🚀 Automated Android Studio RPM Packager for OBS

This project provides fully automated RPM packaging for the latest stable version of Android Studio, specifically designed for Open Build Service (OBS) and compatible Linux distributions (openSUSE, Fedora, etc.).

✨ Features

• 🤖 Fully Automated: Daily checks for new Android Studio versions
• ⚡ Rapid Updates: Automatically builds new releases within hours of publication
• 🔧 OBS Integration: Seamless integration with Open Build Service
• 🔄 Multiple Fallbacks: Robust version detection using multiple sources
• 📦 Clean Packaging: Properly installs to /opt/android-studio with desktop integration
• 🛠️ Manual Control: Includes manual trigger options and local update scripts

🏗️ System Architecture

graph TB
    A[GitHub Actions<br>Daily Schedule] --> B[Scrape Android Studio<br>Releases Page]
    B --> C{New Version<br>Available?}
    C -->|Yes| D[Update .spec file<br>Version]
    D --> E[Commit & Push<br>to Repository]
    E --> F[OBS Monitors<br>Repository Changes]
    F --> G[OBS Downloads<br>Source Tarball]
    G --> H[OBS Builds<br>RPM Package]
    H --> I[Package Available<br>in OBS Repositories]
    C -->|No| J[Workflow Complete]

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📁 Project Structure

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├── 📄 android-studio.spec          # RPM specification file
├── 🔧 .github/workflows/
│   └── updater.yml                 # Automated version checker
├── ⚙️ _service                     # OBS service configuration
├── 🛠️ update.sh                   # Manual update script
└── 📖 README.md                   # This file

🚀 Quick Start

For End Users

Install Android Studio from the OBS repository:

# Add the repository 
sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/itachi_re/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:itachi_re.repo
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install android-studio

For Package Maintainers

1. Fork this repository and set up the OBS package:

# In your OBS project
osc meta pkg -e your_project android-studio
# Add the _service file configuration

2. Configure GitHub Secrets (if needed):

   • Set up repository permissions for automated commits
   • Configure any required API tokens

3. The automation will handle the rest!

🔧 Manual Operations

Trigger Manual Update

# Run the manual update script
./update.sh

# Or trigger GitHub Actions manually
# 1. Go to Actions tab in your repository
# 2. Select "Check for Android Studio Updates"
# 3. Click "Run workflow"

Local Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/itachi-re/android-studio-obs/
cd android-studio-obs

# Test the update script
chmod +x update.sh
./update.sh

# Build locally (if you have rpmbuild)
rpmbuild -ba android-studio.spec

⚙️ Configuration

GitHub Actions Schedule

The workflow runs daily at 06:00 UTC. To modify the schedule, edit .github/workflows/updater.yml:

schedule:
  - cron: '0 6 * * *'  # Daily at 06:00 UTC

OBS Service Configuration

The _service file controls how OBS interacts with this repository:

<service name="obs_scm">
  <param name="url">https://github.com/itachi-re/android-studio-obs/</param>
  <param name="filename">android-studio.spec</param>
  <param name="revision">main</param>
</service>

🛠️ Technical Details

Version Detection

The system employs multiple fallback methods for robust version detection:

1. Primary: Official Android Studio releases page scraping
2. Secondary: AUR PKGBUILD parsing (manual script)
3. Tertiary: Direct download URL probing

Package Structure

• Installation Path: /opt/android-studio/
• Desktop Entry: android-studio.desktop
• Binary Symlink: /usr/local/bin/android-studio
• Icons: Properly installed in icon themes

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please feel free to:

• Report issues and bugs
• Suggest new features
• Submit pull requests
• Improve documentation

Development Setup

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
5. Open a pull request

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Google Android Team for Android Studio
• Open Build Service team for the excellent packaging infrastructure
• Arch Linux AUR maintainers for version reference
• GitHub for hosting and Actions automation

📊 Status

Component	Status	Details
Automated Updates	✅ Active	Daily checks via GitHub Actions
OBS Integration	✅ Active	Automatic build triggers
Multi-distro Support	✅ Working	openSUSE, Fedora, etc.
Version Detection	✅ Robust	Multiple fallback methods

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