local.properties is not being found

[belensaacastro]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

I'm dealing now with Android's new policy, and I need to update the minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion.
As I'm using a flutter version greater than 2.8 I need to use a local.property file to set these constants, and after that set them on my build.gradle file its values.
Like this:

defaultConfig {

        minSdkVersion localProperties.getProperty('flutter.minSdkVersion').toInteger()
        targetSdkVersion localProperties.getProperty('flutter.targetSdkVersion').toInteger()
       
    }

I'm using Codemagic Workflow editor instead of the .yaml file, so my question for you is: How can I add these local.properties values to Codemagic?

I tried to add this according to the post in the Post-clone script:

#!/bin/sh
# set up local properties
echo "flutter.sdk=$HOME/programs/flutter" > "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"
echo "flutter.minSdkVersion=21" >> "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"
echo "flutter.targetSdkVersion=33" >> "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"
echo "flutter.compileSdkVersion=33" >> "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"

But I'm getting an error.

Expected results

I'm expecting to build the app with the updated minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion values.

Actual results

Im getting this error from Codemagic tool:

/var/folders/w2/rrf5p87d1bbfyphxc7jdnyvh0000gn/T/build_script_3_1_jhddagae: line 3: /Users/builder/clone/android/local.properties: No such file or directory
/var/folders/w2/rrf5p87d1bbfyphxc7jdnyvh0000gn/T/build_script_3_1_jhddagae: line 4: /Users/builder/clone/android/local.properties: No such file or directory
/var/folders/w2/rrf5p87d1bbfyphxc7jdnyvh0000gn/T/build_script_3_1_jhddagae: line 5: /Users/builder/clone/android/local.properties: No such file or directory
/var/folders/w2/rrf5p87d1bbfyphxc7jdnyvh0000gn/T/build_script_3_1_jhddagae: line 6: /Users/builder/clone/android/local.properties: No such file or directory

Build failed :|
Step 3 script Post-clone script exited with status code 1

Build id (optional)

650379923886b4868392bb72

[dtrdic]

hey @belensaacastro, why are you using local.properties file to set the minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion? can you try directly changing inside your android/app/build.gradle file?

[belensaacastro]

Hello David! That's a really good question... According to this post <https://www.woolha.com/tutorials/flutter-change-android-minsdkversion-targetsdkversion-compilesdkversion> using the local.properties was recommended instead of hardcoding the values when you are using a Flutter version greather than 2.8... I will try and I'll let you know. By the way, if I would need to use some values from a file. What would be the best approach to do that using the Workflow editor? Why is not working the script I added on the Post cloning script? Thank you for your early response! Cheers, Belen. El vie, 15 sept 2023 a las 5:17, David Maldonado ***@***.***>) escribió:

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hey @belensaacastro <https://github.com/belensaacastro>, why are you using local.properties file to set the minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion? can you try directly changing inside your android/app/build.gradle file? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2047 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ANONDAMRRMTERFMY5XOCUS3X2QFJHANCNFSM6AAAAAA4Y5ALCI> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <codemagic-ci-cd/codemagic-docs/repo-discussions/2047/comments/7011260@ github.com>

[dtrdic]

hey @belensaacastro, probably because local.properties file hasn't been created yet.
Try adding echo "sdk.dir=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT" > "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties" before setting up other properties, like this

echo "sdk.dir=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT" > "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"

echo "flutter.sdk=$HOME/programs/flutter" > "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"
echo "flutter.minSdkVersion=21" >> "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"
echo "flutter.targetSdkVersion=33" >> "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"
echo "flutter.compileSdkVersion=33" >> "$CM_BUILD_DIR/android/local.properties"

[dtrdic]

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