🚀 Automated Android Studio (Beta) RPM Packager for OBS

Fully automated RPM packaging for the latest Android Studio Beta channel release, designed for Open Build Service (OBS) and compatible Linux distributions (openSUSE, Fedora, etc.).

Note: This package tracks the Beta channel of Android Studio. The product name is patched at build time to display as Android Studio Beta to distinguish it from a stable channel install.

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✨ Features

• 🤖 Fully Automated — Daily checks for new Android Studio Beta releases via GitHub Actions
• ⚡ Rapid Updates — New releases are built within hours of publication
• 🔧 OBS Integration — Seamless integration with Open Build Service
• 🔄 Robust Detection — Multiple fallback methods for version scraping
• 📦 Clean Packaging — Installs to /usr/share/android-studio with proper desktop and icon integration
• 🛠️ Manual Control — Includes manual trigger options and a local update script

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🏗️ System Architecture

graph TB
    A[GitHub Actions<br>Daily Schedule] --> B[Scrape Android Studio<br>Beta Releases Page]
    B --> C{New Version<br>Available?}
    C -->|Yes| D[Update .spec file<br>Version + Codename]
    D --> E[Commit & Push<br>to Repository]
    E --> F[OBS Monitors<br>Repository Changes]
    F --> G[OBS Downloads<br>Source Tarball]
    G --> H[OBS Builds<br>RPM Package]
    H --> I[Package Available<br>in OBS Repositories]
    C -->|No| J[Workflow Complete<br>No Changes]

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📦 Package Details

Property	Value
Channel	Beta
Architecture	x86_64
Install path	/usr/share/android-studio/
Binary symlink	/usr/bin/android-studio
Desktop entry	/usr/share/applications/android-studio.desktop
Icon	/usr/share/pixmaps/android-studio.png
Licenses	/usr/share/licenses/android-studio/

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📁 Project Structure

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├── android-studio.spec          # RPM specification file
├── android-studio.rpmlintrc     # rpmlint suppression rules
├── _service                     # OBS source service configuration
├── .github/workflows/
│   └── updater.yml              # Automated version checker workflow
├── update.sh                    # Manual local update script
└── README.md                    # This file

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🚀 Quick Start

For End Users

Install Android Studio (Beta) from the OBS repository:

# Add the repository
sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/itachi_re/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:itachi_re.repo
sudo zypper refresh

# Install the package
sudo zypper install android-studio

Then launch from your application menu or run:

android-studio

For Package Maintainers

1. Fork this repository and create your OBS package:

osc meta pkg -e your_project android-studio

2. Copy the _service, android-studio.spec, and android-studio.rpmlintrc files into your OBS package directory.

3. Configure GitHub Secrets if needed:

   • GITHUB_TOKEN is sufficient for automated commits if Actions has write permissions enabled in your repo settings.

4. The automation handles the rest — version bumps, OBS triggers, and builds.

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🔧 Manual Operations

Trigger a Manual Version Check

# Run the local update script
chmod +x update.sh
./update.sh

Or trigger it from GitHub:

1. Go to the Actions tab in your repository
2. Select Check for Android Studio Updates
3. Click Run workflow

Local Build (for testing)

git clone https://github.com/itachi-re/android-studio-obs/
cd android-studio-obs

# Requires rpmbuild and the source tarball to be downloaded manually
rpmbuild -ba android-studio.spec

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⚙️ Configuration

GitHub Actions Schedule

The workflow runs daily at 06:00 UTC. To change the schedule, edit .github/workflows/updater.yml:

schedule:
  - cron: '0 6 * * *'  # Daily at 06:00 UTC

OBS Service Configuration

The _service file below is abbreviated for illustration — the actual file in the repository includes additional services (set_version, download_files, tar, recompress) required for a working OBS build. Do not copy this snippet verbatim:

<!-- Abbreviated — see _service in repo for the full configuration -->
<service name="obs_scm">
  <param name="url">https://github.com/itachi-re/android-studio-obs/</param>
  <param name="filename">android-studio.spec</param>
  <param name="revision">main</param>
</service>

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🛠️ Technical Details

Version Detection

Multiple fallback methods are used for robust version detection:

1. Primary — Official Android Studio releases page scraping
2. Secondary — AUR PKGBUILD parsing (via update.sh)
3. Tertiary — Direct download URL probing

Beta Branding Patch

Since this package coexists with the stable channel, the build patches lib/resources.jar at %prep time to rename the product to Android Studio Beta internally:

bsdtar -xf lib/resources.jar idea/AndroidStudioApplicationInfo.xml
sed -i 's/"Studio"/"Studio Beta"/' idea/AndroidStudioApplicationInfo.xml
zip -u lib/resources.jar idea/AndroidStudioApplicationInfo.xml

Codename Handling

Google embeds a release codename (e.g. quail1-patch1) in the source tarball filename, which changes with each release family. This is tracked via a %define studio_codename macro in the spec and updated by the automation script alongside the version number.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome:

• Report bugs or packaging issues via GitHub Issues
• Submit pull requests for spec improvements, workflow fixes, or documentation updates

Development Workflow

# Fork and clone
git clone https://github.com/your-fork/android-studio-obs/
cd android-studio-obs

# Create a feature branch
git checkout -b fix/something-broken

# Make changes, then push
git add .
git commit -m "fix: describe what you changed"
git push origin fix/something-broken

# Open a pull request on GitHub

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📊 Status

Component	Status	Details
Automated Updates	✅ Active	Daily checks via GitHub Actions
OBS Integration	✅ Active	Automatic build triggers
Architecture	✅ x86_64	Beta channel only ships x86_64 upstream
Version Detection	✅ Robust	Multiple fallback methods
Beta Branding	✅ Patched	Safe to install alongside stable

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📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

Android Studio itself is subject to its own license terms.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• Google Android Team for Android Studio
• Open Build Service team for the packaging infrastructure
• Arch Linux AUR maintainers for version reference

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Automation makes life efficient. 🤖