Support for Android 5.1

[ckuethe]

Android 5.1 (SDK 22) is now out, xposed-arm-20150308.zip is compiled against SDK 21 and won't install.

[rovo89]

If you want, try to change xposed.prop in the zip and increase the maxSdk version. If the device doesn't start with these files, which is quite likely, it's not just about recompiling it, but needs more work to port Xposed to Android 5.1. I will first make sure that Xposed runs fine on 5.0 though.

[JimyKK]

Just for info Attempted changing xposed.prop on my Nexus 5. Got caught booting, logcat loops these lines:

14:04:29.273 Info Netd 9305 Netd 1.0 starting 14:04:29.381 Info mediaserver 9306 ServiceManager: 0xb58700c0 14:04:29.381 Info AudioFlinger 9306 Using default 3000 mSec as standby time. 14:04:29.381 Info ServiceManager 9306 Waiting for service batterystats... 14:04:30.255 Info ServiceManager 173 service 'media.audio_flinger' died

Restoring from my nand backup. Thanks for all the awesome stuff in xposed

[ckuethe]

You are correct; simply increasing the maxSdk version does not work. Another way to rollback from is "fastboot flash system system.img" from the factory images.

Thanks for your work on Xposed.

[rovo89]

OK, thanks for the info.

So you will have to wait until I have the time to make Xposed on 5.1 more stable, and then I will work on 5.1 support. It won't take as long as the initial version (hopefully, but it seems to be a rather small update).

Please, no begging and asking for an ETA here. Only technical info that might support development.

[ckuethe]

No worries - I know perfectly well what alpha snapshot means.

[romracer]

So... I created a fork, merged Android 5.1 in and applied a few fixes to get the code to compile. These changes are all pushed to my repo fork.

I also have an Xposed zip that's based on the result of that. I hesitate to link it here without rovo89's permission. And I haven't had time to put the 5.1 soak test leak on my Moto X 2014. I'd be willing to provide the installer (with permission) if people want to test.

You'd better know how to recover from a non-bootable system though.

[ckuethe]

Sure, I'll try. I already had to do one recovery after just trying to crank the sdk version number.

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:56 PM, romracer notifications@github.com wrote:

So... I created a fork, merged Android 5.1 in and applied a few fixes to get the code to compile. These changes are all pushed to my repo fork.

I also have an Xposed zip that's based on the result of that. I hesitate to link it here without rovo89's permission. And I haven't had time to put the 5.1 soak test leak on my Moto X 2014. I'd be willing to provide the installer (with permission) if people want to test.

You'd better know how to recover from a non-bootable system though.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/rovo89/Xposed/issues/30#issuecomment-85239031.

GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?

[romracer]

I would need a way to get it to you (email, etc). I won't post it publicly without permission from rovo89.

[StrogonoffBR]

Hi, can you give me the edited Xposed that work in 5.1?

But some modules that work in 5.0 maybe don't work in 5.1, alright?

Thanks!

ikeerpbr@gmail.com

[romracer]

@StrogonoffBR I'm only interested in testing the framework itself on 5.1. Individual modules will undoubtedly need to be updated. Currently it is loading some modules fine but needs additional testing:

03-17 00:00:02.149 I/Xposed  (  392): -----------------
03-17 00:00:02.149 I/Xposed  (  392): Starting Xposed binary version 61, compiled for SDK 22
03-17 00:00:02.149 I/Xposed  (  392): Device: XT1095 (motorola), Android version 5.1 (SDK 22)
03-17 00:00:02.150 I/Xposed  (  392): ROM: LPE23.28
03-17 00:00:02.150 I/Xposed  (  392): Build fingerprint: motorola/victara_tmo/victara:5.1/LPE23.28/10:user/release-keys
03-17 00:00:02.150 I/Xposed  (  392): Platform: armeabi-v7a, 32-bit binary, system server: yes
03-17 00:00:02.150 I/Xposed  (  392): SELinux enabled: yes, enforcing: yes
03-25 07:16:55.433 I/Xposed  (  392): -----------------
03-25 07:16:55.434 I/Xposed  (  392): Added Xposed (/system/framework/XposedBridge.jar) to CLASSPATH
03-25 07:16:55.725 I/Xposed  (  392): Detected ART runtime
03-25 07:16:55.747 I/Xposed  (  392): Found Xposed class de/robv/android/xposed/XposedBridge, now initializing
03-25 07:16:55.866 I/Xposed  (  392): Initializing XposedBridge version 62
03-25 07:16:55.958 I/Xposed  (  392): Loading modules from /data/app/biz.underpants_gnomes.android.xposed.mods.xposedsmsabort-2/base.apk
03-25 07:16:56.226 I/Xposed  (  392):   Loading class biz.underpants_gnomes.android.xposed.mods.xposedsmsabort.XposedSMSAbort

[Hendrik212]

@romracer Could you send me your test version, too? I'd like to test it on a Nexus 6. hendrikgroove@gmx.de

Thanks!

[wbedard]

I have a dedicated testing device that I am using to evaluate XPosed on the Android 5.x platform (ie, not my "daily driver"). As such, I would really like to have access to such development builds, with the full understanding that they are fully unsupported (by anyone...). Any feedback received from them would presumably be used to support ongoing development on a "as time and interest allows" basis.

[rovo89]

@romracer In case you're still waiting for my approval: Yes, please post your test version, preferably create a separate thread on XDA or something like that to avoid that people use GitHub for discussions. Just make clear that it's not an official version and that you "just" made some adoptions for 5.1 (instead of rewriting it from scratch, which would be much more work).

I'm currently working on scripts for building and packaging (whenever my time allows it), which will hopefully make it easier for people like you to get involved. After all, this is one of the reason the project is open-source.

[poooower]

@rovo89 @romracer Could you add some documents about how to compile the code please? Thanks!

[romracer]

@rovo89 Sure, I will post it. About to head out for a "honeymooon weekend" with the wife so I'm hesitant to just throw it up there and vanish for a few days. I'll post it up later this weekend though.

@poooower I believe @rovo89 said he's working on them just above you ;) I'd be happy to do it too, but my method may not be "official".

[cabagekiller]

@romracer if you need someone to test it without worriea of it. I have my old nexus 5 I can flash and do whatever with it.

[pylerSM]

Great! So xposed devs will have time to update their modules :) After official release from rovo89 for 5.1, modules will just work.

[rovo89]

As @romracer mentioned, he is planning to post his version for 5.1 later this weekend. So please refrain from offering to test it or "when will it be ready" questions, as this will send emails to 120 watchers of this repository...

[pylerSM]

Nothing published.

[RobotRoss]

I think we're all eagerly awaiting this, but be patient, i'm sure when it is published we'll be linked to the XDA thread here.

[romracer]

@pylerSM Sorry if I disappointed you. My initial testing on my Moto X using the leaked 5.1 worked okay, but when I went to test on my Nexus 5 test phone, I found an issue. At least my N5, freshly flashed to LMY47I, only has about 4.8MB of free space on the /system partition. It also doesn't include the unzip command.

This complicated just dragging and dropping replacement binaries in the installer zip, because now there's not enough room to make backups of the replaced files. And without unzip, the updater script needs to be tweaked (it relies on unzip to extract itself).

All problems relatively easily overcome and my N5 is booting right now. But it takes time, and as I said, I was out of town for the weekend. I'll publish once I think its relatively safe to use, but what good would it have done to rush it out there and have a forum full of people (at least those using N5s - how many devices even have 5.1?) that won't boot because some key ART libraries are zero bytes (because the device is out of space)?

I'll take the blame this time for providing an ETA I guess... Please have patience, it will come.

03-31 18:38:32.068 I/Xposed  (  232): -----------------
03-31 18:38:32.068 I/Xposed  (  232): Starting Xposed binary version 61, compiled for SDK 22
03-31 18:38:32.068 I/Xposed  (  232): Device: Nexus 5 (LGE), Android version 5.1 (SDK 22)
03-31 18:38:32.068 I/Xposed  (  232): ROM: LMY47I
03-31 18:38:32.068 I/Xposed  (  232): Build fingerprint: google/hammerhead/hammerhead:5.1/LMY47I/1767468:user/release-keys
03-31 18:38:32.068 I/Xposed  (  232): Platform: armeabi-v7a, 32-bit binary, system server: yes
03-31 18:38:32.068 I/Xposed  (  232): SELinux enabled: yes, enforcing: yes
03-31 18:38:32.083 I/Xposed  (  232): -----------------
03-31 18:38:32.084 I/Xposed  (  232): Added Xposed (/system/framework/XposedBridge.jar) to CLASSPATH
03-31 18:38:32.595 I/Xposed  (  232): Detected ART runtime
03-31 18:38:32.633 I/Xposed  (  232): Found Xposed class de/robv/android/xposed/XposedBridge, now initializing
03-31 18:38:32.801 I/Xposed  (  232): Initializing XposedBridge version 62
03-31 18:38:32.954 E/Xposed  (  232): Cannot load any modules because /data/data/de.robv.android.xposed.installer/conf/modules.list was not found

[pylerSM]

Thanks for info. Finally rovo89 found somebody who can help him with Xposed stuff. Keep it up.

[rovo89]

Please avoid asking for ETAs, test versions etc. here. I have now locked this issue. If @romracer wants to give a status update, he can contact me.