Use more generic approach to pack java resources into final APK.

Use more generic approach to pack java resources into final APK.

Some non-Android Java libraries (in particular, Emma) expect their
resources to be packed into JARs and accessible via methods of Class or
ClassLoader. This way is supported on Android as well, such resources
must be packed into the final APK to be usable.

This CL generalizes a way Emma resources are packed into the APK.
Instead of having a special case in apkbuilder.py a notion of java
resources JAR is added. Any prebuilt JAR can specify that it also
contains resources. Then apkbuilder.py will get a list of all such JARs
via buildconfig file and pack all resources into an APK.

[agrieve, 2016-08-10 02:22:45]

agrieve@chromium.org changed reviewers:
+ agrieve@chromium.org

[agrieve, 2016-08-10 02:22:46]

Seems to me like a nicer way to handle resources. lgtm!

[agrieve, 2016-08-10 02:22:56]

Description was changed from

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Use more generic approach to pack java resources into final APK.

This is a proof-of-concept CL and it isn't intended to be merged as is.

Some non-Android Java libraries (in particular, Emma) expect their
resources to be packed into JARs and accessible via methods of Class or
ClassLoader. This way is supported on Android as well, such resources
must be packed into the final APK to be usable.

This CL generalizes a way Emma resources are packed into the APK.
Instead of having a special case in apkbuilder.py a notion of java
resources JAR is added. Any prebuilt JAR can specify that it also
contains resources. Then apkbuilder.py will get a list of all such JARs
via buildconfig file and pack all resources into an APK.
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to

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Use more generic approach to pack java resources into final APK.

Some non-Android Java libraries (in particular, Emma) expect their
resources to be packed into JARs and accessible via methods of Class or
ClassLoader. This way is supported on Android as well, such resources
must be packed into the final APK to be usable.

This CL generalizes a way Emma resources are packed into the APK.
Instead of having a special case in apkbuilder.py a notion of java
resources JAR is added. Any prebuilt JAR can specify that it also
contains resources. Then apkbuilder.py will get a list of all such JARs
via buildconfig file and pack all resources into an APK.
==========

[agrieve, 2016-08-10 02:23:07]

The CQ bit was checked by agrieve@chromium.org to run a CQ dry run

[commit-bot: I haz the power, 2016-08-10 02:24:06]

Dry run: CQ is trying da patch. Follow status at
 
https://chromium-cq-status.appspot.com/v2/patch-status/codereview.chromium.or...

[commit-bot: I haz the power, 2016-08-10 04:36:03]

The CQ bit was unchecked by commit-bot@chromium.org

[commit-bot: I haz the power, 2016-08-10 04:36:04]

Dry run: This issue passed the CQ dry run.

[agrieve, 2017-01-13 18:43:38]

Do you still want to submit this?

[agrieve, 2017-01-16 21:16:09]

On 2017/01/13 18:43:38, agrieve wrote:
> Do you still want to submit this?

Forked this for submit here: https://codereview.chromium.org/2632283002/

[mlopatkin, 2017-01-17 11:13:33]

On 2017/01/16 21:16:09, agrieve wrote:
> On 2017/01/13 18:43:38, agrieve wrote:
> > Do you still want to submit this?
> 
> Forked this for submit here: https://codereview.chromium.org/2632283002/

Thank you for submitting this. As usually happens, urgent tasks came and I
forgot about the CL. I'm really sorry about this.