Previously, termux only supported getting result of BACKGROUND commands back if they were started via Termux:Tasker plugin. Getting back result of foreground commands was not possible with any way.
Now with RUN_COMMAND intent or Termux:Tasker, the third party apps and users can get the foreground command results as well. Note that by "foreground results" we only mean the session transcript. The session transcript will contain both stdout and stderr combined, basically anything sent to the the pseudo terminal /dev/pts, including PS1 prefixes for interactive sessions. Getting separate stdout and stderr can currently only be done with background commands.
Moreover, with RUN_COMMAND intent, third party apps and users can get the background commands results as well. This means separate extras for stdout and stderr.
The exit code will also be returned for either case.
### RUN_COMMAND intent
The result extras are returned in the TERMUX_SERVICE.EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE bundle via the pending intent received.
The RUN_COMMAND_SERVICE.EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT extra can be used to send the pending intent with which termux should return the result bundle. The pending intent can be received back by the app with an IntentService. Check RunCommandService for reference implementation.
For foreground commands (RUN_COMMAND_SERVICE.EXTRA_BACKGROUND is false):
- EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDOUT will contain session transcript.
- EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDERR will be null since its not used.
- EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_EXIT_CODE will contain exit code of session.
For background commands (RUN_COMMAND_SERVICE.EXTRA_BACKGROUND is true):
- EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDOUT will contain stdout of commands.
- EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDERR will contain stderr of commands.
- EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_EXIT_CODE will contain exit code of command.
The internal errors raised by termux outside the shell will be sent in the the EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_ERR and EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_ERRMSG extras. These will contain errors like if starting a termux command failed or if the user manually exited the termux sessions or android killed the termux service before the commands had finished executing. The err value will be Activity.RESULT_OK(-1) if no internal errors are raised.
The stdout and stderr will be truncated from the start to max 100KB combined and errmsg will also be truncated from end to max 25KB. This is necessary to prevent TransactionTooLargeException exceptions from being raised if stdout or stderr are too large in length. The original length of stdout and stderr will be provided in EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDOUT_ORIGINAL_LENGTH and EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDERR_ORIGINAL_LENGTH extras respectively, so that the caller can check if either of them were truncated.
### Termux:Tasker
Support for Termux:Tasker for getting back result of foreground commands will require an update to it since it currently immediately returns control to plugin host app like Tasker without waiting if a foreground command is to be executed.
If its set to `true` in termux.properties file, then soft keyboard will automatically be hidden on Termux App start to solve issues for when users use hardware keyboard and soft keyboard is automatically opened and wastes terminal screen space.
The `TermuxPropertyConstants` classes has been updated to `v0.5.0`. Check its Changelog sections for info on changes.
Fixes#1978
For android version >= 10(Q), a flash will be shown to users requesting them to grant the permission if they attempt to start a foreground terminal session command from background, like with the RUN_COMMAND intent. The flash will only be shown if "Plugin Error Notifications" toggle is enabled in settings.
Previously, the null or empty executable would be expanded to the literal root "/" string path by FileUtils.getCanonicalPath and then FileUtils.validateRegularFileExistenceAndPermissions() validation would fail since path will not be a regular file. So a user will be shown that "/" is not a regular file. Now we show that executable was not even passed.
TermuxTask will maintain info for background Termux tasks. Each task started by TermuxService will now be linked to a ExecutionCommand that started it.
- StreamGobbler class has also been imported from https://github.com/Chainfire/libsuperuser and partially modified to read stdout and stderr of background commands. This should likely be much safer and efficient.
- Logging of every line has been disabled unless log level is set to verbose. This should have a performance increase and also prevent potentially private user data to be sent to logcat.
- This also solves the bug where Termux:Tasker would hang indefinitely if Runtime.getRuntime().exec raised an exception, like for invalid or missing interpreter errors and Termux:Tasker wasn't notified of it. Now the errmsg will be used to send any exceptions back to Termux:Tasker and other 3rd party calls.
- This also solves the bug where stdout or stderr were too large in size and TransactionTooLargeException exception was raised and result TERMUX_SERVICE.EXTRA_PENDING_INTENT pending intent failed to be sent to the caller. This would have also hung up Termux:Tasker. Now the stdout and stderr sent back in TERMUX_SERVICE.EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE bundle will be truncated from the start to max 100KB combined. The original size of stdout and stderr will be provided in TERMUX_SERVICE.EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDOUT_ORIGINAL_LENGTH and TERMUX_SERVICE.EXTRA_PLUGIN_RESULT_BUNDLE_STDERR_ORIGINAL_LENGTH extras respectively so that the caller can check if either of them were truncated. The errmsg will also be truncated from end to max 25KB to preserve start of stacktraces.
- The PluginUtils.processPluginExecutionCommandResult() has been updated to fully handle the result of plugin execution intents.
- Helper functions are now provided to check for common states. The currentState and previousState must only be modified via setState()
- Some errCode values are also provided to prevent hardcoded value usage.
- The stdout, stderr and arguments will now be truncated for logcat to honour its LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_LEN limits
TermuxSession will maintain info for foreground Termux sessions. Each terminal session started by TermuxService will now be linked to a ExectionCommand that started it.
This also fixes bugs where newly created session in some cases were not being automatically selected and scrolled to, like when adding a named or failsafe session or those which were created for executable intents.
Move com.termux.TermuxSettingsActivity to com.termux.app.activities.SettingsActivity
Move com.termux.TermuxHepActivity to com.termux.app.activities.HelpActivity
Move com.termux.settings.DebuggingPreferencesFragment to com.termux.app.fragments.settings.DebuggingPreferencesFragment
The TERMUX_SERVICE.ACTION_SERVICE_EXECUTE intent received will be managed by the ExectionCommand now.
The cwd and failsafe have been renamed to workingDirectory and isFailsafe.
Users will now also be shown flashes and notifications in addition to log entries for missing allow-external-apps permission or for invalid extras passed like the executable. The flashes and notifications can be controlled with the Termux Settings -> Debugging -> Plugin Error Notifications toggle
ExectionCommand is a class that stores all data related to an execution command like:
- Input parameters like executable and arguments to be used to run the shell command, etc
- Output parameters like stdout, stderr and exitCode.
- Error info generated internally by termux outside the shell in errCode and errmsg.
- Command info like, id, label, description, help info, etc.
- Other config info like for how termux should handle the command.
- The pending intent if any that should be sent after execution to command requester.
- The help for the plugin API that was used to send the intent.
- Current and previous state of the command.
This allow easier management and passing of execution command data between classes and management of it. This will later allow each ExectionCommand command to be linked to a Terminal Session, to handle post processing and failure management.
The ExectionCommand also provides functions to get its data in markdown format, which can be used by failure or success reports generated for the command that are shown to the user. The commandHelp and pluginAPIHelp can also be specially useful to provide info to users on how to manage failures that are generated.
This implements the framework to report info to users. This may include reporting failure or result of commands or any exceptions that are raised.
The ReportInfo provides 5 fields:
- userAction: The user action that was being processed for which the report was generated.
- sender: The internal app component that sent the report.
- title: The report title.
- reportString: The markdown text for the report.
- addReportAndDeviceDetails: If set to true, then report and device details will be added to the report.
This should provide the basics parameters for showing a report to the user. The ReportActivity also allows user to copy and share the report.
In future this can also be used to allow users to easily email or post crash reports to github for Termux app crashes instead of going through logcat.
This will allow user to control whether flashes and notifications for plugin errors are enabled or not.
The `TermuxPreferenceConstants` classes has been updated to `v0.4.0`. Check its Changelog sections for info on changes.
- The `FileUtils` and `PluginUtils` have been added to provide utility functions.
- The executable and working directory validation has been added to check for existence and missing permissions.
- The `expandPath()` function is removed from `RunCommandService`.
- Working directory will automatically be created if under `TermuxConstants.TERMUX_FILES_DIR_PATH` if missing.
- Better logging has been added. This will later be used to notify the user in foreground.
- Javadocs have been updated.
The `TERMUX_SERVICE.EXTRA_SESSION_ACTION` extra can be passed to define what should happen when a foreground session
command is received for the `TERMUX_SERVICE.ACTION_SERVICE_EXECUTE` intent to `TermuxService`, like from `RunCommandService` or `Termux:Tasker`. The user can define whether the new session should be automatically switched to or if existing session should remain as the current session. The user can also define if foreground session commands should open the `TermuxActivity` or if they should run in the "background" in the Termux notification. The user can click the notification to open the sessions. Check `TERMUX_SERVICE.VALUE_EXTRA_SESSION_ACTION*` values to see various behaviors.
This also solves the old "issue" that if a foreground command was received while an existing session was already in the foreground, the new session won't be switched to automatically. It only brought the new session to the foreground if the activity was not already in foreground, since a call to `mTermuxSessionClient.setCurrentSession(newSession)` wasn't being made.
To reproduce:
1. Create 2 sessions.
2. From either session, run a random `RUN_COMMAND` intent command with `am` command and shift to the other session.
Termux app would crash and throw the `The content of the adapter has changed but ListView did not receive a notification.` exception. TermuxService was previously not notifying the ListView of the sessions list that a new session has been added, if the activity was in foreground.
- Dedicated functions have been created for various actions and commands.
- The `startForeground()` call will be made both on `onCreate()` and `onStartCommand().
- The `stopForeground()` call will be made before every `onSelf()` call.
- The references to `TermuxActivity` will now be removed in `onUnbind()` as well if activity `onDestroy()` failed to do so.
- Appropriate log entries are added to help debug issues.
This SharedPreferenceUtils now supports:
- Getting `Context.MODE_PRIVATE` and/or `Context.MODE_MULTI_PROCESS` `SharedPreference` instances.
- Setting values to shared preferences in-memory cache and the file synchronously.
- Getting and setting `float`, `long` and `Set<Sting>` values in shared preferences.
This will allow `SharedProperties` class to be used directly to get property values and their internal values via static functions instead of using `TermuxSharedProperties` where the functions don't belong in.
The `TermuxPropertyConstants` classes has been updated to `v0.4.0`. Check its Changelog sections for info on changes.
The `SharedPreferenceUtils` class has been added to provide static util functions for shared preferences like get and set while safely handling exceptions. The `TermuxSharedPreferences` class has been renamed to `TermuxAppSharedPreferences` since its to be used to handle only Termux App related shared preferences and not of other plugin apps. For plugin apps, separate classes can be created. However, Termux app and its plugins will share the same `TermuxPreferenceConstants` class that now has per app scoping since `v0.3.0`.
This `terminal-toolbar-height` key can be used to adjust the toolbar height. The user can set a float value between `0.4` and `3.0` which will be used as the scaling factor for the default height. The default scaling factor is `1`. So adding an entry like `terminal-toolbar-height=2.0` to `termux.properties` file will make the toolbar height twice its original height. Running `termux-reload-settings` command will also update the height instantaneously if changed.
Fixes#1857
This commit majorly refactors `TermuxActivity` and moves its view components and functions into dedicated classes.
- The view layouts and ids have been given meaningful names, like `termux_activity.xml`.
- The `TerminalToolbarViewPager` class has been created to handle the now called toolbar that shows on the bottom of the terminal view. It currently contains extra keys view defined by `terminal_toolbar_extra_keys_view.xml` file and a text input view defined by `terminal_toolbar_text_input_view.xml` file when user can switch to by swiping left. The input text will now be preserved if android destroys the activity or its recreated.
- The `TermuxSessionsListViewController` class has been created to handle view related functionality of the termux sessions list shown in the left drawer, namely view creation, `onItemClick()`, `onItemLongClick()`, etc. Its list view is defined by `termux_activity.xml` file and each item's layout is defined by the `terminal_sessions_list_item.xml` file.
- The `TextDataUtils` class has been added to the `com.termux.app.utils` package for text utils.
- The design for the `SessionChangedCallback` interface for `TerminalSession` has been majorly changed. Firstly, it has been renamed and moved from `TerminalSession` to the dedicated `TerminalSessionClient` class file. The interface now also supports the termux app centralized logging framework so that `TerminalSession` and `TerminalEmulator` can use them. Previously, `TermuxService` was implementing a wrapper interface, which would then call the real interface defined by the `TermuxActivity` if it was currently bound to the service. This cluttered and partially duplicated the code. Now, the implementation is defined by the `TermuxSessionClientBase` and `TermuxSessionClient` classes. The `TermuxSessionClientBase` implements the `TerminalSessionClient` interface but the definition of the activity related functions do not do anything, only the background ones like the logging functions are fully implemented. The `TermuxSessionClient` class inherits from the `TermuxSessionClientBase` class and provides the implementation for the activity related functions. The design for how this works is that if the `TermuxService` is not bound to `TermuxActivity`, it just passes the `TermuxSessionClientBase` implementation to `TerminalSession`. If the activity is bound at some point, then in `onServiceConnected()` it replaces/updates the client objects stored in `TerminalSession` and `TerminalEmulator` with `TermuxSessionClient`, and then replaces them back with `TermuxSessionClientBase` in `onDestroy()`. This seems to be working for now without an issue.
The settings activity can be accessed by long pressing on terminal view and selecting "Settings" from the popup shown. It uses the Android's Preference framework. Currently only debugging preferences to set log level and enabling terminal view key logging are provided. The Preference framework by default uses the keys set in `app:key` attribute in the respective preferences XML file to store the values in the default `SharedPreferences` file of the app. However, since we rely on `TermuxPreferenceConstants` and `TermuxPropertyConstants` classes to define key names so that they can be easily shared between termux and its plugin apps, we provide our own `PreferenceDataStore` for storing key/value pairs. The key name in the XML file can optionally be the same. Check `DebuggingPreferencesFragment` class for a sample. Each new preference category fragment should be added to `app/settings/` with its data store.
This commit may allow support to be added for modifying `termux.properties` file directly from the UI but that requires more work, since writing to property files with comments require in-place modification.
The `Logger` class provides various static functions for logging that should be used from now on instead of directly calling android `Log.*` functions. The log level is automatically loaded from shared preferences at application startup via `TermuxApplication` and set in the static `Logger.CURRENT_LOG_LEVEL` variable. Changing the log level through the settings activity also changes the log level immediately.
The 4 supported log levels are:
- LOG_LEVEL_OFF which will log nothing.
- LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL which will start logging error, warn and info messages and stacktraces.
- LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG which will start logging debug messages.
- LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE which will start logging verbose messages.
The default log level is `LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL` which will not log debug or verbose messages. Contributors can add useful log entries at those levels where ever they feel is appropriate so that it allows users and devs to more easily help solve issues or find bugs, specially without having to recompile termux after having to manually add general log entries to the source. DO NOT log data that may have private info of users like command arguments at log levels below debug, like `BackgroundJob` was doing previously.
Logging to file support may be added later, will require log file rotation support and storage permissions.
The termux preferences handling was mixed in with termux properties before an earlier commit. They are now moved out of into a separate sub package, the following classes are added:
- `TermuxPreferenceConstants` class that defines shared constants of the preferences used by Termux app and its plugins. This class should be imported by other termux plugin apps instead of copying and defining their own constants.
- `TermuxSharedPreferences` class that acts as manager for handling termux preferences.
`TerminalView` will use the `TerminalViewClient` interface implemented by `TermuxViewClient` in termux-app to get "enforce-char-based-input" and "ctrl-space-workaround" property values. It will also not read the file every time it needs to get the property value and will get it from the in-memory cache of `TermuxSharedProperties`.
The `RunCommandService` will now call the `TermuxSharedProperties` for getting current value of `allow-external-apps`, instead of using its own duplicated function to read "termux.properties" files.
The `TermuxConstants` and `TermuxPropertyConstants` classes have both been updated to `v0.2.0`. Check their Changelog sections for info on changes.
Some other hardcoded termux paths have been removed as well and are now referenced from `TermuxConstants` class.
The termux properties handling was mixed in with termux preferences. They are now moved out of into a separate sub package, the following classes are added:
- `SharedProperties` class which is an implementation similar to android's `SharedPreferences` interface for reading from ".properties" files which also maintains an in-memory cache for the key/value pairs. Two types of in-memory cache maps are maintained, one for the literal `String` values found in the file for the keys and an additional one that stores (near) primitive `Object` values for internal use by the caller. Write support is currently not implemented, but may be added if we provide users a GUI to modify the properties. We cannot just overwrite the ".properties" files, since comments also exits, so in-place editing would be required.
- `SharedPropertiesParser` interface that the caller of `SharedProperties` must implement. It is currently only used to map `String` values to internal `Object` values.
- `TermuxPropertyConstants` class that defines shared constants of the properties used by Termux app and its plugins. This class should be imported by other termux plugin apps instead of copying and defining their own constants.
- `TermuxSharedProperties` class that acts as manager for handling termux properties. It implements the `SharedPropertiesParser` interface and acts as the wrapper for the `SharedProperties` class.
This commit removes almost all hardcoded paths in Termux app and moves the references to the `TermuxConstants` class.
The `TermuxConstants` class should be imported by other termux plugin apps instead of copying and defining their own constants. The 3rd party apps can also import it for interacting with termux apps. App and sub class specific constants are defined in their own nested classes to keep them segregated from each other and for better readability.
This commit fixes the non-crashing exception `Rejecting re-init on previously-failed class java.lang.Class<androidx.core.view.ViewCompat$2>: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroid/view/View$OnUnhandledKeyEventListener;` on termux startup due to `setContentView()` call by `TermuxActivity.onCreate()`. The recommended solution seems to be to add `androidx.core:core` dependency, which has solved the issue.
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/117685087
This commit fixes the issue when `cwd` is empty and is passed to `Runtime.getRuntime().exec(progArray, env, new File(cwd));`, it raises the `No such file or directory` exceptions when targeting sdk `29`.
This commit fixes the workdir logic to not send `EXTRA_CURRENT_WORKING_DIRECTORY` extra to `TermuxService` if workdir is empty, since that will raise `No such file or directory` exceptions if `cwd` is empty when targeting sdk `29`.
This commit fixes `getExpandedTermuxPath()` (previously `parsePath()`) not expanding path if exactly `$PREFIX` is passed and addition of extra trailing slashes in some cases.
This commit adds `logcat` errors if an invalid intent action is passed or if `allow-external-apps` is not set to `true` while sending an intent to `RunCommandService`, so that users can detect issues.
Currently we build a single APK which handles the four supported ABIs.
Therefore each user, downloads 50-75% more than they need - adding
towards both client/server-side network as well as device storage.
Use a split APK approach - it costs nothing from build and server-side
storage POV.
Note: We're removing ndk:abiFilters - they're incompatible/superseded by
the splits:abi:include list.
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Credit to @johnmellor for requesting the document provider in the
first place via #79, mentioning this limitation in a comment on
that issue, and creating a commit like this one to address it.
as a string array extra instead of a string extra since TermuxService expects it that way.
Added "RUN_COMMAND_BACKGROUND" boolean extra so that Termux session can be started in background
when running a command.
Updated usage docs.
Check #1029 for details.
