From 63a763ee2cf15297f53d91fa9709adc81103398c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: michael <michael@pop-os.fritz.box>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:22:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: guard release signingConfig behind keystore.properties
 existence
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assembleDebug currently fails on a fresh clone with "Cannot convert ''
to File" because the release signingConfig block unconditionally calls
file(keystoreProperties.getProperty("storeFile", "")) — Gradle
evaluates the whole android{} DSL at configuration time regardless of
which build type is requested, so this breaks debug builds too when no
keystore.properties is present (it's gitignored, so every fresh clone
hits this).

Wrapping both the signingConfigs.create("release") block and the
signingConfig assignment in release{} behind
keystorePropertiesFile.exists() lets assembleDebug (and assembleRelease
without a keystore) build cleanly, while release builds still pick up
signing once keystore.properties exists.

Verified: ./gradlew clean assembleDebug succeeds with no
keystore.properties in the tree at all.
---
 app/build.gradle.kts | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index de9005b..dd7be17 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ android {
     }
 
     signingConfigs {
-        create("release") {
-            storeFile = file(keystoreProperties.getProperty("storeFile", ""))
-            storePassword = keystoreProperties.getProperty("storePassword", "")
-            keyAlias = keystoreProperties.getProperty("keyAlias", "")
-            keyPassword = keystoreProperties.getProperty("keyPassword", "")
+        if (keystorePropertiesFile.exists()) {
+            create("release") {
+                storeFile = file(keystoreProperties.getProperty("storeFile", ""))
+                storePassword = keystoreProperties.getProperty("storePassword", "")
+                keyAlias = keystoreProperties.getProperty("keyAlias", "")
+                keyPassword = keystoreProperties.getProperty("keyPassword", "")
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ android {
         release {
             isMinifyEnabled = true
             isShrinkResources = true
-            signingConfig = signingConfigs.getByName("release")
+            if (keystorePropertiesFile.exists()) {
+                signingConfig = signingConfigs.getByName("release")
+            }
             proguardFiles(
                 getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                 "proguard-rules.pro"