UBports Installer 0.9.4-beta

KNOWN ISSUE: System-image throw an error #2536

A snap package can be installed by running snap install ubports-installer --edge on any Linux distribution.

You can help us test this release on UBports OPEN-CUTS.

Release notes

This release adds some new actions to make sure the UBports Recovery on the devices are capable of installing Ubuntu Touch. Some additional assertion actions make installation instructions more robust. The generated bug reports have been restructured a little to make them more useful for our developers and easier to understand for users looking for known issues. Last but not least, error handling for empty system image server channels and adb connection issues has been improved.

Changelog

• Add verify_recovery option to systemimage:install action to ensure the installed recovery is capable of installing Ubuntu Touch. Proposed by @Flohack74 and @amartinz in #2420 and ubports/halium_bootable_recovery#22 and implemented by @NeoTheThird in #2529
• Add fastboot:assert_var and adb:assert_prop actions for #2505 by @NeoTheThird in #2529 ubports/promise-android-tools#61 ubports/installer-configs#178
• Improve bug report template structure by @NeoTheThird in #2524
• Handle empty system-image channels as seen in #2522 reported by @tsebastiani and fixed by @NeoTheThird in #2525
• Fix TypeError in plugin error handler, fixes #2528 reported by @paliwaljee and fixed by @NeoTheThird in #2530
• Handle adb connection reset error seen in #2528 reported by @paliwaljee and fixed by @NeoTheThird in ubports/promise-android-tools#63

Full Changelog: 0.9.3-beta...0.9.4-beta

Notes to Developers

You may use the newly added adb:assert_prop and fastboot:assert_var actions to assert the value of adb getprop or fastboot getvar. RegEx matching is supported as well. This allows us to verify that devices are actually running a working UBports Recovery, by checking for the ro.ubuntu.recovery implemented in ubports/halium_bootable_recovery#22. As a quick shorthand, you can supply the verify_recovery option to your systemimage:install step, so you don't have to touch adb:assert_prop directly for this.

Syntax Example:

        - systemimage:install:
              verify_recovery: true
        - adb:assert_prop:
            prop: "ro.ubuntu.recovery"
            value: "true"
        - fastboot:assert_var:
            variable: "ro.ubuntu.recovery"
            value: "true"
        - adb:assert_prop:
            prop: "ro.ubuntu.recovery"
            regex:
              pattern: "true"
              flags: "i"
        - fastboot:assert_var:
            variable: "ro.ubuntu.recovery"
            regex:
              pattern: "true"
              flags: "i"