Merge pull request kivy#3332 from AndreMiras/feature/android-version-code-guardrails

AndreMiras · web-flow · commit 7b9121d0b9e8 · 2026-05-18T10:00:25.000+02:00
🦺 Guard Android versionCode values
diff --git a/doc/source/buildoptions.rst b/doc/source/buildoptions.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ options (this list may not be exhaustive):
 - ``--private``: The directory containing your project files.
 - ``--package``: The Java package name for your project. e.g. ``org.example.yourapp``.
 - ``--name``: The app name.
-- ``--version``: The version number.
+- ``--version``: The display version shown to users. On Android this is
+  rendered as ``versionName``.
+- ``--numeric-version``: The Android ``versionCode`` used for update ordering.
+  This must be a positive integer no greater than ``2100000000``. If omitted,
+  python-for-android computes it from ``--version``. If the computed value is
+  too large, keep the display version in ``--version`` and set a valid
+  ``--numeric-version``. See Android's
+  `versionCode documentation <https://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/versioning>`__.
 - ``--orientation``: The orientations that the app will display in.
   (Available options are ``portrait``, ``landscape``, ``portrait-reverse``, ``landscape-reverse``).
   Since Android ignores ``android:screenOrientation`` when in multi-window mode
@@ -145,7 +152,14 @@ ready.
 - ``--private``: The directory containing your project files.
 - ``--package``: The Java package name for your project. e.g. ``org.example.yourapp``.
 - ``--name``: The app name.
-- ``--version``: The version number.
+- ``--version``: The display version shown to users. On Android this is
+  rendered as ``versionName``.
+- ``--numeric-version``: The Android ``versionCode`` used for update ordering.
+  This must be a positive integer no greater than ``2100000000``. If omitted,
+  python-for-android computes it from ``--version``. If the computed value is
+  too large, keep the display version in ``--version`` and set a valid
+  ``--numeric-version``. See Android's
+  `versionCode documentation <https://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/versioning>`__.
 - ``--orientation``: The orientations that the app will display in.
   (Available options are ``portrait``, ``landscape``, ``portrait-reverse``, ``landscape-reverse``).
   Since Android ignores ``android:screenOrientation`` when in multi-window mode
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py
@@ -93,6 +93,73 @@ def get_bootstrap_name():
 
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_ACTIVITY_JAVA_CLASS = 'org.kivy.android.PythonActivity'
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_SERVICE_JAVA_CLASS = 'org.kivy.android.PythonService'
+# Google Play's documented maximum Android versionCode.
+# https://developer.android.com/tools/publishing/versioning
+MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE = 2100000000
+
+
+def get_android_numeric_version(version, min_sdk_version):
+    """
+    Generate the default Android versionCode value from --version.
+
+    The format is (10 + minsdk + app_version). Older versioning was
+    (arch + minsdk + app_version), with arch expressed with a single digit
+    from 6 to 9. Since multi-arch support, this uses 10.
+    """
+    version_code = 0
+    try:
+        for part in version.split('.'):
+            version_code *= 100
+            version_code += int(part)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Could not generate Android versionCode from --version "
+            "{!r}. --version is Android versionName; when it is not numeric "
+            "dot-separated text, set --numeric-version to a positive Android "
+            "versionCode integer no greater than {}.".format(
+                version, MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE
+            )
+        ) from exc
+    return "{}{}{}".format("10", min_sdk_version, version_code)
+
+
+def validate_android_numeric_version(numeric_version, *, generated_from_version=None):
+    try:
+        normalized_version = int(numeric_version)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError) as exc:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "--numeric-version must be a decimal integer Android versionCode "
+            "greater than 0 and no greater than {}; got {!r}.".format(
+                MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE, numeric_version
+            )
+        ) from exc
+
+    if normalized_version <= 0:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "--numeric-version must be a positive Android versionCode "
+            "greater than 0; got {!r}.".format(numeric_version)
+        )
+
+    if normalized_version > MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE:
+        if generated_from_version is not None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Generated Android versionCode {} from --version {!r}, "
+                "which exceeds the maximum {}. --version is Android "
+                "versionName; keep this display version by setting "
+                "--numeric-version to a positive Android versionCode no "
+                "greater than {}.".format(
+                    normalized_version,
+                    generated_from_version,
+                    MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE,
+                    MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE,
+                )
+            )
+        raise ValueError(
+            "--numeric-version is Android versionCode and must not exceed "
+            "{}; got {!r}.".format(MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE, numeric_version)
+        )
+
+    return str(normalized_version)
 
 
 def render(template, dest, **kwargs):
@@ -420,19 +487,17 @@ def make_package(args):
     versioned_name = (args.name.replace(' ', '').replace('\'', '') +
                       '-' + args.version)
 
-    version_code = 0
-    if not args.numeric_version:
-        """
-        Set version code in format (10 + minsdk + app_version)
-        Historically versioning was (arch + minsdk + app_version),
-        with arch expressed with a single digit from 6 to 9.
-        Since the multi-arch support, has been changed to 10.
-        """
-        min_sdk = args.min_sdk_version
-        for i in args.version.split('.'):
-            version_code *= 100
-            version_code += int(i)
-        args.numeric_version = "{}{}{}".format("10", min_sdk, version_code)
+    generated_from_version = None
+    if args.numeric_version is None:
+        generated_from_version = args.version
+        args.numeric_version = get_android_numeric_version(
+            args.version,
+            args.min_sdk_version,
+        )
+    args.numeric_version = validate_android_numeric_version(
+        args.numeric_version,
+        generated_from_version=generated_from_version,
+    )
 
     if args.intent_filters:
         with open(args.intent_filters) as fd:
@@ -793,14 +858,15 @@ def create_argument_parser():
                     help=('The human-readable name of the project.'),
                     required=True)
     ap.add_argument('--numeric-version', dest='numeric_version',
-                    help=('The numeric version number of the project. If not '
-                          'given, this is automatically computed from the '
-                          'version.'))
+                    help=('The Android versionCode of the project. This must '
+                          'be a positive decimal integer no greater than '
+                          '{}. If not given, it is automatically computed '
+                          'from --version.').format(MAX_ANDROID_VERSION_CODE))
     ap.add_argument('--version', dest='version',
-                    help=('The version number of the project. This should '
-                          'consist of numbers and dots, and should have the '
-                          'same number of groups of numbers as previous '
-                          'versions.'),
+                    help=('The Android versionName of the project, shown to '
+                          'users as the display version. Use '
+                          '--numeric-version to control Android versionCode '
+                          'and update ordering.'),
                     required=True)
     if is_sdl_bootstrap():
         ap.add_argument('--launcher', dest='launcher', action='store_true',
diff --git a/tests/test_bootstrap_build.py b/tests/test_bootstrap_build.py
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@
 from pythonforandroid.util import load_source
 
 
-class TestBootstrapBuild(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        os.environ["P4A_BUILD_IS_RUNNING_UNITTESTS"] = "1"
+def load_bootstrap_build_module():
+    os.environ["P4A_BUILD_IS_RUNNING_UNITTESTS"] = "1"
 
-        build_src = os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
-            "../pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py",
-        )
+    build_src = os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+        "../pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/build.py",
+    )
 
-        self.buildpy = load_source("buildpy", build_src)
-        self.buildpy.get_bootstrap_name = mock.Mock(return_value="sdl2")
+    buildpy = load_source("buildpy", build_src)
+    buildpy.get_bootstrap_name = mock.Mock(return_value="sdl2")
+    return buildpy
 
+
+class TestBootstrapBuild(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.buildpy = load_bootstrap_build_module()
         self.ap = self.buildpy.create_argument_parser()
 
         self.common_args = [
@@ -178,3 +182,50 @@ def test_sdl_orientation_hint_multiple(self):
 
         assert "LandscapeLeft" in sdl_orientation_hint
         assert "Portrait" in sdl_orientation_hint
+
+
+class TestAndroidNumericVersion:
+    def setup_method(self):
+        self.buildpy = load_bootstrap_build_module()
+
+    def test_generates_default_three_part_version_code(self):
+        assert self.buildpy.get_android_numeric_version("1.0.5", 24) == "102410005"
+
+    def test_accepts_and_normalizes_explicit_numeric_version(self):
+        assert self.buildpy.validate_android_numeric_version("0000001") == "1"
+        assert self.buildpy.validate_android_numeric_version(2100000000) == "2100000000"
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("numeric_version", ["abc", "1.2", "", None])
+    def test_rejects_non_integer_explicit_numeric_versions(self, numeric_version):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="--numeric-version.*decimal integer"):
+            self.buildpy.validate_android_numeric_version(numeric_version)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("numeric_version", ["0", 0, "-1", -1])
+    def test_rejects_non_positive_explicit_numeric_versions(self, numeric_version):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="--numeric-version.*greater than 0"):
+            self.buildpy.validate_android_numeric_version(numeric_version)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("numeric_version", ["2100000001", 2100000001])
+    def test_rejects_oversized_explicit_numeric_versions(self, numeric_version):
+        with pytest.raises(
+            ValueError, match="--numeric-version.*2100000000"
+        ):
+            self.buildpy.validate_android_numeric_version(numeric_version)
+
+    def test_rejects_generated_overflow_and_mentions_version_name(self):
+        generated_version = self.buildpy.get_android_numeric_version("1.0.5.1", 24)
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            ValueError,
+            match="Generated Android versionCode .*--version '1\\.0\\.5\\.1'.*--numeric-version.*2100000000",
+        ):
+            self.buildpy.validate_android_numeric_version(
+                generated_version, generated_from_version="1.0.5.1"
+            )
+
+    def test_rejects_non_numeric_version_name_for_generation(self):
+        with pytest.raises(
+            ValueError,
+            match="Could not generate Android versionCode from --version '1\\.0\\.beta'.*versionName.*--numeric-version",
+        ):
+            self.buildpy.get_android_numeric_version("1.0.beta", 24)
