microg / microg/GmsCore

Read microg.xml from all possible paths

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Recent Android versions want extra goodies place in /product

Describe the solution you'd like
Search all available paths:

  • /system/etc
  • /product/etc
  • /vendor/etc
  • /odm/etc
  • /oem/etc

Additional context
CalyxOS does this in their fork: https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/platform_external_microg_GmsCore/-/commit/b04195b83263b65fcb6cf5492c1ce24e1410320c
F-Droid does this for example: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/blob/master/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/DBHelper.java#L162-185

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Research direction

Locate the code that reads microg.xml and compare its path handling with the linked CalyxOS commit. Verify lookup across /system/etc, /product/etc, /vendor/etc, /odm/etc, and /oem/etc, then confirm the existing configuration behavior still works.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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