Fix some places where Debug/Release was treated as a binary switch.
Makes similar changes to Windows and Linux to simplify adding profile
support to those platforms in the future. This means `--profile` builds
will fail on Linux and Windows for now, but that's fine since they
aren't actually supported, and unlike `--release` don't provide useful
functionality at the native code level.
Also fixes 'stopApp' always using Debug on macOS, to avoid showing an
error when running Profile (or Release).
Fixes#33203
When building in profile or release mode on desktop, add a prominent
warning that it's actually a debug build. This is to help address issues
with people being unaware of the current state of builds due to
following third-party guides rather than official documentation.
macOS is not included since PRs are in flight for macOS release support.
We were using the `defaults` command-line utility to parse
Plist files, but it was never supported by Apple, and it
appears that in an upcoming OS release, it will be less likely
to work:
> WARNING: The defaults command will be changed in an upcoming
> major release to only operate on preferences domains. General
> plist manipulation utilities will be folded into a different
> command-line program.
Fixes https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/37701
* Add a test for a directory instead of a single test.
* Add test data to a child directory to test the command.
* Add test data to a child directory to test the command.
* Add test data to a child directory to test the command.
* Correct test.
`flutter build aar`
This new build command works just like `flutter build apk` or `flutter build appbundle`, but for plugin and module projects.
This PR also refactors how plugins are included in app or module projects. By building the plugins as AARs, the Android Gradle plugin is able to use Jetifier to translate support libraries into AndroidX libraries for all the plugin's native code. Thus, reducing the error rate when using AndroidX in apps.
This change also allows to build modules as AARs, so developers can take these artifacts and distribute them along with the native host app without the need of the Flutter tool. This is a requirement for add to app.
`flutter build aar` generates POM artifacts (XML files) which contain metadata about the native dependencies used by the plugin. This allows Gradle to resolve dependencies at the app level. The result of this new build command is a single build/outputs/repo, the local repository that contains all the generated AARs and POM files.
In a Flutter app project, this local repo is used by the Flutter Gradle plugin to resolve the plugin dependencies. In add to app case, the developer needs to configure the local repo and the dependency manually in `build.gradle`:
repositories {
maven {
url "<path-to-flutter-module>build/host/outputs/repo"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation("<package-name>:flutter_<build-mode>:1.0@aar") {
transitive = true
}
}
`flutter build aar`
This new build command works just like `flutter build apk` or `flutter build appbundle`, but for plugin and module projects.
This PR also refactors how plugins are included in app or module projects. By building the plugins as AARs, the Android Gradle plugin is able to use Jetifier to translate support libraries into AndroidX libraries for all the plugin's native code. Thus, reducing the error rate when using AndroidX in apps.
This change also allows to build modules as AARs, so developers can take these artifacts and distribute them along with the native host app without the need of the Flutter tool. This is a requirement for add to app.
`flutter build aar` generates POM artifacts (XML files) which contain metadata about the native dependencies used by the plugin. This allows Gradle to resolve dependencies at the app level. The result of this new build command is a single build/outputs/repo, the local repository that contains all the generated AARs and POM files.
In a Flutter app project, this local repo is used by the Flutter Gradle plugin to resolve the plugin dependencies. In add to app case, the developer needs to configure the local repo and the dependency manually in `build.gradle`:
repositories {
maven {
url "<path-to-flutter-module>build/host/outputs/repo"
}
}
dependencies {
implementation("<package-name>:flutter_<build-mode>:1.0@aar") {
transitive = true
}
}