👨‍💻 Setup a development environment for ReVanced

A certain development environment is suggested to allow for streamlined development on ReVanced.

🚀 Get started

Clone repositories

mkdir revanced && cd revanced

repositories=(
    "revanced-cli"
    "revanced-patches"
    "revanced-patcher" # Only if you want to work on ReVanced Patcher
    "revanced-library" # Only if you want to work on ReVanced Library
)

for repository in "${repositories[@]}" ; do
    git clone -b dev --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/revanced/$repository
done

Build

Ensure, that all projects build successfully. Run the following command in the revanced directory:
```
for project in */; do
    cd "$project" && ./gradlew build && cd ..
done
```

Note

If the build fails due to authentication, you may need to authenticate to GitHub Packages. Create a personal access tokens with the scope read:packages here and add your token to ~/.gradle/gradle.properties. Create the file if it does not exist.

Example gradle.properties file:
gpr.user = <GitHub username>
gpr.key = <Personal access token>

⚙️ Setting up your workspace in IntelliJ IDEA

Follow these steps to configure your development environment for the revanced-cli project in IntelliJ IDEA:

Open the revanced-cli project:
- Open the revanced-cli project in IntelliJ IDEA
- Ensure you are using the correct JDK as specified in 💼 Prerequisites
Import projects:

Import the projects you cloned as modules into the revanced-cli project:
1. Open the Project Structure dialog by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S
2. Navigate to the Modules section
3. Import each additional project as a module under the revanced-cli project
Synchronize Gradle projects:
- Click on the Sync All Gradle Projects button in the Gradle tool window
- Verify that all Gradle projects are imported successfully without errors
Configure the Run Configuration for revanced-cli:
1. Locate the app.revanced.cli.command.MainCommandKt class in the revanced-cli project
2. Click the green Play button next to the main function. This will generate a new run configuration
3. Edit the run configuration as follows:
  - Program arguments: Specify the arguments you would use to run ReVanced CLI from the command line. Example:
```
patch
-p revanced-patches\patches\build\libs\patches-<version>.rvp
binaries\some.apk
-i # Install the patched APK to a device connected via ADB after patching
```
  - Working directory: Set to the parent directory of the revanced-cli project:
```
$ProjectFileDir$/..
```
  - Before launch: Add a Gradle task to build revanced-patches:patches:
    1. Click the + button and select Run Gradle Task
    2. Choose the revanced-patches:patches project and add the build task

Warning

The RVP file names in revanced-patches change with each release.
Ensure you update the path to the patches in the run configuration program arguments whenever you pull new commits.

🥼 Working on `revanced-patcher` and `revanced-library` (Optional)

Import as modules: Import revanced-patcher and revanced-library as modules in the revanced-cli project
Update versions:
- In their respective gradle.properties files, bump the version to a unique value that is not already published in any other repository
Add the local Maven repository: Add mavenLocal() to the repositories block of the projects that need to use the locally published versions
Update dependencies: Update the dependency version in the libs.versions.toml file of the dependent projects to match the version in gradle.properties
Configure module dependencies:
- Go to Project Structure
- Select the main module of your project
- Under the Dependencies tab, remove the existing dependencies to revanced-patcher or revanced-library
- Add new dependencies by clicking + > Module Dependency
- Select revanced-patcher.main or revanced-library.jvmMain
Set up local publication:
- Add Before launch tasks in the revanced-cli run configuration
- Use the publishToMavenLocal Gradle task to publish the revanced-patcher and revanced-library projects to your local Maven repository

✅ Verify your setup

Now that you have set up your development environment, verify that everything works as intended:

Run ReVanced CLI:
- Run the revanced-cli project with the run configuration you created
- Confirm that the CLI starts and executes the command you specified in the program arguments
Edit the projects:

Make a small change in the projects and confirm that the changes are reflected, when you run the project
Test debugging:
- Set a breakpoint in the projects
- Run the project in debug mode and confirm that the breakpoint is hit
- Continue and let ReVanced CLI exit

⚠️ Troubleshoot your development environment

Projects fail to build: Ensure that you have the correct JDK version installed. Check the JAVA_HOME environment variable and the JDK version in IntelliJ IDEA. Make sure you are authenticated to GitHub Packages if the build fails due to authentication issues
Run configuration fails: Check the program arguments and working directory in the run configuration. Ensure that the paths are correct and up to date with the latest changes in the repositories
Breakpoints are not hit: Ensure that you are running the project in debug mode and that the paths are correct in the run configuration
Dependencies are not resolved: Make sure, the dependencies are published to the local Maven repository, mavenLocal() is present in the repositories block and the correct version of the dependencies is specified in the libs.versions.toml file
Changes in projects are not reflected: Ensure, that after making changes in the projects, the revanced-patches project is built, and the run configuration is updated with the latest path to the patches file. Also, ensure that the libraries are published to the local Maven repository and the dependencies are correctly set up in the Project Structure dialog. Ensure, the correct version of the dependencies is specified in the libs.versions.toml file

📜 Project specific documentations

To learn more about the individual projects, refer to their respective documentations:

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