Build the flatpak in travis.

Use docker to have the last version of ubuntu (and flatpak)

.travis.yml

@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ script:
 - |
   if [[ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = "linux" && $DESKTOP_ONLY == 1 ]]
   then
-    docker build -t kiwix/build -f travis/Dockerfile .
+    if [[ $PLATFORM = "flatpak" ]]
-    docker run -e PLATFORM -e NIGHTLY_DATE -e TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE -e TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR -e DESKTOP_ONLY -e TRAVIS_TAG --device /dev/fuse --cap-add SYS_ADMIN kiwix/build
+    then
+      docker build -t kiwix/build -f travis/Dockerfile_flatpak .
+    else
+      docker build -t kiwix/build -f travis/Dockerfile .
+    fi
+    docker run -e PLATFORM -e NIGHTLY_DATE -e TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE -e TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR -e DESKTOP_ONLY -e TRAVIS_TAG --device /dev/fuse --cap-add ALL kiwix/build
   else
     travis/compile_all.py
   fi
@@ -83,6 +88,10 @@ matrix:
       addons:
         apt:
           packages: []
+    - env: PLATFORM="flatpak" DESKTOP_ONLY=1
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages: []
     - env: PLATFORM="native_static"
       addons:
         apt:

travis/Dockerfile_flatpak

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+FROM ubuntu:bionic
+
+ENV LANG C.UTF-8
+
+RUN \
+  apt update -q; \
+  apt full-upgrade --purge -q -y; \
+  apt install -q -y --no-install-recommends \
+# Base build tools
+    build-essential \
+    automake \
+    libtool \
+    cmake \
+    ccache \
+    pkg-config \
+    autopoint \
+    patch \
+    python \
+    python3 \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-setuptools \
+    git \
+    subversion \
+    wget \
+    unzip \
+    sudo \
+# Flatpak tools
+    elfutils \
+    flatpak \
+    flatpak-builder \
+# Some helper tools
+    vim \
+    less \
+    grep \
+    openssh-client \
+    ; \
+  apt-get clean -y; \
+  rm -rf \
+    /usr/share/doc/* \
+    /var/cache/debconf/*
+
+RUN useradd --create-home travis -G sudo
+RUN echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+USER travis
+
+WORKDIR /home/travis
+
+RUN \
+  mkdir -p /home/travis/.local/bin ;\
+  wget https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-linux.zip ;\
+  unzip ninja-linux.zip ninja ;\
+  mv ninja /home/travis/.local/bin ;\
+  rm ninja-linux.zip
+ENV PATH="/home/travis/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+
+COPY . kiwix-build/
+RUN sudo chown -R travis:travis /home/travis/kiwix-build
+RUN pip3 install --user -e kiwix-build
+
+ENV TRAVISCI_SSH_KEY /home/travis/kiwix-build/travis/travisci_builder_id_key
+ENV TRAVIS_OS_NAME linux_artful
+
+CMD kiwix-build/travis/compile_all.py && kiwix-build/travis/deploy.sh

travis/compile_all.py

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def run_kiwix_build(target, platform,
     subprocess.check_call(command, cwd=str(HOME))
 
 
-def create_app_image():
+def create_desktop_image():
     if make_release:
         postfix = main_project_versions['kiwix-desktop']
         extra_postfix = release_versions.get('kiwix-desktop')
@@ -112,19 +112,24 @@ def create_app_image():
         archive_dir = NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR
         src_dir = SOURCE_DIR/'kiwix-desktop'
 
-    command = ['kiwix-build/scripts/create_kiwix-desktop_appImage.sh',
+    if PLATFORM == 'flatpak':
-               str(BASE_DIR/'INSTALL'), str(src_dir), str(HOME/'AppDir')]
+        build_path = BASE_DIR/'BUILD_flatpak'/'org.kiwix.Client.flatpak'
-    print_message("Build AppImage of kiwix-desktop")
+        app_name = 'org.kiwix.Client.{}.flatpak'.format(postfix)
-    subprocess.check_call(command, cwd=str(HOME))
+    else:
+        build_path = HOME/'Kiwix-x86_64.AppImage'
+        app_name = "kiwix-desktop_x86_64_{}.appimage".format(postfix)
+        command = ['kiwix-build/scripts/create_kiwix-desktop_appImage.sh',
+                   str(BASE_DIR/'INSTALL'), str(src_dir), str(HOME/'AppDir')]
+        print_message("Build AppImage of kiwix-desktop")
+        subprocess.check_call(command, cwd=str(HOME))
 
     try:
         archive_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
     except FileExistsError:
         pass
 
-    app_name = "kiwix-desktop_x86_64_{}.appimage".format(postfix)
+    print_message("Copy Build to {}".format(archive_dir/app_name))
-    print_message("Copy AppImage to {}".format(archive_dir/app_name))
+    shutil.copy(str(build_path), str(archive_dir/app_name))
-    shutil.copy(str(HOME/'Kiwix-x86_64.AppImage'), str(archive_dir/app_name))
 
 
 def make_archive(project, platform):
@@ -291,6 +296,8 @@ if environ['TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE'] != 'cron' and not make_release:
             TARGETS = ('kiwix-desktop', )
         else:
             TARGETS = ('kiwix-tools', 'zim-tools', 'zimwriterfs')
+    elif PLATFORM == 'flatpak':
+        TARGETS = ('kiwix-desktop', )
     else:
         TARGETS = ('kiwix-tools', )
 
@@ -319,6 +326,8 @@ elif PLATFORM.startswith('native_'):
             TARGETS = ('kiwix-desktop', )
         else:
             TARGETS = ('libzim', 'zimwriterfs', 'zim-tools', 'kiwix-lib', 'kiwix-tools')
+elif PLATFORM == 'flatpak':
+    TARGETS = ('kiwix-desktop', )
 else:
     TARGETS = ('libzim', 'zim-tools', 'kiwix-lib', 'kiwix-tools')
 
@@ -334,7 +343,7 @@ for target in TARGETS:
                     platform=PLATFORM,
                     make_release=make_release)
     if target == 'kiwix-desktop':
-        create_app_image()
+        create_desktop_image()
     if make_release and PLATFORM == 'native_dyn' and release_versions.get(target) == 0:
         run_kiwix_build(target,
                         platform=PLATFORM,