`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
}
}
Currently, in pubspec.yaml, semver.org is referred to for more about versioning.
However, the versionCode/versionName could differ on different platforms (iOS, Android, Dart).
This adds more clear and complete information that could help users to understand it better.
See: #27251
* move flutter_assets to App.framework
* Roll engine to 05fee4eeee0ff6b219b1fcc394371e5f6963cc46
05fee4eee Update default flutter_assets path for iOS embedding (flutter/engine#7518)
02205db01 Roll src/third_party/skia 5d052dac3ac1..02738a86e5fd (4 commits) (flutter/engine#7541)
af907c074 Roll src/third_party/skia 5c7a3ac0e214..5d052dac3ac1 (7 commits) (flutter/engine#7540)
dde286673 IWYU to get SkFontMetrics (flutter/engine#7539)
* Fix Podfile issue #24342
Sometimes base configurations (config.base_configuration_reference) can be nil, which leads to undefined method `real_path' for nil:NilClass.
* Disable bitcode in every case
* Use Xcode build configurations to drive Flutter build mode
* Proper check wrt local_engine, print error if profile mode misisng
* Remove unused code, update tests, fix template problem, update warning
* fix up warning
* add explanatory dev comment
* fix whitespace
* missing words, change lambda arrow to function body
* error indentation
* Test early exits for xcode_backend.sh
* only on macOS, use right test
* Update error messages
* case insensitive compare for build config
* Update gallery podfile
* update projects to add profile configuration
* make compatible with flavors
* add missing plist files
* add FLUTTER_FRAMEWORK_DIR back, set swift version for profile, tell Podfile about profile
* Use Xcode build configurations to drive Flutter build mode
* Proper check wrt local_engine, print error if profile mode misisng
* Remove unused code, update tests, fix template problem, update warning
* fix up warning
* add explanatory dev comment
* fix whitespace
* missing words, change lambda arrow to function body
* error indentation
* Test early exits for xcode_backend.sh
* only on macOS, use right test
* Update error messages
* case insensitive compare for build config
* Update gallery podfile
* update projects to add profile configuration
* make compatible with flavors
* add missing plist files
