ttpho / androidgen

The Android code generator for your assets, fonts, colors, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs.

AndroidGen

The Android code generator for your assets, fonts, colors, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs.

Inspired by SwiftGen.

Inspired by FlutterGen.

Problem

Using asset path string directly is not safe.

❌ Bad What would happen if you made a typo?

Glide.with(this)
            .load(Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/images/flower.png"))
            .into(imageView)


// The following assertion was thrown resolving an image codec:
// Unable to load asset: assets/images/flower.png

⭕️ Good We want to use it safely.

Glide.with(this)
            .load(Uri.parse(BuildAssetManager.IMAGES_FLOWER))
            .into(imageView)

Setup

• Download file: BuildAssets.jar
• Put it into root Android Project

• Terminal > Run

java -jar BuildAssets.jar assets_path package_path 

For example:

java -jar BuildAssets.jar app/src/main/assets app/src/main/java/ttpho/io/chat/gen

File BuildAssetManager.kt is created on package ttpho.io.chat.gen

Contributing

• Update file BuildAssets.java
• Update file VERSION
• Build file BuildAssets.jar

javac BuildAssets.java
jar cvfe BuildAssets.jar BuildAssets BuildAssets.class

Why Java

Write once, run anywhere