Saguaro
An Android library to make it easier to add version information and licensing information, and facilitate sending feedback.
Try out the sample application on Google Play.
Changelog
1.0.1
- Add device name, Android version, and Android API level to send feedback information
- Removed conflicting gradle plugin dependencies
- Add OpenSourceTextView to render acknowledgment dialog content
- Expose open source license as a public String
- Expose licenses as Java model objects for custom use
1.0.0
- AcknowledgmentsTextView
- SendFeedbackTextView
- VersionTextView
Native Android Usage
For a working implementation of this project see the sample/ folder.
VersionTextView
You can declare a VersionTextView in your xml layout files to automatically populate the version information. The class extends TextView so you can easily apply a custom Typeface or style. By default, VersionTextView will display the version in the following format: v[MAJOR].[MINOR].[POINT].[BUILD] (e.g. v1.2.3.456).
<com.willowtreeapps.saguaro.android.widget.VersionTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />You can enable a "full" version text ( Version 1.2.3 build 456) by declaring the res-auto namespace and adding an attribute like so:
<com.willowtreeapps.saguaro.android.widget.VersionTextView
xmlns:saguaro="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
saguaro:saguaro__isFullVersionText="false" />You can also override this dynamic behavior by defining your own res/values entry for default_version_text_dynamic (e.g. <string name="default_version_text_dynamic">v%1$s b%2$s</string>, which would yield v1.2.3 b456)
You can also programmatically get the version information as a String:
Saguaro.getMinVersionString(mContext);
Saguaro.getFullVersionString(mContext);
SendFeedbackTextView
You can customize sending feedback with an e-mail address, and optionally a custom subject and body.
<string name="send_feedback_email">[email protected]</string> <string name="send_feedback_optional_subject">Feature request from Oprah</string> <string name="send_feedback_optional_body">PLEASE ADD MORE BEES.</string>Then declare a SendFeedbackTextView in your xml layout:
<com.willowtreeapps.saguaro.android.widget.SendFeedbackTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />You can also obtain the Intent to send feedback programmatically:
Saguaro.getSendFeedbackIntent(mContext);
AcknowledgmentsTextView
For licensing information, add a saguaro_config.xml file in your res/values folder and populate your own values.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>
<string-array name="mit_projects">
<item>MIT 1</item>
<item>MIT 2</item>
<item>MIT 3</item>
<item>MIT 4</item>
<item>MIT 5</item>
</string-array>
<string-array name="apache2_projects">
<item>ActionBarSherlock</item>
<item>Apache 1</item>
<item>Apache 2</item>
<item>Apache 3</item>
<item>Apache 4</item>
</string-array>
<string-array name="bsd2_projects">
<item>BSD 1</item>
<item>BSD 2</item>
<item>BSD 3</item>
<item>BSD 4</item>
</string-array> </resources>Valid built-in licenses are mit, apache2, bsd2, and ccpl3 (Creative Commons).
You can further customize acknowledgments by adding custom prepended acknowledgments.
<string name="prepend_acknowledgments_text">Special thanks to Oprah for providing copious amounts of bees.</string>Then declare an AcknowledgmentsTextView in your xml layout. Again, this extends TextView so you can customize it as well.
<com.willowtreeapps.saguaro.android.widget.AcknowledgmentsTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />If you'd like to launch the Dialog on your own (for example in an OnClickListener), you can do so:
Saguaro.showOpenSourceDialog(mContext);
Adding your own license
In addition to the provided licenses, you can add your own.
In your saguaro_config.xml, add the following to define your own licenses:
<string-array name="saguaro_licenses">
<item>bees</item> </string-array> <string name="bees_name">Public Bees License</string> <string-array name="bees_projects">
<item>Bees Lib</item> </string-array>Then create the res/raw/bees.txt file and copy the raw text of your license into it.
Saguaro Gradle Plugin
You can use the Saguaro Gradle Plugin to define and automatically fetch licenses from your dependencies in your build.gradle config.
Start by adding the following to your build.gradle:
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath "com.willowtreeapps.saguaro:gradle-plugin:1.0.0"
}
}
apply plugin: 'saguaro' saguaro {
// Configure your licenses
}
Then run gradle saguaroGenerate to generate license resources based on your dependencies.
You may run into a few issues when generating the licenses.
Some dependencies may have licenses that are not defined in their pom.xml file. In this case, you can add the library manually:
saguaro {
license apache2, 'Apache 1'
license mit, ['Mit 1', 'Mit 2']
}
The constants apache2, bsd2, mit, and ccpl3 are built in to Saguaro.
You can also define your own license that either downloads from a URL or that you provide in res/raw. The below example downloads one license from beegifs.com and gets the other from res/raw/second.txt.
saguaro {
def bees = [name: 'Bees License', url: 'http://www.beegifs.com/license.txt']
def myLicense2 = [name: 'My Second License', key: 'second']
license bees, 'Bees Lib'
license myLicense2, 'Lib 2'
}
You can also ignore dependencies in case you don't want them to show up or you want to explicitly set their license.
saguaro {
ignore 'com.oprah.bees:bees'
}
Another problem that you may run into is having multiple dependencies with the same license, but the licenses are named differently. In this case, you can consolidate them by using an alias.
saguaro {
alias apache2, 'Apache 2'
alias 'Bees License', ['Beees License', 'Beeees License']
}
Any libraries labeled with the aliased names will show up as the same license.
Saguaro Maven Plugin
There is also a Saguaro Maven Plugin, which works in a similar way to the Gradle plugin.
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.willowtreeapps.saguaro</groupId>
<artifactId>saguaro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<configure><!-- Configure your licenses --></configure>
</plugins> </build>You can then execute the generate goal.
mvn com.willowtreeapps.saguaro:saguaro-maven-plugin:generateConfiguration is very similar, albeit more verbose.
<configure>
<licenses>
<!-- built in license -->
<license>
<key>apache2</key>
<libraries>
<item>Apache 1</item>
<item>Apache 2</item>
</libraries>
</license>
<!-- custom local license -->
<license>
<name>Public Bees License</name>
<key>bees</key>
<library>Bees Lib</library>
</license>
<!-- custom license with url -->
<license>
<name>Other license</name>
<url>http://www.beegifs.com/license.txt</url>
</license>
</licenses>
<ignore>
<dependency>
<groupId>.com.oprah.bees</groupId>
<artifactId>bees</artifactId>
</dependency>
</ignore>
<aliases>
<alias>
<key>apache2</key>
<alias>Apache 2</alias>
</alias>
<alias>
<name>Bees License</name>
<aliases>
<item>Beees License</item>
<item>Beeees License</item>
</aliases>
</alias>
</alises> </configure>Including in Your Project
Saguaro is packaged as an Android library project.
You can include this project by referencing it as a library project in Eclipse or ant.
If you are a Maven user you can easily include the library by specifying it as a dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.willowtreeapps.saguaro</groupId>
<artifactId>saguaro-android</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<type>aar</type>
</dependency>If you are a Gradle user you can also easily include the library:
compile 'com.willowtreeapps.saguaro:saguaro-android:1.0.0'Contribution
Pull requests are welcome!
Feel free to contribute to Saguaro.
If you've fixed a bug or have a feature you've added, just create a pull request.
If you've found a bug, want a new feature, or have other questions, file an issue. We'll try to answer as soon as possible.
License
Copyright 2013 WillowTree Apps Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.