Docs for getting Kotlin/maven component seem incomplete

[rnikander]

I followed the docs in the Readme to add to my build.gradle.kts script, and I get:

Execution failed for task ':app:checkDebugAarMetadata'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
   > Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
      > Could not find any matches for rustls:rustls-platform-verifier:latest.release as no versions of rustls:rustls-platform-verifier are available.
        Searched in the following locations:
          - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/rustls/rustls-platform-verifier/maven-metadata.xml
          - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/rustls/rustls-platform-verifier/maven-metadata.xml
          - file:/Users/rob/Workspace/external/rustls-platform-verifier/android-release-support/maven/rustls/rustls-platform-verifier/maven-metadata.xml
          - file:/Users/rob/Workspace/external/rustls-platform-verifier/android-release-support/maven/rustls/rustls-platform-verifier/
          - file:/Users/rob/Workspace/external/rustls-platform-verifier/android-release-support/maven/rustls/rustls-platform-verifier/.gitkeep/rustls-platform-verifier-.gitkeep.pom
          - file:/Users/rob/Workspace/external/rustls-platform-verifier/android-release-support/maven/rustls/rustls-platform-verifier/.gitkeep/rustls-platform-verifier-.gitkeep.jar
        Required by:
            project ':app'

That android-release-support/ seems to be empty. The kotlin files are in android/. Am I supposed to compile something and copy it to android-release-support/?

Maybe this is because I have a local cloned repo. (I had to because I need to use JNI 0.22, which you have on a branch).

Can I just copy the .kt files to my Android App project? That might be easier than dealing with Gradle.

[rnikander]

Yes, it turns out adding the one file (CertificateVerifier.kt) to my Android project, was enough. The gradle changes were then more minimal. I only needed to add kotlin. (Before this I had only a few .java files)

[djc]

Documentation improvements are always welcome -- please submit a PR.

[complexspaces]

Maybe this is because I have a local cloned repo. (I had to because I need to use JNI 0.22, which you have on a branch).

This is most likely the case, yeah. Usually when making releases that include changes to the Android components we include reproducibility built .aar artifacts in the cargo publish invocation.

[rnikander]

I can't improve the gradle docs because I don't know how it works. But when the dust settles on my project, I can add a paragraph about an alternative method of simply copying the CertificateVerifier.kt file into your project (or maybe someday the .java file - #228).

[rnikander]

we include reproducibility built .aar artifacts

Do you include anything besides the classes from that one .kt file? I ask because in release builds (but not debug) my server uploads fail with:

common::crash_reporting: Failed to upload report: Err(error sending request for url (https://www.encodia.co/app-apis/rlv1)
     Caused by:
          0: client error (Connect)
          1: invalid peer certificate: Revoked)

Which is odd because I'm pretty sure my cert isn't "revoked". I used "Let's Encrypt" on my server.

[complexspaces]

We don't today but probably will start including metadata in the .aar bundle soon. It looks like you are running into #221. I'm not sure why there's a debug/release difference.