termux / termux/termux-api-package
`termux-api` command should detect if Termux:API plugin is not installed and print error.
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Description
Feature description
You can invoke command like echo $(pm path com.termux.api 2>&1 </dev/null) in termux to get termux:api plugin apk path or get error otherwise, it should be usable to detect plugin installation even without PackageManager API (or JVM).
Background information
Termux:X11 companion package can detect if main APK is installed or not via PackageManager API. Termux:API should do that too.
There are enough people coming to discord, matrix and reddit complaining about termux-api-based commands are hanging indefinitely.
Redirecting everything to /dev/null or anonymous pipes is necessary in command echo $(pm path com.termux.api 2>&1 </dev/null), the same applies to the case if you are porting it to C.
Related to:
https://github.com/termux/termux-api-package/issues/138
https://github.com/termux/termux-api-package/issues/153
https://github.com/termux/termux-api-package/issues/80
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names the termux-api command and the pm path com.termux.api check; start by locating that command's implementation and reviewing how it invokes the plugin. Done means the command reports a clear error when the plugin is absent, succeeds when installed, and does not hang; exercise both cases while suppressing command output as described.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, shell
- Domain
- cli, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100