[guardian-dev] fdroid repos for nightly builds of our apps

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey David,

Glad you hear you also think its useful, I think there is a lot of potential
for this as a system for beta channels.

Turns out there is a bug in FDroid v0.85 through v0.88 that broke the adding
of repos by clicking on a URL.  I just fixed that, so the next release (v0.89)
will include that fix, that should be out by the end of this Sunday.  Then
you'll actually be able to just click on a URL, then it'll prompt you whether
you want to add the repo.

You have to manually upgrade to v0.89-test since it is a test release, but
that is easy to do:

* open FDroid's main screen
* go to the "Installed" tab
* select FDroid
* click on 0.89-test in the list of available versions

.hc

David Oliver:
> Hans, I tried this and it's pretty cool!  Got stuck on the part about
> "adding the Courier Repo".
> 
> After installing the F-Droid app, one needs to visit the overflow menu,
> then tap "Repositories". This will display a list of available
> repositories, two of which are "Guardian Official" and "Guardian Archive".
> 
> I turned "GP Official" on, then tapped the re-sync icon, which displayed
> some nice toasts telling me what was happening (love that!).  But when I
> returned to the main screen (which was displaying the "available" tab),
> nothing showed up.
> 
> Two suggestions:
> 
> 1. I see that the updates table shows a number next to it, perhaps the
> number of available updates to apps that are already installed?  I'd like
> to see a similar value next to the number of apps installed (that is, next
> to the "installed" tab keyword).
> 
> 2. Rather than displaying nothing in the "available" tab, perhaps the icons
> for installed apps could be displayed at half-intensity with a message "up
> to date".
> 
> Additionally, I like all the detail shown for apps, but I'm not sure the
> license-type is necessary on the "installed" screen (it should be on the
> "available" screen, where is where you'd make your choice about installing
> an app of your liking).  Can we substitute, for example, the amount of
> storage an app is consuming on the "installed" page?  Much more useful.
> 
> Looks great!
> 
> David M. Oliver | david at olivercoady.com | http://olivercoady.com |
> http://dmo.tel | Ostel: oliv | +1 970 368 2366
> 
> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <
> hans at guardianproject.info> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I just put together an collection of automated fdroid repos that
>> automatically
>> include nightly builds from our apps into an FDroid repo.  So for example,
>> if
>> you want to test Courier on a device, just add the
>> "info.guardianproject.courier" repo to your device, and you'll
>> automatically
>> get updates for each build from our build server.
>>
>> To add one of these repos, on a device, first make sure it has FDroid
>> installed:
>> https://f-droid.org
>>
>> Then go to one of these URLs on your device or computer.  If you click on
>> the
>> app you want on your device, you'll be prompted to send it to FDroid, which
>> will set it up as a new repo.  If you are on a desktop, you can click on
>> the
>> app and get a QR code to scan from the device to add the repo:
>> https://dev.guardianproject.info/debug
>> http://k6e4p7yji2rioxbm.onion/debug
>>
>> This is in parallel to the repo that contains the builds of all of the
>> apps:
>> https://dev.guardianproject.info/fdroid
>> http://k6e4p7yji2rioxbm.onion/fdroid
>>
>> .hc
>>
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