🏃‍♂️ Fast : An Efficient Way to Build & Publish Extensions

White_Tiger · August 1, 2025, 12:46pm

I installed fast earlier and instailed rush ,
Now it shows like this
Do i need to reinstall fast

JEWEL · August 1, 2025, 2:04pm

I've pushed a quick fix, please install it again.

husnain · August 2, 2025, 11:35am

Does I have to purchase the license of Fast Premium version for one time fee or it's recurring with every update we have to pay some fees to receive latest features. Asking this because seeing edit history of premium post is a bit concerning because it changes after some time?

JEWEL · August 2, 2025, 11:57am

One time payment only!

husnain · August 2, 2025, 12:03pm

Will I also get all updates after license purchase without paying extra fee?

JEWEL · August 2, 2025, 12:09pm

No extra fees for updates. Please read the license before you purchase.

JEWEL · August 6, 2025, 4:14pm

An update is available 4.1.1

Date built: 08.08.25.16.38

Auto upgrade checker while running fast sync.
Support for migrates old FAST projects to new (fast migrate this).
A few changes in logs.txt.
GitHub Action workflows support dynamic JDK version.
Added missing arguments to the default terminal prompts.

Breaking changes:

Availability to define project specific ProGuard version in fast.yml.

Note: A clean installation is required (fast upgrade -f).

JEWEL · August 18, 2025, 5:10pm

An update is available 4.2.0

Date built: 18.08.25.22.56

Deprecated desugaring features and will be removed in future release!
Support for using Gradle version 9+ with bundled or system JRE 17+.

Breaking changes:

Updated AndroidRuntime.jar to be compatible with nb202.
Changed default Android compile SDK to 35.

Note: A clean installation is required (fast upgrade -f).

White_Tiger · August 21, 2025, 5:07pm

aar is currently only avaible in paid version or free too?

JEWEL · August 21, 2025, 5:11pm

It is possible for free users to utilize AAR as project dependencies. However, the attachment of AAR resources is designated as a feature available through paid subscriptions.

TIMAI2 · August 22, 2025, 9:50pm

Breaking changes: lol

Just updated from 4.0.0 to 4.2.0 and it has "killed" my Intellij IDE...

Most imports not recognised

and thus most of the code in my extension project generates "problems" (121 to be precise), where before the upgrade there were no problems. Is it something on my computer or fast ?

openjdk version "1.8.0_462"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_462-8u462-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.04.2-b08)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.462-b08, mixed mode)

javac 1.8.0_462

RUSH projects in Intellij still OK.

Patryk_F · August 22, 2025, 10:41pm

Try fast sync, I think it helped me.

TIMAI2 · August 22, 2025, 10:53pm

~$ fast sync
  __           _   
 / _| __ _ ___| |_ 
| |_ / _` / __| __|
|  _| (_| \__ \ |_ 
|_|  \__,_|___/\__| (v4.2.0)

x java.io.FileNotFoundException: fast.yml is absent at: /home/tim/fast.yml
	at com.jewel.fast.repacked.cE.<init>(Sync.java:83)
	at com.jewel.fast.Fast.main(Fast.java:94)

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: fast.yml is absent at: /home/tim/fast.yml
	at com.jewel.fast.Fast.handleMainException(Fast.java:142)
	at com.jewel.fast.Fast.main(Fast.java:125)

There should not be anything in my home directory > /home/tim

Patryk_F · August 22, 2025, 11:03pm

You need to run this in your project folder where you compile the extension.

Prem_Gupta · August 23, 2025, 2:36am

I also notice this thing, but i think this is my fault i am change .aar/.jar again and again to fix it.
Can @JEWEL conform this, is this any bug on Intellij IDE...

JEWEL · August 23, 2025, 3:15am

Upon the release of an update that includes breaking changes, it is necessary to execute fast sync once within your project to ensure synchronization and compatibility with the new update. Furthermore, when updating the CLI, I would suggest always updating it with fast upgrade -f.

JEWEL · August 23, 2025, 5:07am

An update is available 4.2.1

Date built: 23.08.25.10.53

Added support for defining maxSdkVersion using the <uses-permission> element in AndroidManifest.xml.
Support for running fast sync outside the project directory by passing the self argument. E.g., fast sync -self

TIMAI2 · August 23, 2025, 8:43am

That fixed it. Thank you.

will this "sync" all projects in one go?

JEWEL · August 23, 2025, 8:53am

It'll just resolves all the tools we need. The -self argument allow us to run the sync command outside of project directory. If you’re running the sync command within a project directory, so we can skip the additional -self argument. When we run sync within a project, FAST resolves required things and reconfigure classpath for IDE.

husnain · August 24, 2025, 11:29am

Need help with my AndroidManifest.xml. The error I am facing is that the users are redirected back to my app on screen myextension.package.Screen1 instead of myapp.package.Screen1 and I am getting screen not found error. How to correct my manifest file. I am using fast 4.1.1.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="edu.redirect">
 <application>
    <activity android:name=".Screen1"
              android:exported="true">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
            <data android:scheme="schoollocator" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

</manifest>