1963710 - :geckoview:compileDebugJavaWithJavac failure: "Cannot query the value of this provider because it has no value available" after bootstrap

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Build System :: Bootstrap Configuration, defect, P3)

Description

[Matt Tighe [:matt-tighe]]

Ran into a build issue with the following error. IIRC, this was my build immediately following mach bootstrap swapping from a non-artifact Android build to an artifact Android build.

 0:37.99 [Incubating] Problems report is available at: file:///Users/mtighe/dev/mozilla-unified/build/reports/problems/problems-report.html
 0:37.99 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
 0:37.99 * What went wrong:
 0:37.99 Could not determine the dependencies of task ':geckoview:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
 0:37.99 > Cannot query the value of this provider because it has no value available.
 0:37.99 * Try:
 0:37.99 > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
 0:37.99 > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
 0:37.99 > Run with --scan to get full insights.
 0:37.99 > Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.
 0:37.99 Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.
 0:37.99 You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.
 0:37.99 For more on this, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.13/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings in the Gradle documentation.
 0:37.99 BUILD FAILED in 6s
 0:37.99 12 actionable tasks: 12 executed
 0:37.99 Configuration cache entry stored.
 0:38.05 make[3]: *** [recurse_android-archive-geckoview] Error 1
 0:38.05 make[2]: *** [android-archive-geckoview] Error 2
 0:38.05 make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
 0:38.05 make: *** [build] Error 2
 0:38.15 W 0 compiler warnings present.

:nalexander helped me dig in, and running mach gradle :geckoview:assembleDebug displayed another error in building exoplayer2. Running
mach gradle :exoplayer2:assembleDebug led us to a more clear error message:

Execution failed for task ':exoplayer2:parseDebugLocalResources'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':exoplayer2:androidApis'.
   > Failed to transform android.jar to match attributes {artifactType=android-platform-attr, org.gradle.libraryelements=jar, org.gradle.usage=java-runtime}.
      > Execution failed for PlatformAttrTransform: /Users/mtighe/.mozbuild/android-sdk-macosx/platforms/android-36/android.jar.
         > /Users/mtighe/.mozbuild/android-sdk-macosx/platforms/android-36/android.jar

However, inspecting that directory led us to find that android.jar was in fact missing. Reinstalling the sdk through Android Studio SDK Manager resolved the issue for now.

Comment 1

[Alex Hochheiden [:ahochheiden]]

As discussed on Slack, :nalexander and I both think that something weird with the sdkmanager tool probably caused this. It probably wasn't explicitly caused by code on our end in android.py. Upgrading from an older android SDK to a newer version could possibly be the trigger, though.

Unless more people encounter this regularly, it's probably not worth the time trying to find a way to reproduce the issue and fully resolve it. Let's hope this was a one-off.

One thing we can do, is add a check for android.jar in configure like we do for emulator and adb here. That would make diagnosing this easier. Any time ./mach build is invoked, so is ./mach configure, and if a critical file is missing the error message would make it more obvious that re-installing the android SDK may resolve the issue.

Comment 2

[Alex Hochheiden [:ahochheiden]]

Attachment: Bug 1963710 - Check for `android.jar` at the end of `android-sdk.configure` r?#build

The existing check_android_tools helper only locates executables. I've added
a new check_file template that can search for any file type (e.g. .jar).

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/5a2db12c47a7
Check for `android.jar` at the end of `android-sdk.configure` r=firefox-build-system-reviewers,nalexander

Comment 4

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/5a2db12c47a7