No build.gradle for Android Studio

[vipulkanade]

There is no build.grandle file for adding dependencies in Android Studio thus unable to execute Application.

[vijai1996]

This is not a gradle project so expect it not to work out of the box on android studio. I'm still trying to find a way to import it. in the meanwhile, the link gives you what you need. But it wont be automatically updated until the author of that repo does it. https://github.com/guardianproject/ChatSecureAndroid/issues/656

[BenGroot]

Is there already a date available when this project will be Android Studio alike?

[n8fr8]

Let's say August 15th! We have it already done, but are doing a major refactor as well to put code into external libraries, projects, etc so it is a big shift. We'll be pushing it up here in the next few weeks.

[BenGroot]

Great! That is good news!

Does this also mean that the UI and the logic will be separated?

[n8fr8]

When you say UI and logic what do you mean exactly? There is already a pretty big separation into the UI activities, ImConnection communication plugins (XMPP, LLXMPP) and the persistence pieces (ImProvider)

[BenGroot]

You're right, there is.

I want to include the project in an existing app with some adjustments to the UI. Is that better possible in the Android Studio version?

[n8fr8]

Sure. We are redo-ing the UI quite a bit as well for v15 as part of our overall refactoring.

What kind of changes are you looking to make?

[BenGroot]

This is my case:

The user should be logged in automatically with the same credentials they use to log into the app. Then within the app they should be able to go to a separate tab with the messagingstreams listed in there. I would like to use your listing component for that, only with some different colors/icons. Thats basically it.

Do you have any news on the migration to Android Studio?

Cheers!

[BenGroot]

Hi @n8fr8,

Could you please tell me when you expect to push the Android Studio implementation of this project? We are running against a deadline for our project.

Regards

[n8fr8]

If you want the existing v14.x codebase in Android Studio / Gradle, you will have to do that yourself. It isn't that hard honestly, with the latest versions of Android Studio's import capability.

What we are working on now is a pretty big reorganization and update of the app, moving the current submodules to standalone maven/gradle dependencies (https://github.com/guardianproject/gpmaven), and implementing a pretty big user interface update. This is going to take a few more weeks to get to a public beta ready state. The app is also changing quite a bit, in good ways, so it may not fit your current expectations and requirements.

You might want to check out the Conversations project, which is another great XMPP app with OTR and Tor support, as well, and it also already has gradle support: https://github.com/siacs/Conversations

[n8fr8]

If you do want to check out the new v15 project, it is under the codename "AwesomeApp" but also currently called "Zom". Be warned, it is very different on the surface, though the same secure core underneath.

https://github.com/n8fr8/awesomeapp/tree/awesomeapp

[BenGroot]

Cool, thanks for the info. I'll dive into it.

[mvdan]

Why use your own maven repo on github instead of uploading to jcenter?

[gurpreetlucky]

Have the project move to android studio gradle ? , pls provide if any other repo is running with chatsecure gradle like ?