Reproducible Build fails for 2.0.12

[IzzySoft]

  -rw-r--r--  0.0 unx      120 b-      118 defN 1981-01-01 01:01:02 33275c50 META-INF/version-control-info.textproto
- -rw-r--r--  0.0 unx     5149 b-     5149 stor 1981-01-01 01:01:02 886d823c assets/dexopt/baseline.prof
+ -rw-r--r--  0.0 unx     5149 b-     5149 stor 1981-01-01 01:01:02 efda4568 assets/dexopt/baseline.prof
  -rw-r--r--  0.0 unx      613 b-      613 stor 1981-01-01 01:01:02 0e46c9c0 assets/dexopt/baseline.profm
- -rw-r--r--  0.0 unx  3958144 b-  1770419 defN 1981-01-01 01:01:02 c6ae08d5 classes.dex
+ -rw-r--r--  0.0 unx  3958144 b-  1770417 defN 1981-01-01 01:01:02 2d3e3ccb classes.dex
  -rw-r--r--  0.0 unx    10096 b-    10096 stor 1981-01-01 01:01:02 9734baa0 lib/arm64-v8a/libandroidx.graphics.path.so

And classes.dex diff looks like… a dirty build? May I recommend you to always make sure there are no local, uncommitted changes in the build tree – nor any artifacts left from prior builds?

cd $project_dir
if [[ $(git status --porcelain | wc -l) -ne 0 ]]; then
  >&2 echo "ERROR! Tree is dirty, aborting build."
  exit 1
fi

./gradlew clean assembleRelease

Make sure to replace $project_dir with the directory your code resides (and the APK is built in) – and to adjust the build command (e.g. if you use build flavors). Short explanation:

• the first block will abort the script if there are uncommitted changes. The "ERROR" message will be sent to STDERR (>&2).
• the clean in the gradlew call will make sure no old artifacts are used for the build.

Name the script e.g. mkrelease, make it executable, and put it in your $PATH. Then, whenever you want to make a release build, call this script 😉

[AmrDeveloper]

Thanks for reporting. I think I will do this or release it from CI

[IzzySoft]

So you confirm this was a "dirty build"? No offence meant, but that's the term for it. Such a build cannot be "rescued" for RB, so no need for us to hold back the results.

[AmrDeveloper]

I will test and confirm. What I mean is that, anyway, this process should be automated using a script or CI