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Build scanner binary component (for F-Droid/etc scanning support)

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#12,624 opened on Feb 29, 2024

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the scanner binary component is OSS yet it means that nextcloud would need to build and include a build process for this binary shipped by the scanner lib dependency ourselves.

So anybody could build and contribute this but it is currently not a priority for Nextcloud. So we are happy to see folks contributing this in order to also have document scanning capabilities in the f-droid version. 👍

Originally posted by @AndyScherzinger in https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues/10195#issuecomment-1881836396

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Research direction
Investigate the scanner library dependency, understand its build system, and determine how to compile the binary for Android (possibly using NDK). Check existing threads and F Droid build requirements.
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javaandroid
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mobilebuild systemci cd
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Feature
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3
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3-5 days
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Active
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Mostly clear
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AndroidJavaGradle
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50