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Dev Environment for LeakCanary contributors

Setup

  • Download Android Studio.
  • We use two spaces code indentation, use SquareAndroid code style settings from https://github.com/square/java-code-styles.
  • Build with ./gradlew build.
  • Running the failing UI tests to confirm leak detection correctly fails UI tests: ./gradlew leakcanary-android-sample:connectedCheck.
  • Normal UI tests: ./gradlew leakcanary-android-core:connectedCheck.

Static Code Analysis

  • LeakCanary uses Detekt for static Code analysis.
  • Analyze the entire project with ./gradlew check or particular modules with ./gradlew :module-name:check. Detekt will fail the build if any ruleset violations are found. You should fix all issues before pushing the branch to remote.
  • There’s also a git pre-push hook that will run analysis automatically before pushing a branch to the remote. If there are any violations - it will prevent the push. Fix the issues!
  • You can bypass the git hook though; Travis CI will still run checks and will fail if any violations are found.
  • Detekt report will be printed in the console and saved to /moduleDir/build/reports/.

Deploying locally

To deploy LeakCanary to your local maven repository, run the following command, changing the path to the path of your local repository:

./gradlew uploadArchives -PSNAPSHOT_REPOSITORY_URL=file:///Users/py/.m2/repository

Then add the SNAPSHOT dependency and mavenLocal() repository to your project:

dependencies {
  debugImplementation 'com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android:3.0-alpha-9-SNAPSHOT'
}

repositories {
  mavenLocal()
}

Deploying the docs locally

Installing or updating the docs dependencies:

pip install --requirement docs/requirements.txt

Deploying locally

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