[Qbs] building android aab package help

[Christian Kandeler]

On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:27:18 +0200
Raphael Cotty <raphael.cotty at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am struggling to find a way to build the aab package (non runnable
> package required by google store) on the android platform.
> For this platform the default qbs product type is changed from application
> to android.apk (runnable package).
> What I am trying to achieve is allowing the user to just set a property in
> his project to enable the build of the aab package:

Note that the property should most probably be in the Android.sdk module instead.

> Building an aab is similar to building apk. They both take the same inputs
> (including java files) and generate a java file (R.java) but in a different
> way.
> 
> I first tried to add the android.aab type to the product type property in
> order to build both types.
> But I can't find a way to redirect all java files + the R.java apk to the
> next apk rule and all the java files + R.java aab to the next aab rule
> (without changing the java module).

I don't understand this part. What is a "next rule"? What do you mean by "redirect"?


>         // Let's gather all compiled java classes and generate the
> classes.dex
>         // If running in the apk context then we have all project java
> classes and the
>         // R.java generated in the apk context
>         // If running in the aab context then we have all project java
> classes and the
>         // R.java generated in the aab context

And what is the apk/aab "context"?
Are you saying you need to build both the APK and the AAB file? If so, what is the relationship between them?


Christian