1291371 - [geckoview] Allow to load GeckoView libraries from /mnt/sdcard or another APK for developer speed

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(GeckoView :: General, defect)

Description

[Nick Alexander :nalexander [he/him]]

A GeckoView consumer will quickly witness slow development cycles
because they are constantly signing and pushing ~20 Mb of libxul.so
and omni.ja to their devices.  It's possible to load (or
copy-and-load) libraries from /mnt/sdcard, or possibly another signed
APK, rather than requiring the libraries in the APK itself.  This
ticket tracks implementing such an option.  I did this once eons ago
using Eclipse's "dependent APK" functionality, but sadly that
functionality doesn't exist in Gradle.  See Bug 1217228, which tries
to do this in the context of Fennec.  (It's easier for GeckoView
consumers, since the library assets are fixed.)

Comment 1

[James Willcox (:snorp) ([e-mail]) (he/him)]

I think with instant run this mostly works? I am not too keen on hacks involving /mnt/sdcard...