Android license problems - rust tauri-mobile app

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I’m trying out this tauri-mobile thing for building android apps. Pretty close to compiling, except for license problems in the link step.

I have a flake.nix file. Just for setting up a dev environment for now.

I’m using nixpkgs.androidenv to set up my android stuff. I’m able to cargo tauri android init, and then cargo tauri android build, but it fails with:

* What went wrong:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':app:lintVitalReportUniversalRelease'.
> Failed to install the following Android SDK packages as some licences have not been accepted.
     platforms;android-33 Android SDK Platform 33
     build-tools;30.0.3 Android SDK Build-Tools 30.0.3

I tried adding all the ‘extraLicenses’ in /nixpkgs/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/repo.json. I’ve also got this stuff in my nixpkgs:

        pkgs = import nixpkgs { 
          config.android_sdk.accept_license = true;
          config.allowUnfree = true;
          system = "${system}"; };

And I even tried the android error message suggestion:

[bburdette@HOSS:~/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri]$ sdkmanager --licenses
Warning: Observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk-bundle' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393')
Warning: Observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk-bundle' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393')
[=======================================] 100% Computing updates...
All SDK package licenses accepted.

Though I’m not really expecting that to work on nixos.

The full build log:

[bburdette@HOSS:~/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri]$ cargo tauri android build
        Info detected host target triple "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
   Compiling wry v0.24.3
   Compiling tauri-runtime-wry v0.13.0
   Compiling tauri v1.3.0
   Compiling app v0.1.0 (/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri)
warning: function `main` is never used
 --> tauri/src-tauri/src/mobile.rs:2:4
  |
2 | fn main() {
  |    ^^^^
  |
  = note: `#[warn(dead_code)]` on by default

warning: `app` (lib) generated 1 warning
warning: function `greet` is never used
  --> tauri/src-tauri/src/main.rs:24:4
   |
24 | fn greet(name: &str) -> String {
   |    ^^^^^
   |
   = note: `#[warn(dead_code)]` on by default

warning: `app` (bin "app") generated 1 warning
    Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 11.83s
        Info symlinking lib "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libapp.so" in jniLibs dir "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a"
        Info "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libapp.so" requires shared lib "libdl.so"
        Info "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libapp.so" requires shared lib "libc.so"
        Info symlink at "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libapp.so" points to "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libapp.so"
Observed package id 'build-tools;33.0.1' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/build-tools/33.0.1' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/build-tools/33.0.1')
Observed package id 'cmdline-tools;8.0' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/8.0' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/cmdline-tools/8.0')
Observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk-bundle' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/ndk/25.1.8937393')
Observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/ndk/25.1.8937393')
Already observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk-bundle'. Skipping duplicate at '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393'
Observed package id 'patcher;v4' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/patcher/v4' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/patcher/v4')
Observed package id 'platform-tools' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/platform-tools' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/platform-tools')
Observed package id 'tools' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/tools' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/tools')
Observed package id 'build-tools;33.0.1' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/build-tools/33.0.1' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/build-tools/33.0.1')
Observed package id 'cmdline-tools;8.0' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/8.0' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/cmdline-tools/8.0')
Observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk-bundle' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/ndk/25.1.8937393')
Observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/ndk/25.1.8937393')
Already observed package id 'ndk;25.1.8937393' in '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk-bundle'. Skipping duplicate at '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/ndk/25.1.8937393'
Observed package id 'patcher;v4' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/patcher/v4' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/patcher/v4')
Observed package id 'platform-tools' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/platform-tools' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/platform-tools')
Observed package id 'tools' in inconsistent location '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk/tools' (Expected '/nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/tools')
Checking the license for package Android SDK Build-Tools 30.0.3 in /nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/licenses
Warning: License for package Android SDK Build-Tools 30.0.3 not accepted.
Checking the license for package Android SDK Platform 33 in /nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk/licenses
Warning: License for package Android SDK Platform 33 not accepted.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':app:lintVitalReportUniversalRelease'.
> Failed to install the following Android SDK packages as some licences have not been accepted.
     platforms;android-33 Android SDK Platform 33
     build-tools;30.0.3 Android SDK Build-Tools 30.0.3
  To build this project, accept the SDK license agreements and install the missing components using the Android Studio SDK Manager.
  All licenses can be accepted using the sdkmanager command line tool:
  sdkmanager.bat --licenses
  Or, to transfer the license agreements from one workstation to another, see https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/update.html#download-with-gradle

  Using Android SDK: /nix/store/mq9g7ppqc1hk0i3mzkh3bkibf1q276dq-androidsdk

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BUILD FAILED in 1s
       Error Failed to assemble APK: command ["/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri/gen/android/gradlew", "--project-dir", "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri/gen/android"] exited with code 1: command ["/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri/gen/android/gradlew", "--project-dir", "/home/bburdette/code/zknotes/zknotes/tauri/src-tauri/gen/android"] exited with code 1
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Got past the license issue thanks to github search. Actually not sure what fixed everything, but part of it was probably the wrong ANDROID_HOME and NDK_HOME directories. Also someone had a different way to approve the license:
androidEnv = pkgs.androidenv.override { licenseAccepted = true; };

So now I’m approving the sdk license in at least 3 different ways.

Now flake.nix looks like this. Sorry for the mess in there, WIP.

current problem:

Now the build process is trying to download the SDK Platform 33 rev 2, which I guess is “33.0.2”. It can’t because the sdk dir is read only, since its in the nix store.

License for package Android SDK Platform 33 accepted.
Preparing "Install Android SDK Platform 33 (revision: 2)".
Warning: Failed to read or create install properties file.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':app:lintVitalReportUniversalRelease'.
> Failed to install the following SDK components:
      platforms;android-33 Android SDK Platform 33
  The SDK directory is not writable (/nix/store/7w96hrnjbgmw9yfdmhgkdsd88c6cxi5b-androidsdk/libexec/android-sdk)

There was a similar problem with it demanding build tools v 30.0.3, and I was able to change the flake to accommodate.

Unfortunately platform 33.0.2 isn’t found in nixpkgs/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/repo.json, only 33.0.3.

So either I go back a few revisions of nixpkgs until 33.0.2 is available, or find a way to make it available, or figure out what’s demanding a specific version and change that to want 33.0.3.

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Found the nixpkgs version with 33.0.2 in it, while still pulling tauri-mobile from a newer nixpkgs. flake.nix.

Cool but android build is still trying to download and install that Android SDK Platform 33 (revision: 2).