25a5, f91a7f8, 98f935a and 60f6c0e

[MuntashirAkon]

@IzzySoft Does F-Droid support split apks based on architecture? If so, does it require any MR or have version code rules like on Play Store? Toybox is compiled for multiple ABIs and it would be good if they can be distributed as split apks to reduce the file size.

[IzzySoft]

No idea. I'm no packager, so I'm the wrong person to ask that. AFAIK we have some multi-arch apps in the repo, but I don't know about support for split APKs. Better ask that eg at IRC.

[MuntashirAkon]

No idea. I'm no packager, so I'm the wrong person to ask that. AFAIK we have some multi-arch apps in the repo, but I don't know about support for split APKs. Better ask that eg at IRC.

It seems it doesn't support ABI splits (or any other splits): https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/issues/82. The only way is to use separate build flavours for each ABI. I think it's better to keep things as is until F-Droid team figures something out.

[MuntashirAkon]

@IzzySoft another question: is it enough to indicate NDK version in the build.gradle file? Or do I have to add it in F-Droid's build metadata as well? I'm using the latest NDK.

[IzzySoft]

May I quote myself:

No idea. I'm no packager, so I'm the wrong person to ask that.

It might be needed in the build recipe.