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Took a while to figure out, but the problem was that the support libraries ListFragment would only ever use getActivity() when creating widgets. What we really needed was the ability to use an alternative context, namely a ContextThemeWrapper. If this is passed to the constructor of a widget, it is themed appropriately. To make it work, we now create our own list view in onCreateView() (which is really a copy of the code from the android list_content.xml file anyway). There are also some workarounds for a bug in the support library with regards to using your own view.
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
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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-20" as of writing). So you will have to install missings "android-xx" targets via the SDK manager. To get a list of already installed SDK targets, run:
$ android list targets
To get a list of targets used by fdroidclient libs, run:
$ for i in $(grep "android update lib-project" ant-prepare.sh | cut -f5 -d' '); do
grep ^target $i/project.properties | cut -f2 -d'=';
done | sort | uniq | paste -s -d',' -
to install missing or all needed targets, for example "android-16" and "android-7" run:
$ android update sdk -u -t "android-16,android-7"
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.