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fdroid — F-Droid build tool. F-Droid is an installable catalog of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applic

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Problem

How to use the fdroid command: F-Droid build tool. F-Droid is an installable catalog of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. More information: <https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Building_Applications/>.

Solution

fdroid — F-Droid build tool. F-Droid is an installable catalog of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. More information: <https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Building_Applications/>.

Build a specific app:

fdroid build {{app_id}}

Build a specific app in a build server VM:

fdroid build {{app_id}} --server

Publish the app to the local repository:

fdroid publish {{app_id}}

Install the app on every connected device:

fdroid install {{app_id}}

Check if the metadata is formatted correctly:

fdroid lint --format {{app_id}}

Fix the formatting automatically (if possible):

fdroid rewritemeta {{app_id}}

Code Snippets

Build a specific app

fdroid build {{app_id}}

Build a specific app in a build server VM

fdroid build {{app_id}} --server

Publish the app to the local repository

fdroid publish {{app_id}}

Install the app on every connected device

fdroid install {{app_id}}

Check if the metadata is formatted correctly

fdroid lint --format {{app_id}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/fdroid

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