Replace prebuilt ARSCLib with git submodule

Author: Surendrajat

.github/workflows/gradle_build.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
       - name: Set up JDK 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:

.github/workflows/gradle_build_beta.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
       - name: Set up JDK 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "modules/ARSCLib"]
+	path = modules/ARSCLib
+	url = https://github.com/REAndroid/ARSCLib.git

README.md

@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ Examples:
 
  ```ShellSession
  
-# NB: Due to my lazyness , the dependency ARSCLib.jar is pre-built and placed under APKEditor/libs/ARSCLib.jar or you can build yourself and replace it.
-git clone https://github.com/REAndroid/APKEditor
+# ARSCLib is now included as a Git submodule, so clone with --recurse-submodules
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/REAndroid/APKEditor
 cd APKEditor
 ./gradlew fatJar
 # Executable jar will be placed ./build/libs/APKEditor-x.x.x.jar

build.gradle

@@ -9,26 +9,23 @@ java {
     targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 }
 
-if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
-    allprojects {
-        tasks.compileJava {
-            //options.addStringOption('-Xlint:unchecked', '-quiet')
-        }
-    }
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
+    options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 }
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    //implementation("io.github.reandroid:ARSCLib:+")
-    compile(files("$rootProject.projectDir/libs/ARSCLib.jar"))
+    // Use ARSCLib as a submodule project dependency
+    implementation project(':ARSCLib')
 
     // built from: https://github.com/REAndroid/smali-lib
-    compile(files("$rootProject.projectDir/libs/smali.jar"))
+    implementation files("$rootProject.projectDir/libs/smali.jar")
 
     // built from: https://github.com/REAndroid/JCommand
-    compile(files("$rootProject.projectDir/libs/JCommand.jar"))
+    implementation files("$rootProject.projectDir/libs/JCommand.jar")
 }
 
 processResources {
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@ task fatJar(type: Jar) {
                 'Main-Class': 'com.reandroid.apkeditor.Main'
         )
     }
-    from { configurations.compile.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } }
+    from { configurations.runtimeClasspath.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } }
     with jar
 }
 

libs/ARSCLib.jar

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 rootProject.name = 'APKEditor'
 
+include ':ARSCLib'
+project(':ARSCLib').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, 'modules/ARSCLib')