Source folder not found when encrypting string resources

[stringcare]

Source folder not found when encrypting string resources

[efraespada]

@d-moreira it should work in different OS. Could you find the res folder on your project?

[d-moreira]

Hi @efraespada,

yes I can. The project is version controlled here on GitHub so the code is exactly the same on both machines. I'm thinking this issue may be related with some sort of setting, or something that is affecting the way the plugin finds the paths to the files... Do you have any idea?

On the same machine, on version 0.4.1, I couldn't use the plugin either. There was some error
when the plugin tried to run the AndroidStringObfuscator.jar file. This is the log:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file 'path_to_project/android-app/app/build.gradle' line: 178

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDevelopmentDebugResources'.
> Process 'command '/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

Hope this can help you track the issue.

[efraespada]

@d-moreira could it be a problem with Java? Type java -version on terminal, are you getting anything like this?

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_152"

If it is not a Java problem, run this:

./gradlew lint --stacktrace

Tell me what you receive.

[d-moreira]

These are the logs on a machine with the problem and on a machine where everything is working.

failure.txt
success.txt

[efraespada]

@d-moreira I can't see the problem 😅
Don't worry. I'll build a new version with a debug flag to print everything related with resources folder. Thanks for your patient.

[d-moreira]

Hello @efraespada, any news on this?

[efraespada]

Happy new year @d-moreira, last weeks I was on other project, so this was stopped but I kept it in mind. Did you try to clone the repo and open it with Android Studio?

[efraespada]

@d-moreira I just released a new version, 0.3. 🤞🏼
Note now for apply plugin you must use:

apply plugin: StringCare

Readme is updated.

[d-moreira]

Hi @efraespada,

sorry for the delayed reply but I have limited access to the machine with problems. I tested the new release and it is still not working.

I run a build with debug=true and the only useful info that I can see is that it is not finding the folder with the strings:

:app:backupStringResources
    source folder not found: src/main
:app:encryptStringResources
    source folder not found: src/main
:app:restoreStringResources
    restore folder not found

Any idea on what's happening and how to fix it?

[efraespada]

@d-moreira you must use debug right this way:

stringcare {
    debug true
}

It should confirm your release signing config is defined.

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I found a bug that didn't allow the plugin to look for the right module. It should be fixed 🤔

Check if both soft (library and plugin) are the latest version -> 0.3

Use (on Android Studio) File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart... and sync Gradle.

[d-moreira]

I'm doing that and using the correct software versions. I have something like:

stringcare {
    debug true
    modules {
        app {
            stringFiles = ['secrets.xml']
            srcFolders = ['src/main']
        }
    }
}

But the plugin can't find the src/main folder when I run the project on one particular pc. If I run the same exact project on another pc it works as intended. It seems the issue is related to some kind of setting of the pc.

[efraespada]

It should work in all PCs 💪
Let's print WTF is looking for

[efraespada]

@d-moreira new version -> 0.4

• More logs with debug true
• Some bugfixes 🤞

[d-moreira]

Hi @efraespada, this is still not working :( (thank you for your effort still!). I managed to get some info from the logs that should be useful:

:app:backupStringResources
    source folder not found: path_to_project/src/main/res/

:app:backupStringResources
	- values/secrets.xml
	backuping file: path_to_project/app/src/main/res/values/secrets.xml

The first log is from the faulty build and the second from a correct build on another machine. We can see that the plugin is trying to find the folder on the wrong path, on the first one. It should look on path_to_project/app/src/main/res/ (so the module name is not being taken into consideration).

Can you look into this?

[efraespada]

🤣 🤣 incredible, I can't imagine where is the difference between both PCs for missing module name, but I'm sure It isn't a PC fault.
@d-moreira you are on the right thing. I'll review code again.
Thanks!

[efraespada]

@d-moreira check out version 0.5

[d-moreira]

Hi @efraespada, the problem persists:

:app:mergeTestDebugResources
    Module: app
    Variant: testDebug
    Store: .../.android/debug.keystore
    SHA1: ...
    Valid until: Saturday, June 10, 2045

:app:backupStringResources
    source folder not found: path_to_app/src/main/res/

It seems to recognize the module name but it does not get added to the res folder path.

[d-moreira]

Hi @efraespada, any news on this?

[efraespada]

@d-moreira check out version 0.6 on plugin:
classpath "com.stringcare:plugin:0.6"🤞🏼

[d-moreira]

Hey @efraespada, it's finally working :) thank you for your persistence!

Can you take a look at #25 and release a new version with all these changes?

[efraespada]

#25 merged 👌 building version 0.6 on library.
Thank you again @d-moreira!!!