How to commit a file to GitHub programmatically from your Android app java code?

Опубликовано: 21 Март 2024
на канале: Programmer World

This video shows the code to commit a file to a GitHub repository programmatically from your Android App. It uses the GitHub Java APIs from the below Maven - https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/or...

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Complete source code and other details/ steps of this video are posted in the below link:
https://programmerworld.co/android/ho...

However, the main Java code is copied below also for reference:

package com.programmerworld.githubfilecommit;

import static android.Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES;

import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.storage.StorageManager;
import android.os.storage.StorageVolume;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.activity.EdgeToEdge;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
import androidx.core.graphics.Insets;
import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat;

import org.kohsuke.github.GHContentBuilder;
import org.kohsuke.github.GHContentUpdateResponse;
import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository;
import org.kohsuke.github.GitHub;
import org.kohsuke.github.GitHubBuilder;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private TextView textView;
private String stringToken = "ghp_wWZEbSftTbAvnmSP3sgr1p9fon0ay51aYEwi";

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
EdgeToEdge.enable(this);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(findViewById(R.id.main), (v, insets) - {
Insets systemBars = insets.getInsets(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars());
v.setPadding(systemBars.left, systemBars.top, systemBars.right, systemBars.bottom);

ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{READ_MEDIA_IMAGES},
PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);

textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
return insets;
});
}

public void buttonGithubCommit(View view){

StorageManager storageManager = (StorageManager) getSystemService(STORAGE_SERVICE);
StorageVolume storageVolume = storageManager.getStorageVolumes().get(0); // 0 for internal storage
File file = new File(storageVolume.getDirectory().getPath() + "/Download/images.jpg");

Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
GitHub gitHub = new GitHubBuilder().withOAuthToken(stringToken).build();
GHRepository ghRepository = gitHub.getRepository("programmerworld1990/CommitFileAndroidAppDemo");
GHContentBuilder ghContentBuilder = ghRepository.createContent();
byte[] bytes = Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath());
ghContentBuilder.content(bytes);
ghContentBuilder.branch("main");
ghContentBuilder.message("1st commit from Android App Demo");
ghContentBuilder.path("image_Github2.jpg");

GHContentUpdateResponse ghContentUpdateResponse = ghContentBuilder.commit();

} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
});
thread.start();
while (thread.isAlive()){
textView.setText("Thread is processing the request");
}
textView.setText("SUCCESS");
}
}

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