pins the barcode scanner aar used in the android build and its 2
dependencies to a sha256 hash using a script `fetch_barcode_scanner.sh`
which is called in the process of building the apk by `make_apk.sh`.
It fetches the 3 aar files if not already existing, puts them in
`/contrib/android/aars` and verifies their shasum against the hardcoded
hashes in `fetch_barcode_scanner.sh`.
Replaces the unmaintained and unreliable
`me.dm7.barcodescanner:zxing:1.9.8` qr code scanning library used only
on android with the `com.github.markusfisch:BarcodeScannerView:1.6.0`
(https://github.com/markusfisch/BarcodeScannerView) library which seems
more actively maintained.
The `BarcodeScannerView` library is incredibly fast and scanning qr
codes is now fun again :)
wip: still looking into ways to pin the library.
To comply with new google play store requirement:
> Starting August 31 2024:
> - New apps and app updates must target Android 14 (API level 34) or higher to be submitted to Google Play
AFAICS, we do not need to adapt to any of the changes.
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/behavior-changes-14
ThomasV reported contrib/release.sh generating .aab artifacts.
aabs are shady business... best to avoid handing privkeys to big G (or any 3rd party!).
This must be a consequence of the recent p4a rebase,
e.g. 04bb63bbf0
The google play store will require 31, starting 2022-11 (next month).
A few commits are cherry-picked onto our forks of p4a and buildozer
from upstream, but the forks are not rebased.
Note that the compileSdkVersion is kept at 30,
only the targetSdkVersion is bumped 30->31.
closes https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/8010
I am trying to upstream some relevant p4a and buildozer changes
in e.g. https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/2686
This is the new minimum the google play store requires.
note: the newer android command-line tools use a tiny bit different paths,
hence the `mv "${ANDROID_SDK_HOME}/cmdline-tools" "${ANDROID_SDK_HOME}/tools"` rename
see https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/issues/2540
