In C++, add your base::Feature
to an existing base::android::FeatureMap
in the appropriate layer/component. Then, you can check the enabled state like so:
// FooFeatureMap can check FooFeatures.MY_FEATURE as long as foo_feature_map.cc // adds `kMyFeature` to its `base::android::FeatureMap`. if (FooFeatureMap.getInstance().isEnabled(FooFeatures.MY_FEATURE)) { // ... }
If the components or layer does not have a FeatureMap, create a new one:
foo_feature_map.cc
(ex. content_feature_map
) with:kFeaturesExposedToJava
array with a pointer to your base::Feature
.GetFeatureMap
with a static base::android::FeatureMap
initialized with kFeaturesExposedToJava
.JNI_FooFeatureList_GetNativeMap
simply calling GetFeatureMap
.FooFeatureMap.java
class extending FeatureMap.java
(ex. ContentFeatureMap
) with:getInstance()
that returns the singleton instance.long getNativeMap()
as @NativeMethods.@Override
for the abstract getNativeMap()
simply calling FooFeatureMapJni.get().getNativeMap()
.FooFeatures.java
with the String constants with the feature names needs to be generated or created.FooFeatures.java.tmpl
. See instructions below.FooFeatures
cannot be auto-generated, keep the list of String constants with the feature names in a FooFeatures
or FooFeatureList
separate from the pure boilerplate FooFeatureMap
.Accessing C++ base::Features
in Java is implemented via a Python script which analyzes the *_features.cc
file and generates the corresponding Java class, based on a template file. The template file must be specified in the GN target. This outputs Java String constants which represent the name of the base::Feature
.
Create a template file (ex. FooFeatures.java.tmpl
). Change “Copyright 2020” to be whatever the year is at the time of writing (as you would for any other file).
// Copyright 2020 The Chromium Authors // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. package org.chromium.foo; // Be sure to escape any curly braces in your template by doubling as // follows. /** * Contains features that are specific to the foo project. */ public final class FooFeatures {{ {NATIVE_FEATURES} // Prevents instantiation. private FooFeatures() {{}} }}
Add a new build target and add it to the srcjar_deps
of an android_library
target:
if (is_android) { import("//build/config/android/rules.gni") } if (is_android) { java_cpp_features("java_features_srcjar") { # External code should depend on ":foo_java" instead. visibility = [ ":*" ] sources = [ "//base/android/foo_features.cc", ] template = "//base/android/java_templates/FooFeatures.java.tmpl" } # If there's already an android_library target, you can add # java_features_srcjar to that target's srcjar_deps. Otherwise, the best # practice is to create a new android_library just for this target. android_library("foo_java") { srcjar_deps = [ ":java_features_srcjar" ] } }
Add a deps
entry to "common_java"
in "//android_webview/BUILD.gn"
if creating a new android_library
in the previous step:
android_library("common_java") { ... deps = [ ... "//path/to:foo_java", ... ] }
The generated file out/Default/gen/.../org/chromium/foo/FooFeatures.java
would contain:
// Copyright $YEAR The Chromium Authors // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. package org.chromium.foo; // Be sure to escape any curly braces in your template by doubling as // follows. /** * Contains features that are specific to the foo project. */ public final class FooFeatures { // This following string constants were inserted by // java_cpp_features.py // From // ../../base/android/foo_features.cc // Into // ../../base/android/java_templates/FooFeatures.java.tmpl // Documentation for the C++ Feature is copied here. public static final String SOME_FEATURE = "SomeFeature"; // ...snip... // Prevents instantiation. private FooFeatures() {} }
The script only supports limited syntaxes for declaring C++ base::Features. You may see an error like the following during compilation:
... org/chromium/foo/FooFeatures.java:41: error: duplicate declaration of field: MY_FEATURE public static final String MY_FEATURE = "MyFeature";
This can happen if you've re-declared a feature for mutually-exclusive build configs (ex. the feature is enabled-by-default for one config, but disabled-by-default for another). Example:
#if defined(...) BASE_FEATURE(kMyFeature, "MyFeature", base::FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT); #else BASE_FEATURE(kMyFeature, "MyFeature", base::FEATURE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT); #endif
The java_cpp_features
rule doesn't know how to evaluate C++ preprocessor directives, so it generates two identical Java fields (which is what the compilation error is complaining about). Fortunately, the workaround is fairly simple. Rewrite the definition to only use directives around the enabled state:
BASE_FEATURE(kMyFeature, "MyFeature", #if defined(...) base::FEATURE_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT #else base::FEATURE_DISABLED_BY_DEFAULT #endif };