Provide functions in dump-*.py, zipinfo which return the dump/info as string instead of printing

[ammargitham]

Currently when calling dump-* functions (eg. dump_axml) or zipinfo from python code just prints the output.

It would be nice if there were corresponding functions which would return the output as string.

Currently I have to workaround this problem using redirect_stdout. But that only works if print was used. It does not work for subprocess.run calls.

[obfusk]

NB: as I have left F-Droid and its Reproducible Builds project, reproducible-apk-tools is no longer being actively developed, though it is currently still maintained.

Since this is a request for a new feature, not a bug report, I cannot tell you whether this will be worked on at all, but if you can provide more information about your use case I will at least consider it. Sorry.