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chore(client/android): adopt AGP 9.3.1 / Gradle 9.5.0, and tell CI about it
The bump itself came from Android Studio; this makes the rest of the repo
agree with it.

The toolchain line at the top of the root build file still claimed AGP 9.2.0
and Gradle 9.4.1, and both Android workflows named "AGP 9.2" as the reason
they pin JDK 21 — the sort of comment that is trusted precisely because it
looks maintained.

The Gradle caches also needed telling: they cache the DISTRIBUTION under
`~/.gradle/wrapper`, keyed on a hash of `*.gradle.kts` only. This bump moved
both files so the key changed anyway, but a wrapper-only bump would have
restored a key that can never contain the new distribution. The wrapper
properties are in the key now.

Verified with the workflows' own commands on the new toolchain:
`:app:testDebugUnitTest -PskipRustBuild --stacktrace --rerun-tasks` (the
screenshot job, 45 tasks from cold) and `:app:assembleDebug` including the
cargo-ndk native build. AGP 9.3.1 resolves no build-tools newer than the
37.0.0 both jobs install, so their sdkmanager lines still cover it.
2026-07-29 12:17:18 +02:00
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punktfunk — Android client (phone & TV)

The native Android app for streaming a punktfunk host to your phone, tablet, or Android TV. A Compose app that finds hosts on your network, pairs with a PIN, and streams at the display's own resolution — with hardware HEVC decode, HDR10, and controller support, built for both touch and the couch (D-pad / gamepad focus navigation).

Features

  • Hardware decode — NDK AMediaCodec HEVC → SurfaceView, including HDR10 (Main10 / BT.2020 PQ), with low-latency tuning and a live stats HUD.
  • Audio both ways — Opus + AAudio playback with a jitter ring, plus mic uplink to the host.
  • Controller support — buttons + axes with rumble and HID feedback (lightbar / adaptive triggers); D-pad / gamepad focus navigation for TV and phone.
  • Find hosts automatically — native mDNS discovery; first connect does a one-time SPAKE2 PIN pairing (or TOFU on trusted LANs), then reconnects on a Keystore-wrapped, pinned identity.
  • Compose UI — Connect / Settings / Stream screens with Material You theming.

Built for arm64-v8a + armeabi-v7a + x86_64 — the 32-bit armeabi-v7a slice is what keeps the app installable on the many 32-bit Google TV / Android TV streamers (Walmart onn. 4K, Chromecast with Google TV, budget Amlogic boxes) that otherwise reject a 64-bit-only build as "not compatible".

Get it

Published to Google Play (Internal Testing) — join the beta via the Discord. Per-device setup and pairing: docs.punktfunk.unom.io/docs/install-client.

How it's built — Rust-heavy

Kotlin can't import the cbindgen C header the way Swift can, so a native bridge is unavoidable. We write it in Rust and link punktfunk-core directly — so the Android client reuses the Linux client's orchestration (audio jitter ring, VK keymap inverse, latency/skew math, capture state machine, trust logic) instead of re-porting it into Kotlin.

Side Owns
Rust (native/libpunktfunk_android.so) the JNI seam, NativeClient (QUIC control + UDP data plane), AnnexB → AMediaCodec decode (incl. HDR10), Opus + AAudio audio + mic, controller feedback, latency math, trust/pairing, mdns-sd discovery
Kotlin (app/, kit/) Compose UI, SurfaceView lifecycle, input capture, the Wi-Fi MulticastLock + permission UX, Keystore identity

The single seam is io.unom.punktfunk.kit.NativeBridgeJava_io_unom_punktfunk_kit_NativeBridge_*.

native/           Rust cdylib (workspace member) — links punktfunk-core directly
  src/lib.rs        crate doc · JNI_OnLoad · version probes
  src/session/      session lifecycle: connect/pair + trust, plane start/stop, input shims
  src/decode.rs     AnnexB → AMediaCodec HEVC hardware decode → SurfaceView (incl. HDR10)
  src/audio.rs · src/mic.rs   Opus + AAudio playback / mic uplink
  src/feedback.rs · src/stats.rs   rumble + HID feedback; live video stats
  src/discovery.rs  native mdns-sd browse of the host's _punktfunk._udp advert
app/              :app — Compose UI: Connect / Settings / Stream (phone + TV)
kit/              :kit — NativeBridge · native mDNS discovery · Gamepad · Keymap · Keystore identity

Build & run

Prerequisites: Android SDK + NDK r30 (30.0.14904198), platforms;android-37.0, build-tools;37.0.0, cmake;3.22.1 (builds libopus); JDK 21 (AGP 9.2 runs on JDK 1721, not a newer default); Rust with rustup target add aarch64-linux-android armv7-linux-androideabi x86_64-linux-android and cargo install cargo-ndk. Toolchain is pinned (AGP 9.2 · Gradle 9.4.1 · Kotlin 2.3.21 · Compose BOM 2026.05.01 · compileSdk 37 · minSdk 28).

Android Studio: open clients/android — it uses its bundled JBR 21, and the cargoNdk* task builds the .so as part of the normal build.

CLI (point Gradle at JDK 21 if your machine default is newer):

export JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 21)"   # or your Temurin 21 path
cd clients/android
./gradlew :app:assembleDebug     # cargo-ndk cross-compiles libpunktfunk_android.so first
./gradlew :app:installDebug      # onto a running emulator/device
# emulators from env setup:  emulator -avd pf_phone   |   emulator -avd pf_tv

The debug APK lands in app/build/outputs/apk/debug/. Launch it, pick a host, pair, and stream.