Providing custom app dummy bundle on Github (#110)

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -39,4 +39,62 @@ jobs:
           DWDS_HTTP_BASIC_ACCESS_AUTHENTICATION: ${{ secrets.DWDS_HTTP_BASIC_ACCESS_AUTHENTICATION }}
         run: |
           cd kiwix-android
-          eval "./gradlew publish${TAG^}ReleaseApkWithExpansionFile"
+          eval "./gradlew publish${TAG^}ReleaseBundleWithPlayAssetDelivery"
+
+  publish_dummy_bundle:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Retrieving custom app configuration
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Retrieving Kiwix Android source code
+        run: git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch develop https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android.git
+
+      - name: Copying custom app configuration into Kiwix Android code base
+        run: ./copy_files_to_kiwix_android.sh
+
+      - name: Preparing signing material
+        env:
+          keystore: ${{ secrets.keystore }}
+        run: |
+          echo "$keystore" | base64 -d > kiwix-android/kiwix-android.keystore
+
+      - name: Set tag variable
+        run: echo "TAG=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF:10})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Should upload dummy Bundle
+        run: |
+          cd ${TAG}
+          new=$(grep -o '"new": true' info.json)
+          if [ -n "$new" ]; then
+            echo "The 'new' attribute is true, proceeding to publish dummy bundle..."
+          else
+            echo "The 'new' attribute is not true, skipping the next job."
+            exit 0  # Skip the job as Bundle is already published on play store
+          fi
+
+      - name: Generate dummy Bundle
+        env:
+          KEY_ALIAS: ${{ secrets.KEY_ALIAS }}
+          KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.KEY_PASSWORD }}
+          KEY_STORE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.KEY_STORE_PASSWORD }}
+          DWDS_HTTP_BASIC_ACCESS_AUTHENTICATION: ${{ secrets.DWDS_HTTP_BASIC_ACCESS_AUTHENTICATION }}
+        run: |
+          cd kiwix-android
+          eval "./gradlew bundle${TAG^}Release"
+
+
+      - name: Get Bundle name and path
+        id: bundle-path
+        run: |
+          BUNDLE_PATH="kiwix-android/custom/build/outputs/bundle/${TAG}Release/*${TAG}*.aab"
+          BUNDLE_NAME="${TAG^}DummyBundle.aab"
+          echo "bundle_path=$BUNDLE_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "bundle_name=$BUNDLE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Upload Bundle as an artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.bundle_name }}
+          path: ${{ env.bundle_path }}

README.md

@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ important fields are:
 - `disable_sidebar`, a boolean value, when set to `true`, it hides the sidebar
 - `disable_tabs`, a boolean value, when set to `true`, it deactivates the multi-tabs feature
 - `disable_read_aloud`, a boolean value, when set to `true`, it disable the text-to-speech feature
+- `new`, A boolean value, when set to `true`, it triggers the creation
+  and storage of a dummy release Bundle during the current workflow
+  run.
 
 You can also create this new file using Github IO. Go to
 https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android-custom/new/master and type
@@ -140,20 +143,24 @@ then Go to the [release
 
 This triggers a [Github
  action](https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android-custom/actions) that
- will build an app using kiwix-android master branch and the icon
- set/json defined in this repository and then upload it to the Play
- Console in draft to alpha with an expansion file attached. Therefore,
- go to the [Google Play Store Admin
- dashboard](https://play.google.com/apps/publish) for the
- corresponding app and go to menu "Publication management" > "App version":
- under "Alpha", you can click on "Modify version". After a couple of hours
- the new version of the app should be listed in the public Play Store.
-
-Remark: This will only work with app updates. To create a new custom
- app an app must be built manually and submit to the Google Play store
+ will build an app Bundle using kiwix-android master branch and the
+ illustrations/icons set/json defined in this repository.
+
+The very first release has to be done manually. Put the `new`
+[attribute](#description-json-file) so the release management action
+provides you the dummy first bundle to upload.
+
+All other further releases (without the `new` attribute in the
+ `json.info`) are then uploaded automatically to the Google Play app
+ store as draft. Therefore, once released, go then to the [Google Play
+ Store Admin dashboard](https://play.google.com/apps/publish) for the
+ corresponding app and go to menu "Publication management" > "App
+ version": under "Internal Testing", you can click on "Modify
+ version". After a couple of hours the new version of the app should
+ be listed in the public Play Store.
 
 License
 -------
 
 [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0) or later, see
-[LICENSE](LICENSE) for more details.
+[LICENSE](LICENSE) for more details.