GSOC 2022 : Interested in project "Improving shadowOf generation".

[Akshay2131]

Hello guys,
This side Akshay Sharma and i am currently pursuing bachelor's in computer sciencee and engineering at National Institute of Technology Hamirpur. I have studied computer science subjects like operating systems, data structures, OOPs and many more. I am well versed with java , c++ and working with android development nowadays.
I want to work with this project. So, can you tell me more about this and guide me further about the same.

[hoisie]

@Akshay2131 as a first step it would be great to set up a development environment where you can build Robolectric. Could you try to follow the instructions at http://robolectric.org/building-robolectric/ and see if you can get to the point where you can build Robolectric? What OS are you using?

[Akshay2131]

All right.. I am working to set up environment soon.. I am using ubuntu as OS

[Akshay2131]

@hoisie In Shadows.java file, it shows Cannot resolve symbol 'Shadows'.
Do you have any idea/suggestion about it?

[Akshay2131]

Actually, i got it that why it was there..

[Akshay2131]

@hoisie i have created a new PR as Add getCurrentSyncs() in ShadowContentResolver #7225
Could you please review it?

[utzcoz]

You can ping at your PR page directly.

[Akshay2131]

@hoisie and @utzcoz could you guys review it and suggest something if needed to be added in this GSoC proposal..
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UlX41UOxmhHZ0R4DL1djRLp-3WBz8N9DktQyn5lNa9c/edit?usp=sharing

[utzcoz]

There is an official tutorial about proposal: https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/writing-a-proposal

[hellosagar]

IMHO, it's not mandatory. And @hellosagar please be friendly.

ohh sorry for the confusion, I just mean it looks cool/good/impressive

[hellosagar]

sorry for the confusion I'm not a native English speaker but I just meant that It is well thought out

[utzcoz]

I'm not native English speaker too. Sorry for misunderstanding it.

[hellosagar]

The bottom line is that I was just giving a compliment, I will try to use neutral words only from now on and will avoid text language and be more professional

[hoisie]

@Akshay2131 I have made some comments on the doc. The main part of the project will involve updating ImplementsValidator to keep track of which API levels for all shadow classes, and make sure that shadowOf generation are disabled for classes that are too new. Another part of the project is going through shadows that have isInAndroidSdk = false and potentially removing that. If you make those changes I can take another pass tomorrow.

[Akshay2131]

Got it! I will make the changes suggested by you shortly..
Thanks@hoisie

[Akshay2131]

I have marked the changes in the proposal as suggested by @hoisie..

[Akshay2131]

[Akshay2131]

I have submitted the proposal. Thanks @hoisie and @utzcoz for their help..

[Akshay2131]

I just checked that I got selected for GSoC 2022.
Thanks to @hoisie and @utzcoz for their constant support and belief in me to select me as a GSoC contributor this year.
Hoping to enjoy this journey with u guys..

[hoisie]

Can you paste the exact error message? There may be another compiler error that is the real cause. Shadows.java gets generated by a Java annotation professor, so if there is another compile error, it won't be generated.

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[utzcoz]

GSoC 2022 was finished, and related discussions should be posted on related issues or other discussion page.