uber-apk-signer | cli tool | Plugin library

After a few days of trying, I found a way to build the project in such a way that it will initiate audio and video calls:

Procedure:

• git clone https://github.com/wireapp/wire-android.git --branch release
• cd wire-android
• git checkout 2.40.357
• Load the project into Android Studio
• Edit the file res/layout/collection_file_asset.xml
• Move above the copyright comment since the file must begin with the XML tag
• git add .
• git commit -m "fixed syntax error"
• gradlew assembleProdRelease
• java -jar \uber-apk-signer-0.8.4.jar --apks wire-prod-release-2.40.99999.apk -debug
• adb install wire-prod-release-2.40.99999-aligned-debugSigned.apk

Other Notes:

• Master currently does not build due to Scala errors...
• The current release branch produces a stable app but results in the following error when tapping on the video icon: "E/AudioALSAPlaybackHandlerBase: -getHardwareBufferInfo(), pcm_get_htimestamp fail, ret = -1, pcm_get_error ="
• The most recent stable release 2.41.359 does not work because it crashes on every app launch with: "AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-4 Process: com.wire, PID: 29066 java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'int com.waz.call.RequestHandler.request$1d4ff469()' on a null object reference at com.waz.call.FlowManager.request(FlowManager.java:365)"
• While building 2.40.357 enables audio and video, it is unstable and crashes quite a bit while receiving and making calls. I've spoken with other developers using this code base and they've encountered similar problems...

Thoughts:

I'm not really sure what's happening with this project. There are developers pleading for help with audio / video issues on Git with little response. I think I'd feel a little uneasy about using this code for a commercial project unless there is a bit more stability and support...