Allow non-github

[bettse]

the git box on https://flipc.org/build appears to assume the repo is on github. Ideally it would support any git provider (gitlab, bitbucket, or your own personal server)

[playmean]

This will require an additional moderation I don't have time to :(

[mistial-dev]

Is it possible to just have a repo that emits a stored .fap from git, so that it can be on the app store?

[playmean]

@mistial-dev

No, it builds app from sources for selected firmware and channel. Externally built .fap file can be outdated or api mismatch

[mistial-dev]

I was able to successfully build a fap by ignoring the sources and just pointing the target directly at the .elf file.

As an example with the 2048 game:

mistial@Mistials-MacBook-Pro flipperzero-firmware % cp build/f7-firmware-D/.extapps/game_2048_d.elf applications_user/flipper-zero-2048-game
mistial@Mistials-MacBook-Pro flipperzero-firmware % cat applications_user/flipper-zero-2048-game/application.fam
App(
    appid="game_2048",
    name="2048",
    apptype=FlipperAppType.EXTERNAL,
    entry_point="game_2048_app",
    cdefines=["APP_GAME_2048"],
    requires=[
        "gui",
    ],
    stack_size=1 * 1024,
    order=90,
    fap_icon="game_2048.png",
    fap_category="Games",
    sources=["game_2048_d.elf"]
)
mistial@Mistials-MacBook-Pro flipperzero-firmware % ./fbt fap_game_2048                                             
    LINK    build/f7-firmware-D/.extapps/game_2048_d.elf
    SDKCHK    firmware/targets/f7/api_symbols.csv
API version 21.0 is up to date
    APPMETA    build/f7-firmware-D/.extapps/game_2048.fap
    FAP    build/f7-firmware-D/.extapps/game_2048.fap
    APPCHK    build/f7-firmware-D/.extapps/game_2048.fap
   

The fam file itself is a python script, so it wouldn't be too hard to detect the firmware and channel. It could then dynamically pick the appropriate elf file. I could then use something like github actions (on a private repo) to build all the firmwares, tags, and APIs, name them appropriately, and push them to the public .elf repository.

It's a bit of a workaround, but it would allow a closed source app in the app store that worked without changing the build scripts on your end, adding additional moderation, etc.