Hello,
I know there is already a similar thread, I did not want to hijack it,
since the topic is slightly different.
Debian currently provides all tools required for creating an apk (and I
assume also an aar).
Unfortunately it seems to be missing one tool for creating an aab:
bundletool
https://developer.android.com/tools/bundletool.
I could not find it in any package, and it is not even mentioned in
https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools
Is there any plan to add it?
Fortunately it is just one jar file to download from
https://github.com/google/bundletool/releases/download/
but it would be nicer to be able to install it like other tools.
Strictly speaking out of topic, but I wanted also to mention the following.
I've noticed that proguard is based on a old upstream version.
The packaged version has trouble with class files generated by newer
jdk; since using proguard is an optional step, this is obviously not a
blocking issue.
dx has a similar issue; it does not support class files generated by
newer jdks.
One can install d8 (for example by installing
google-android-platform-36-installer); there seems not to exist a
package like dalvik-exchange just for installing d8.
Similarly to bundletool, I could not find anywhere r8.
This is the successor of proguard in the android toolchain, but could
not find it into any package.
Again, since optimizing class files is optional, it is not a dealbraker
for creating an application.
PS: with --target 8 it is possible to generate class files compatible
with the packaged proguard and dx. Unfortunately this option seems to be
deprecated in jdk 21.
