[feature request] support root mode

[Mahantor]

Please add root mode to the app for rooted phones

[TPS]

@Mahantor https://github.com/bmx666/android-appcachecleaner/issues/198#issuecomment-1927436951

@bmx666 Maybe Shizuku support instead/also?

[bmx666]

Hi @TPS @Mahantor

What is your suggestion? If you plan to avoid using Accessibility Service, then Cache Cleaner is not suitable for that. The main purpose of Cache Cleaner is to perform clicks, nothing more. If you want to call or execute root commands that run in the background, then this concept doesn't fit.

[TPS]

@bmx666 More than simply avoiding the A11y Service, it's about speed. Using adb (Shizuku)/root for these functions can accomplish in seconds what would typically take minutes. Waiting for 1's device to perform maintenance is boring, & this would help ameliorate that.

[bmx666]

In that case, I suppose couldn't provide any solution without external support from other maintainers that could develop app and focus on root mode feature. Maybe PR would be helpful, but it's out of my scope.

[TPS]

@bmx666 Unfortunately, I'm no Android developer. In case you or anyone'd like to take a look, I linked the Shizuku (& SUI) API above. Perhaps it'd be a good start point?

[bmx666]

@TPS not really, it takes a lot of effort to integrate just their API into app itself.

[bmx666]

Please have a look into https://github.com/bmx666/android-appcachecleaner/issues/250#issuecomment-2267487934

I think Magisk module is the best option for your cases.

[TPS]

Magisk also requires root, while Shizuku runs via adb w/o needing that. Maybe leave this open for potential PR?

[bmx666]

@TPS if you have access to adb with root access, or any Terminal app with root access then just type in shell

    # Search and clear the apps cache in the "/data/data" directory
    find /data/data/*/cache/* -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps code_cache in the "/data/data" directory
    find /data/data/*/code_cache/* -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps cache in the "/data/user_de/{UID}" directory
    find /data/user_de/*/*/cache/* -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps code_cache in the "/data/user_de/{UID}" directory
    find /data/user_de/*/*/code_cache/* -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps cache in the "/sdcard/Android/data" directory
    find /sdcard/Android/data/*/cache/* -delete &>/dev/null

If you have find util from Toybox only

    # Search and clear the apps cache in the "/data/data" directory
    find /data/data -path '*/cache/*' -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps code_cache in the "/data/data" directory
    find /data/data -path '*/code_cache/*' -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps cache in the "/data/user_de/{UID}" directory
    find /data/user_de -path '*/*/cache/*' -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps code_cache in the "/data/user_de/{UID}" directory
    find /data/user_de -path '*/*/code_cache/*' -delete &>/dev/null
    # Search and clear the apps cache in the "/sdcard/Android/data" directory
    find /sdcard/Android/data -path '*/cache/*' -delete &>/dev/null

[TPS]

If 1 were to have root/sui, 1 doesn't need adb/Shizuku. The latter is a way to achieve many functions sans root that're not otherwise available, such as many filesys ops.