Building QUIK 4.3.4 on NixOS
I've contributed to the QUIK SMS app a few times in the past, and every time, I have to fight Android Studio to compile it. I'm writing this for myself, but maybe it will help others.
Nix files
These may not be optimal, but they work, ish. I use the NixIDEA plugin and direnv with fehnomenal's "Direnv Integration" plugin.
flake.nix
{
description = "QUIK";
inputs = {
nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs";
devshell.url = "github:numtide/devshell";
flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
android.url = "github:tadfisher/android-nixpkgs";
};
outputs = { self, nixpkgs, devshell, flake-utils, android }:
{
overlay = final: prev: {
inherit (self.packages.${final.system}) android-sdk;
};
}
//
flake-utils.lib.eachSystem [ "aarch64-darwin" "x86_64-darwin" "x86_64-linux" ] (system:
let
inherit (nixpkgs) lib;
pkgs = import nixpkgs {
inherit system;
config.allowUnfree = true;
overlays = [
devshell.overlays.default
self.overlay
];
};
in
{
packages = {
android-sdk = android.sdk.${system} (sdkPkgs: with sdkPkgs; [
# build-tools-33-0-0
build-tools-34-0-0
cmdline-tools-latest
emulator
platform-tools
platforms-android-33
platforms-android-34
system-images-android-35-default-x86-64
]);
};
devShell = import ./devshell.nix { inherit pkgs; };
}
);
}
devshell.nix
{ pkgs }:
with pkgs;
# Taken from numtide's devshell
# Documentation: https://github.com/numtide/devshell
devshell.mkShell {
name = "android-project";
motd = ''
Entered the Android app development environment.
'';
env = [
{
name = "ANDROID_HOME";
value = "${android-sdk}/share/android-sdk";
}
{
name = "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT";
value = "${android-sdk}/share/android-sdk";
}
{
name = "JAVA_HOME";
value = jdk17.home;
}
];
packages = [
android-sdk
gradle
jdk17
];
}
Issues
Android Studio uses the wrong Android SDK
I would often modify the SDK in the flake, only to notice no difference in its behaviour. I kept forgetting to change the SDK to the value of $ANDROID_SDK_ROOT in Project Structure > SDK Location.
./gradlew build requires a keystore properties file
Comment this line in presentation/build.gradle:
throw new GradleException("Keystore properties file not found.")
See the relevant issue on QUIK's repository.
Android Studio doesn't respect JAVA_HOME, set in devshell.nix
This is annoying, as the project uses an old Gradle version, so it needs an old Java version (17). Change "Gradle JDK" to JAVA_HOME in AS Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle.
Superclass access check failed
java.lang.IllegalAccessError: superclass access check failed:
class org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt3.base.javac.KaptJavaCompiler (in unnamed module @0x483ac2e8) cannot access
class com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler (in module jdk.compiler)
because module jdk.compiler does not export com.sun.tools.javac.main to unnamed module @0x483ac2e8
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
I'm not sure how I fixed this in the past. This time, I downgraded the Kotlin version (ext.kotlin_version) in the root build.gradle from 1.7.21 to 1.7.20. We originally updated from .20 to .21 to fix this issue. I have no idea why this brought it back, only for me.
Emulator management
I had to create a new emulator using avdmanager.
avdmanager create avd --name 35 -k "system-images;android-35;default;x86_64"
and run using emulator.
emulator @35
Contact me: wiggle@mailbox.org