
This should help is there is ever multithreaded access to this variable. This is an unlikely scenario, but the fix is easy. findbugs reported this issue like this: Incorrect lazy initialization and update of static field org.fdroid.fdroid. FDroidApp.selectedApps in org.fdroid.fdroid.views.fragments. SelectLocalAppsFragment.onActivityCreated(Bundle) This method contains an unsynchronized lazy initialization of a static field. After the field is set, the object stored into that location is further updated or accessed. The setting of the field is visible to other threads as soon as it is set. If the futher accesses in the method that set the field serve to initialize the object, then you have a very serious multithreading bug, unless something else prevents any other thread from accessing the stored object until it is fully initialized.
F-Droid Client
Client for F-Droid, the Free Software repository system for Android.
Building from source
The only required tools are the Android SDK and Apache Ant.
Once you have checked out the version you wish to build, run:
git submodule update --init
./ant-prepare.sh # This runs 'android update' on the libs and the main project
ant clean release
The project itself supports Gradle, but some of the libraries it uses don't. Hence it is currently not possible to build F-Droid with Gradle in a clean way without manual interaction.
Direct download
You can download the application directly from our site or browse it in the repo.
Contributing
You are welcome to submit Merge Requests via the Gitorious web interface. You can also follow our Issue tracker and our Forums.
Translating
The res/values-*
dirs are kept up to date automatically via MediaWiki's
Translate Extension. See
our translation page if you
would like to contribute.
Running the test suite
FDroid client includes a embedded Android Test Project for running tests. It
is in the test/
subfolder. To run the tests from the command line, do:
git submodule update --init
./ant-prepare.sh # This runs 'android update' on the libs and the main project
ant clean emma debug install test
You can also run the tests in Eclipse. Here's how:
- Choose File -> Import -> Android -> Existing Android Code Into Workspace for the
fdroidclient/
directory. - Choose File -> Import -> Android -> Existing Android Code Into Workspace for the
fdroidclient/test/
directory - If fdroid-test has errors, right-click on it, select Properties, the Java Build Path, then click on the Projects tab.
- Click on the Add... button and select
fdroidclient/
- Right-click on the fdroid-test project, then Run As... -> Android JUnit Test
Troubleshooting
When building F-Droid, the following error may occur:
Invalid file: extern/UniversalImageLoader/library/build.xml
Check the output of the ./ant-prepare.sh command. This error is often accompanied by the following message:
Error: The project either has no target set or the target is invalid. Please provide a --target to the 'android update' command.
The most likely cause of this is that your installed Android SDK is missing the target version specified by one of the dependencies. For example, at the time of writing this, UniversalImageLoader uses the "android-16" target API, however the default install of the Android SDK will usually only install the latest version ("android-19" as of writing). So you will have to install the "android-16" target via the SDK manager.
NOTE: While it may be tempting to add "--target=android-19" to the ant-prepare.sh script, it is not the correct solution. Although it may work, it can cause strange bugs at runtime.
License
This program is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.