CHANGELOG.md

3.1.2

Bug fixes

• Properly escape file names in FIFO I/O streams

3.1.1

Bug fixes

• Fix typo in SuFile.length()
• Escape filenames of the File argument in SuFile.renameTo(File)

3.1.0

New Features

• On Android 5.0 and higher (API 21+), both SuFileInputStream.open(...) and SuFileOutputStream.open(...) return I/O streams backed by FIFO (named pipes). This provides 100% native file I/O stream performance and stability.
• On Android 4.4 and lower, SuFileInputStream.open(...) uses the old shell command backed InputStream as it was stress tested and proven reliable.
• On Android 4.4 and lower, SuFileOutputStream.open(...) will write all data to a temporary file in the application's cache folder, and will only actually output the data to the target location when the stream is closed. Please refer to Javadocs for more detail.
• If the internal copying of SuFileOutputStream.open(...) is unacceptable, SuFileOutputStream.openNoCopy(...) can be used to force the old implementation (shell command backed OutputStream) on Android 4.4 and lower. However, according to stress test results, this implementation is error prone and I strongly recommend against using it.
• If your minSdkVersion is 21 or higher (which most apps now are), these I/O stream changes basically improve performance and reliability for free without any complexities mentioned above.
• The :busybox module is updated with new busybox binaries (1.32.1). It also adds the logic to workaround older Samsung device kernel restrictions.

Bug fixes

• Fix unaligned shell input (the bug did not affect SuFileInputStream)
• SuFile now properly escapes special characters of file names in internal implementations

Deprecation

• Deprecated APIs in 3.0.x is removed
• Creating instances of SuFileInputStream and SuFileOutputStream is deprecated. Please use the static SuFileInputStream.open(...) and SuFileOutputStream.open(...) methods instead.

3.0.2

• Fix regression that could cause crashes on older Android versions when getting application context internally
• Add more nullability annotations for better Kotlin integration

3.0.1

New major release, introducing root service support!
3.0.1 is fully source compatible with 2.6.0, but please migrate the deprecated methods as soon as possible as these shim will be removed soon.

New Features

• New module :service is added: introduce RootService for remote root IPC
• SuFileInputStream now fully support mark(int), reset(), and skip(long)
• CallbackList now support passing in a custom Executor in its constructor to configure which thread onAddElement() to run on

Behavior Changes

• CallbackList no longer synchronizes its base List internally (if provided). It is the developer's responsibility if synchronization is required

API Changes

• Shell.Builder is now used to construct Shell objects. Each shell instance creation now has its own configurations
• Shell.enableVerboseLogging is now used to toggle verbose logging throughout the framework
• Shell.setDefaultBuilder(Shell.Builder) is now used to configure the global shell instance

Deprecation

• Shell.FLAG_VERBOSE_LOGGING: use Shell.enableVerboseLogging
• Shell.Config: customize Shell.Builder and set it in Shell.setDefaultBuilder(Shell.Builder)
• Shell.newInstance(...): create Shell.Builder and use Shell.Builder.build(...)

2.6.0

API Changes

• New APIs to allow users to customize which thread to dispatch when returning results via callbacks
  • Shell.getShell(Executor, GetShellCallback)
  • Shell.Job.submit(Executor, GetShellCallback)

Improvements

• Shell.su/sh(...).submit(...) will no longer switch back to the main thread internally, reducing unnecessary thread hopping

Behavior Changes

• The bundled BusyBox now utilizes "Standalone Mode ASH", which forces all commands to use BusyBox applets. For more info please read the Javadoc for BusyBoxInstaller.
• The bundled BusyBox now supports full SELinux features

Breaking Changes

• All deprecated APIs in 2.5.2 are removed

2.5.2

Improvements

• Be more conservative with synchronizing internally
• Use a more efficient SerialExecutorService implementation
• Allow users to set their own ExecutorService for libsu (Shell.EXECUTOR)
• Some minor optimizations

Deprecation

• All deprecated methods/fields/classes will be removed in the next release
• ShellUtils.pump(InputStream, OutputStream)
• ShellUtils.noFlushPump(InputStream, OutputStream)
• ShellUtils.checkSum(String, File, String)
• Shell.FLAG_USE_MAGISK_BUSYBOX
• Shell.Config.addInitializers(...)
• Shell.Config.getFlags()
• SuProcessFileInputStream
• SuProcessFileOutputStream

2.5.1

Improvements / Bug fixes

• SuFile.getParent() no longer cause NPE when no parent exists
• The libsu:busybox module now includes prebuilt busybox binaries as native libraries. This properly conforms with Play Store rules to ship executables along with APKs. All 4 ABIs (armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, x86_64) are included; utilize app bundles for smaller app download sizes.
• More nullability annotations for better Kotlin integration.
• Some minor internal implementation improvements

API Changes

• ShellUtils.genRandomAlphaNumString(int) is removed

2.5.0

Behavior Changes

• SuFile will now follow symbolic links (as it always should)
• SuFile.length() will no longer report block total size on block devices (as it shouldn't in the first place)
• SuFileInputStream and SuFileOutputStream now supports I/O on all file formats, including character files (e.g. files in /sys and /proc), and also outputs to block devices correctly

API Changes

• Make SuFile.isBlock(), SuFile.isCharacter(), SuFile.isSymlink() public

Improvements

• Tons internal optimizations to improve performance
• Rewrite shell backed I/O from scratch
• Added more detailed Javadoc for SuFile

2.4.0

Behavior Changes

• SuFile is no longer a wrapper class around File. Calling the constructor directly will directly open a shell backed File instance. This change is due to the fact that File wrapper class causes some issues in methods like File.renameTo(File).

API Changes

• Introduce new helper methods: SuFile.open(...): depending on whether the global shell has root access or not, these methods will return either a normal File instance or SuFile. This is the same behavior as the previous SuFile constructor (the only difference is that SuFile used to wrap around the instance).

2.3.3

• Update proguard rules to support R8 full mode
• Update gradle scripts to build proper Javadoc with links to Android reference

2.3.2

• Fix a possible NPE in SuFile

2.3.1

• Publish aggregated Javadoc
• Strip out all deprecated APIs

2.3.0

Starting from 2.3.0, you shall stop using Shell.Container, including ContainerApp.

Bug fixes

• Fix Shell.Initializer NPE on old API levels

API Changes

• Shell.Config.setContainer() is deprecated. libsu will handle the global shell without any configurations
• ContainerApp is deprecated. The class is now just a stock Application

2.2.1

Behavior Changes

• When using high level APIs (Shell.su, Shell.sh, Shell.rootAccess()), NoShellException is now silently suppressed to prevent unexpected crashes. Should no shell is possible to be created, Shell.su/sh will immediately return a Shell.Result with no output and show failure; Shell.rootAccess() will simply return false.

2.2.0

Starting from this release, libsu is modularized into 3 parts: core, io, and busybox.

If you only use the shell implementation, you just need com.github.topjohnwu.libsu:core. com.github.topjohnwu.libsu:io and com.github.topjohnwu.libsu:busybox are optional: include the former to use the I/O wrapper classes, and the latter to bundle the prebuilt busybox binaries with your app. The old com.github.topjohnwu:libsu can still be used, but all 3 components will be pulled in.

Bug fixes

• Clean up potential garbage output before testing shell
• Prevent possible Shell.waitAndClose(int, TimeUnit) race conditions

API Changes

• Add support for multiple Shell.Initializers: new methods void Shell.Config.setInitializers(...) and void Shell.Config.addInitializers(...) are added; void Shell.Config.setInitializer(Initializer.class) is deprecated.

Breaking Changes

• Remove the class BusyBox. To install the prebuilt busybox, add com.github.topjohnwu.libsu:busybox as a dependency, and register BusyBoxInstaller as an initializer (Shell.Config.addInitializers(BusyBoxInstaller.class);)
• Introduce a new flag: Shell.FLAG_USE_MAGISK_BUSYBOX. With this flag set, /sbin/.magisk/busybox will be prepended to PATH, so the shell will use Magisk's internal busybox.

2.1.2

Bug fixes

• Fix a bug that could cause new SuFile(parent, name) to fail

Behavior Changes

• When creating SuFileInputStream/SuFileOutputStream/SuRandomAccessFile with a character file, it will throw FileNotFoundException instead of failing silently. Character file I/O is not possible with shells, use Shell.su("cat <chr_file>").exec().getOut() instead.

API Changes

• Add boolean Shell.waitAndClose(long, TimeUnit) and void Shell.waitAndClose(). You can now wait for all tasks to finish before closing the shell instance.
• Add Shell.Config.setTimeout(long). Use it to set the maximum time for waiting a new shell construction. The default value is 20 seconds.

2.0.3

Improvements

• Shell.isAlive() method is updated to get process status directly via reflection rather than the traditional Process.exitValue() exception handling. This optimization significantly reduces the overhead when switching between Shell tasks.

API Changes

• The 1.x version APIs are completely removed
• Retrolambda is removed, you should start using AGP 3.0.0+ which comes with official Java 8 desugaring

2.0.2

Fixes

• Return proper list in Shell.Result.getErr()

2.0.1

Fixes / Improvements

• Calling submit in PendingJob used to end up calling the overridden exec instead of exec in JobImpl. Proxy through a private method in JobImpl to prevent changed behavior of JobImpl subclasses.
• Even though the parameters of Shell.Job.add(...) is labeled @NonNull, it is still possible that developers still pass in null and cause NPE. Check null before proceed any further.
• Fix a bug that constructed shell instances weren't cached in the container when created using fallback methods (e.g. no root -> fallback to non-root shell). This would cause infinite loop when no root is available.
• Prevent IllegalStateException if the user provide a filter accepting . or .. in SuFile.list() family methods.