[tor-bugs] #25164 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Reproducible Tor Browser for Android builds

[Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki]

#25164: Reproducible Tor Browser for Android builds
----------------------------------------------+--------------------------
 Reporter:  sysrqb                            |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement                       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                              |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser          |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-mobile, TorBrowserTeam201807  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #26693                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                    |        Sponsor:
----------------------------------------------+--------------------------

Comment (by boklm):

 Replying to [comment:11 sisbell]:
 > I've implemented building an Android apk with RBM at:
 https://github.com/sisbell/tor-browser-build/tree/android

 This is good work. Thanks!

 Here are a few quick comments:
 - the main ticket for integrating the android build into tor-browser-build
 is not #25164 but #26693. This one is only for the reproducible part of it
 (checking that multiple builds on multiple machines create the same
 build).
 - In the commit subject you should use `Bug XXXX:` (even if the ticket is
 of type `enhancement`).
 - to make it easier to review, you should split the commits in different
 commits. I think one for adding stretch to debootstrap-image, for adding
 android-toolchain, for adding the new platform definition to rbm.conf, for
 fixing the rust build, for fixing the firefox build.
 - should we call the target in rbm.conf `torbrowser-android-armv7` instead
 of just `torbrowser-android`?
 - `var/compiler` should be set to `android-toolchain` instead of `gcc`.
 - `ndk.zip` should be included in `android-toolchain` so that is not
 needed to download it from `projects/firefox/config`.

--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25164#comment:12>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online