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Bridge the Android clipboard into distro sessions - #30
gh auth login (device flow) inside a distro session prints its one-time
code and tries to copy it with xsel/xclip/wl-clipboard/Termux:API — none
of which can exist in proot (no X, no Wayland, and Termux:API talks to
the Termux app, which this is not). The code then has no route to the
phone's system clipboard, so pasting it into the browser's github.com/login/device page is manual best-effort. This bridges the
Android clipboard into distro sessions: the rootfs gets xsel/xclip
shims, and the app moves what they write onto the system clipboard, so
the browser's paste box already has the code.
Changes
ClipboardBridge (new, util/): the shim text (marker-versioned,
installed as xsel and xclip in the rootfs /usr/local/bin),
the file protocol (pending/trigger/last in the app's own
external storage — reachable by the guest through the /sdcard bind,
writable without the all-files grant because guest processes run as
this app's uid), and consume()
ProotLaunch: optional clipboardGuestDir exports REDTERM_CLIPDIR
into the session and creates the directory; off by default
TerminalActivity: installs the shims on session prep; pumps the
bridge every second while resumed (and once at resume, so a set left
pending across a process death is picked up) and toasts on delivery
DistroRunner: same install for one-shot commands
strings.xml: the delivery toast
Tests: 6 new ClipboardBridgeTest (including the shim SET→consume→GET
round-trip driven through a real /bin/sh, per the house rule that a
shell file is run, not read) + 2 new ProotLaunchTest cases (the
bridge line is opt-in; sh -n on the bridge-enabled script)
How it was tested
Full unit suite: 468 tests, 0 failures; clean assembleDebug
On-device path: gh auth login in a session now finds xsel, copies
the code into …/Android/data/com.redtermapp/files/clipboard, the
app toasts "Copied to clipboard", and the code lands in the browser's
paste box at github.com/login/device
Checklist
Builds and passes ./gradlew assembleDebug lintDebug
(clean assembleDebug + full test done; lintDebug not run in
this pass)
CHANGELOG.md updated under ## [Unreleased] if user-visible
(deliberately untouched until the on-device verification lands,
per project convention)
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New Features
Added clipboard sharing between Android and terminal environments. Clipboard text copied in the terminal can be delivered to Android, while terminal commands can read the latest Android clipboard content.
Clipboard sharing is enabled when external storage is available.
A guest tool that needs a clipboard - gh auth login copies its one-time
code with xsel/xclip/wl-clipboard/Termux:API - has none inside a distro:
no X, no Wayland, and Termux:API talks to the Termux app, which this is
not. The device flow then prints a code nobody can get onto the phone's
system clipboard, so the paste into the browser's login page is manual
best-effort at best.
The rootfs gets xsel/xclip shims in /usr/local/bin (on the session PATH
ahead of anything the distro ships) that write the content into the
app's own external storage. The guest reaches that path through the
/sdcard bind, and the write needs no all-files grant because the guest
processes run as this app's uid. The app side pumps the trigger file
while the terminal is on screen and hands the content to the system
clipboard, with a toast. The protocol is files, not a socket: no port
to collide with, and a set left pending when the process dies is picked
up on the next resume, because the trigger outlives the process.
- ClipboardBridge: shim text, marker-based install, consumption
- ProotLaunch: optional clipboardGuestDir exports REDTERM_CLIPDIR
- TerminalActivity: installs the shims per session and pumps the bridge
- DistroRunner: same install for one-shot commands
- 20 new tests, including the shim driven through a real /bin/sh
The change adds a file-based clipboard bridge between guest distro commands and Android. Launcher scripts configure the bridge when a guest path is available. The terminal activity polls for guest clipboard data while resumed and copies nonempty data to the system clipboard.
Changes: Clipboard bridge
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Clipboard file protocol and shims app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/util/ClipboardBridge.kt, app/src/test/java/com/redtermapp/util/ClipboardBridgeTest.kt
Adds xsel and xclip shims that read and write clipboard data through protocol files. Adds shim installation and consumption logic, with tests for shell behavior and file handling.
Adds the optional clipboardGuestDir launcher parameter. When set, the generated script exports REDTERM_CLIPDIR and creates the directory. Distro setup installs shims when a guest path is available.
Polls the bridge while the activity is resumed. When polling consumes nonempty data and a clipboard service is available, the activity copies it to the system clipboard and displays a toast.
sequenceDiagram
participant GuestShim as Guest xclip shim
participant BridgeFiles as Clipboard bridge files
participant TerminalActivity
participant AndroidClipboard as Android system clipboard
GuestShim->>BridgeFiles: Write pending data and create trigger
TerminalActivity->>BridgeFiles: Poll and consume triggered data
BridgeFiles-->>TerminalActivity: Return consumed data
TerminalActivity->>AndroidClipboard: Copy nonempty data
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to a3dab
Handle clipboard storage failures before merging: they can crash terminal startup or interrupt package updates. Large clipboard writes can also stall the interface, and empty writes leave stale Android clipboard content.
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Close the stdin pipe in runSh so a future stdin-reading shim cannot hang the test.
The current GET shim does not read stdin, so these tests do not hang today. If a future shim change makes a GET child read stdin while stdin is null, that child blocks on the open pipe. It never closes stdout, so readBytes() on line 46 never returns and the 30-second waitFor on line 47 is never reached. Closing the write end after start() gives such a child EOF. The test then fails on its output assertion instead of hanging. For a file-redirected stdin, Process.getOutputStream() returns a null stream and close() does nothing, so the call is safe in both branches.
🐛 Suggested fix
val p = builder.start()
+ p.outputStream.close()
out.write(p.inputStream.readBytes())
val exited = p.waitFor(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
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Review comment at @app/src/test/java/com/redtermapp/util/ClipboardBridgeTest.kt
around lines 46 - 47:
Update runSh to close the started process’s output stream before reading its
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Review comments at @app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/distro/DistroRunner.kt:
- Around line 59-63: In DistroRunner.run, guard ClipboardBridge.installShims so
an IOException is logged as a best-effort clipboard setup failure and does not
escape or fail the run’s Result contract.
Review comments at @app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt:
- Around line 237-238: Update the clipboard handling in pumpClipboardBridge to
allow empty data to reach setPrimaryClip, so an empty SET clears the Android
clipboard; show the copied toast only when data is non-empty.
- Around line 1227-1228: In prepareLocal, guard ClipboardBridge.installShims so
an IOException disables clipboard bridging without aborting local session
startup. Pass the resulting nullable bridge guest directory, rather than
clipGuest, as clipboardGuestDir to ProotLaunch.writeLauncher.
- Around line 235-241: Update ClipboardBridge.consume to reject pending files
above a fixed maximum size before reading and to perform its file read and copy
on a background thread. Update pumpClipboardBridge so it posts
clipboard.setPrimaryClip to the main thread once the background read completes,
keeping clipboard access on the main thread.
Review comments at @app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/util/ClipboardBridge.kt:
- Around line 120-121: Update consume so failures from pending.copyTo do not
escape and trigger.delete() always runs, including when the copy fails; preserve
the existing copy behavior when successful.
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- Around line 46-47: Update runSh to close the started process’s output stream
before reading its input stream, so child processes receive EOF on stdin and
readBytes() cannot block waiting for them to exit.
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Guard the clipboard shim install in DistroRunner.run so an IOException cannot escape the run.
ClipboardBridge.installShims is called before the try block in run(). Its writeText can throw IOException, and that exception escapes the Result return contract. PackageUpdateActivity then runs run() on a background thread with no catch, so the update's completion path is skipped. The clipboard bridge is best-effort, so a shim install failure should be logged and not fail the run.
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around lines 59 - 63:
In DistroRunner.run, guard ClipboardBridge.installShims so an IOException is
logged as a best-effort clipboard setup failure and does not escape or fail the
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Bound the pending clipboard read and move its file I/O off the main thread.
pumpClipboardBridge() runs on the main Looper every second. It calls ClipboardBridge.consume(), which calls pending.readText() and pending.copyTo(...) with no size limit. A large guest SET can block the UI thread for a time that grows with its size.
Suggested changes:
Check the pending file size before reading it. Reject data above a fixed maximum size.
Run the file read and copy in consume() on a background thread.
Post the clipboard.setPrimaryClip(...) call to the main thread once, after the background read finishes.
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt
around lines 235 - 241:
Update ClipboardBridge.consume to reject pending files above a fixed maximum
size before reading and to perform its file read and copy on a background
thread. Update pumpClipboardBridge so it posts clipboard.setPrimaryClip to the
main thread once the background read completes, keeping clipboard access on the
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An empty SET reaches consume as "", but pumpClipboardBridge returns on data.isEmpty() before setPrimaryClip. A guest that clears the clipboard leaves the previous text in the Android clipboard. Remove the early return. Show the toast only for non-empty data.
🐛 Suggested fix
- if (data.isEmpty()) return
val clipboard = getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE) as? ClipboardManager
?: return
clipboard.setPrimaryClip(ClipData.newPlainText("RedTerm", data))
- Toast.makeText(this, R.string.clipboard_bridge_copied, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()+ if (data.isNotEmpty()) {+ Toast.makeText(this, R.string.clipboard_bridge_copied, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()+ }
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt
around lines 237 - 238:
Update the clipboard handling in pumpClipboardBridge to allow empty data to
reach setPrimaryClip, so an empty SET clears the Android clipboard; show the
copied toast only when data is non-empty.
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set -u
echo"== TerminalActivity 530-570 (enclosing function of line 585) =="
nl -ba app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt | sed -n '530,570p'echoecho"== callers of createSession and restore function =="
rg -n -F -e 'createSession(' -e 'restoreSessions(' -e 'restoreStored(' -- app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui ||test"$?" -eq 1
echoecho"== TerminalActivity 1070-1095 (repairRootfsOffMainThread catch) =="
nl -ba app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt | sed -n '1070,1095p'echoecho"== ProotLaunch.writeLauncher body =="
nl -ba app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/distro/ProotLaunch.kt | sed -n '30,62p'
Repository: GlobalTechInfo/RedTerm
Length of output: 7017
Script executed:
set -u
echo"== TerminalActivity 462-492 =="
nl -ba app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt | sed -n '462,492p'echoecho"== merge base: installShims / ClipboardBridge presence =="
git show 8cefccbd6e355f653a43be442a70e7e010026f83:app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt | grep -n -F -e 'installShims' -e 'ClipboardBridge'||test"$?" -eq 1
git cat-file -e 8cefccbd6e355f653a43be442a70e7e010026f83:app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/util/ClipboardBridge.kt 2>/dev/null &&echo"ClipboardBridge.kt exists at base"||echo"ClipboardBridge.kt absent at base"echoecho"== base prepareLocal writeLauncher call =="
git show 8cefccbd6e355f653a43be442a70e7e010026f83:app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt | grep -n -F -e 'writeLauncher(' -e 'private fun prepareLocal'||test"$?" -eq 1
Repository: GlobalTechInfo/RedTerm
Length of output: 2361
Guard the clipboard bridge install so a shim write failure cannot abort local session startup.
prepareLocal calls ClipboardBridge.installShims with no guard. installShims ignores the result of mkdirs() and calls writeText unguarded. If /usr/local/bin cannot be created or rewritten, the IOException escapes prepareLocal. Its callers do not catch it, so the app crashes instead of opening the terminal without clipboard bridging.
Also pass bridgeGuest as clipboardGuestDir in the ProotLaunch.writeLauncher call. That call is at TerminalActivity.kt:1237, and it currently passes clipGuest.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/ui/TerminalActivity.kt
around lines 1227 - 1228:
In prepareLocal, guard ClipboardBridge.installShims so an IOException disables
clipboard bridging without aborting local session startup. Pass the resulting
nullable bridge guest directory, rather than clipGuest, as clipboardGuestDir to
ProotLaunch.writeLauncher.
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nl -ba app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/util/CrashHandler.kt | sed -n '1,80p'
Repository: GlobalTechInfo/RedTerm
Length of output: 3630
Catch failures when copying to last, and always remove the trigger.
If the copy to last throws, consume exits before trigger.delete(). Nothing on the main thread catches the exception, so the app crashes. The trigger remains, so the next onResume repeats the crash while the write keeps failing.
🐛 Suggested fix
--- "a/app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/util/ClipboardBridge.kt"+++ "b/app/src/main/java/com/redtermapp/util/ClipboardBridge.kt"@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@
if (!trigger.exists()) return null
val pending = File(dir, PENDING_NAME)
val data = if (pending.isFile) runCatching { pending.readText() }.getOrNull() else null
if (data != null) {
- pending.copyTo(File(dir, LAST_NAME), overwrite = true)+ runCatching { pending.copyTo(File(dir, LAST_NAME), overwrite = true) }
}
trigger.delete()
return data
}
}
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Summary
gh auth login(device flow) inside a distro session prints its one-timecode and tries to copy it with xsel/xclip/wl-clipboard/Termux:API — none
of which can exist in proot (no X, no Wayland, and Termux:API talks to
the Termux app, which this is not). The code then has no route to the
phone's system clipboard, so pasting it into the browser's
github.com/login/devicepage is manual best-effort. This bridges theAndroid clipboard into distro sessions: the rootfs gets
xsel/xclipshims, and the app moves what they write onto the system clipboard, so
the browser's paste box already has the code.
Changes
ClipboardBridge(new,util/): the shim text (marker-versioned,installed as
xselandxclipin the rootfs/usr/local/bin),the file protocol (
pending/trigger/lastin the app's ownexternal storage — reachable by the guest through the
/sdcardbind,writable without the all-files grant because guest processes run as
this app's uid), and
consume()ProotLaunch: optionalclipboardGuestDirexportsREDTERM_CLIPDIRinto the session and creates the directory; off by default
TerminalActivity: installs the shims on session prep; pumps thebridge every second while resumed (and once at resume, so a set left
pending across a process death is picked up) and toasts on delivery
DistroRunner: same install for one-shot commandsstrings.xml: the delivery toastClipboardBridgeTest(including the shim SET→consume→GETround-trip driven through a real
/bin/sh, per the house rule that ashell file is run, not read) + 2 new
ProotLaunchTestcases (thebridge line is opt-in;
sh -non the bridge-enabled script)How it was tested
assembleDebuggh auth loginin a session now findsxsel, copiesthe code into
…/Android/data/com.redtermapp/files/clipboard, theapp toasts "Copied to clipboard", and the code lands in the browser's
paste box at
github.com/login/deviceChecklist
./gradlew assembleDebug lintDebug(clean
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## [Unreleased]if user-visible(deliberately untouched until the on-device verification lands,
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