Android Deps Repository Generator

Tool to generate a gradle-specified repository for Android and Java dependencies.

Usage

fetch_all.py [--help]

This script creates a temporary build directory, where it will, for each of the dependencies specified in build.gradle, take care of the following:

• Download the library
• Generate a README.chromium file
• Download the LICENSE
• Generate a GN target in BUILD.gn
• Generate .info files for AAR libraries
• Generate CIPD yaml files describing the packages
• Generate a deps entry in DEPS.

It will then compare the build directory with your current workspace, and print the differences (i.e. new/updated/deleted packages names).

Adding a new library

Full steps to add a new third party library:

1. Add dependency to build.gradle

2. Run fetch_all.py to verify the new build.gradle file and that all dependencies could be downloaded properly. This does not modify your workspace. If not, fix your build.gradle file and try again.

3. Run fetch_all.py --update-all to update your current workspace with the changes. This will update, among other things, your top-level DEPS file, and print a series of commands to create new CIPD packages.

   • Before running this command, make sure to increment the CIPD_SUFFIX variable in BuildConfigGenerator.groovy in order to ensure that each tag in CIPD is unique.
     • One option to thoroughly test your change is to run rm -rf third_party/android_deps/libs/[!O]* && tools/android/roll/android_deps/fetch_all.py --update-all. This will ensure all your deps are fresh. The commands printed out in the following step will ensure you do not upload duplicate instances.

4. Run the commands printed at step 3 to create new and updated packages via cipd.

   • In order to do this, you will need write access. Ask anyone from this list to add you to the group.
   • Just make sure to copy the commands exactly, as uploading an instance with the same package and tag as an existing instance currently in use can break all builds, and there is no easy way to delete an instance.
     • If this happens, file an infra-trooper bug immediately.

5. Create a commit & follow //docs/adding_to_third_party.md for the review.

   • This is not necessary if you are only upgrading existing packages or adding packages from the same source and license (e.g. gms)

Note that if you're not satisfied with the results, you can use fetch_all.py --reset-workspace to reset your workspace to its HEAD state, including the original CIPD symlinks under third_party/android_deps/repository/. This commands preserves local build.gradle modifications.

If you are updating any of the gms dependencies, please ensure that the license file that they use, explained in the README.chromium is up-to-date with the one on android's website, last updated date is at the bottom.

Implementation notes:

The script invokes a Gradle plugin to leverage its dependency resolution features. An alternative way to implement it is to mix gradle to purely fetch dependencies and their pom.xml files, and use Python to process and generate the files. This approach was not as successful, as some information about the dependencies does not seem to be available purely from the POM file, which resulted in expecting dependencies that gradle considered unnecessary.