Bug: can't import

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

Expected behavior

Be able to build the project just fine, after importing it

Actual behavior

Has a build error:

Steps to reproduce the behavior

clone the project and open it.

Tested on [device], Android [version]

IDE:
Android Studio 3.2 Canary 3
Build #AI-173.4595177, built on February 9, 2018
JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1024-b02 amd64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Windows 10 10.0

[rachelmcr]

Please be sure to copy the gradle.properties-example file to gradle.properties — step 3 in the build instructions. :)

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

Why does it have build instructions?
Why not clone and build, like any other normal repo?
Anyway, now that I've read it, I can't find where is the "gradle.properties" file on step #3. This file doesn't exist. What does it even mean to copy it ? Copy its content? Copy by creating a new file somewhere and putting the content there?

[catehstn]

It's in the top level project directory: https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android/blob/develop/gradle.properties-example

Unfortunately with complex projects you can't always clone and build, but some setup is required - especially relating to things (e.g. API keys) that can't just be checked into GitHub.

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

@catehstn Your link points to "gradle.properties-example" file . This I already found, and didn't write about it.
What I ask about is "gradle.properties".

Also, a sample project doesn't have to be complex. In fact, I'd always prefer to have a minimal sample, to get to know the library, and if there are more features, either have an additional sample, or have a way inside to get to advanced stuff.
In any case, whether it's complex or not, it shouldn't annoy when importing. It should be import&build right away. Shouldn't need us to mess with the files.

[catehstn]

@AndroidDeveloperLB right, you need to copy that file to make the gradle.properties file, as per this comment.

This isn't a sample project? This is an actively developed, complex application. It's also not a library.

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

Oh I was hoping it has a library somewhere within, for rich-text editing.
Can you please modularize it, so that the part of rich-text-editing would be on a different repository?

[rachelmcr]

You can find the rich-text editor component that's used in the WordPress app (code name Aztec) in this repository:

https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/AztecEditor-Android

[AndroidDeveloperLB]

@rachelmcr Thank you. Sadly I've found an issue with it, so I've reported here:
wordpress-mobile/AztecEditor-Android#643