feat: Keep Android sample repo folder present after clone#304
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The three Android tutorial sample apps reference a local Maven `repo`
folder from settings.gradle.kts (`maven { url = uri("repo") }`), but the
folder was empty and therefore not tracked by git. On a fresh clone or
download the folder is missing, so the quickstart step "Drag the unzipped
global folder into the project's repo folder" has no target.
Add a README.md to each sample's repo folder documenting what goes there
and why repo/global/ is gitignored. This keeps the folder present while
leaving the SDK contents excluded from version control.
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Problem
A customer following the Android SDK quickstart reported that the downloaded sample app has no
repofolder, so they couldn't complete the step:Root cause
All three Android tutorial sample apps reference a local Maven
repofolder fromsettings.gradle.kts:maven { url = uri("repo") }The folder was empty, and git does not track empty directories — so it is absent on a fresh clone or
download-directory.github.iodownload. The quickstart step then has no target folder. (*/repo/global/is gitignored, which is correct — the SDK contents should not be committed.)Fix
Add a
repo/README.mdto each of the three Android samples:android-holder-tutorial-sample-appandroid-in-person-verifier-tutorial-sample-appandroid-remote-verification-tutorial-sample-appThe README keeps the otherwise-empty folder present after clone/download, and documents what goes there (
repo/global/), referencing the correct SDK artifact per sample (holder vs verifier). SDK contents stay gitignored.Testing
repo/is now tracked by git in all three samples.repo/.gitkeep/README.mdis not caught by.gitignore(only*/repo/global/is ignored).app/build.gradle.kts(global.mattr.mobilecredential:holdervs:verifier).🤖 Generated with Claude Code