package android.privacy missing

[dalb8]

I just tried to compile this (using ant) but it's missing android.privacy package. What is that? On a side note have you considered publishing the app on f-droid.org? One advantage is that they build the app so the burden of trust would be upon them instead of you.

[wsot]

The 'android.privacy' package is a package added to the Android framework by the PDroid core patches (which can be applied to your Android source if you are building yourself (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923576 for the source code patches, or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27589651 for auto-patcher). In order to build PDroid Manager, you need to be building using a framework.jar which includes those libraries.

In terms of publishing on f-droid.org: I haven't had a look at it, but my main concern would be that the resulting signature on the package would not match the signature used on the Google Play version, which could make things confusing for users. I'll look over the material relating to f-droid.org though.

Sorry it took me a while to respond: I've been away for a bit.
If you're happy with the response, please close the issue. Otherwise, you can respond again and I'll get notified =)

[dalb8]

Thanks for the reply. You need not bother with F-Droid: they don't support custom frameworks or anything. I'll close the issue , but my point still stands that you should bring all your materials together if you can to try to simplify the build instructions.

[dalb8]

Just saw your post on f-droid forum. You'd have to set up your own repo alright, but then anybody who has F-droid installed can add it to their sources. There should soon be a custom URI scheme for it (courtesy of Guardian Project). Any http server would do; I'd say goo.im or xda dev would even work and even though the files there are served over http you are protected from MitM after the first go (as long as the index is signed). Dropbox seems to cause a few problems. The first part of the manual explains how to set it up.

[mateor]

Thanks. I will be investigating the process.