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feat(init): create a new Android app with clerk init --starter - #593
Stacked on #588: this targets its branch and should be retargeted to main once #588 merges. clerk init now creates a new Android app in an empty folder, the way it already creates iOS and macOS apps. Before this, init stopped there with framework_undetected and the new-project picker had no Android option.
What the starter does
Adds "Android (Jetpack Compose)" to the picker. Agents use clerk init --starter --framework android with --name and --android-package (default com.example.<name>). A missing answer is reported as input-required under --json.
Writes a project like Android Studio's Empty Activity template: AGP 9.2.1, Kotlin 2.3.21, a Compose BOM, minSdk 24, the Gradle 9.4.1 wrapper, and an initial Git commit.
Reports the project folder and a continuation command in the JSON, so an agent can resume setup if it stops partway.
Decisions
The wrapper files, including the 45 KB jar, ship inside the CLI. Running gradle wrapper needs a Gradle install most Android developers don't have, and downloading the jar at init would add a network and trust step.
The initial commit comes before setup, so Git can restore every edit and no backups are needed.
No accountless mode, as with the Apple starters.
Validation
Format, lint, typecheck, and unit tests (5,639) pass.
From an empty folder against a real Clerk application: one clerk init --starter --framework android … --prebuilt-auth-ui --json run, an all-green clerk doctor, a clean assembleDebug, and on an emulator a test user signed up, saw the signed-in screen, and signed out.
The interactive prompts were checked against a local API stub only.
clerk init works in an empty folder for Android as it does for iOS and
macOS: "Android (Jetpack Compose)" joins the picker everywhere, and
--starter --framework android takes --name and --android-package (default
com.example.<lowercased name>); missing answers are StarterInputRequired,
reported as input-required with --json, and no accountless mode applies.
The starter is shaped like Android Studio's Empty Activity template: a
version catalog pinning AGP 9.2.1, Kotlin 2.3.21 through the Compose compiler
plugin alias (AGP 9's built-in Kotlin would be 2.2.10, which the SDK can't be
consumed by), a Compose BOM, an app module with minSdk 24, the manifest,
MainActivity, the theme, a vector launcher icon, .gitignore, an initial Git
commit, and the Gradle 9.4.1 wrapper. The wrapper's scripts and jar are
embedded in the CLI (Bun file imports) and copied in, with the distribution's
checksum pinned in gradle-wrapper.properties, so the project builds with
./gradlew without Gradle on PATH.
The existing Android setup then runs on the new app with no confirmation and
the UI artifact by default. --prebuilt-auth-ui (or a yes to the prompt, on by
default for a new starter) replaces the unchanged MainActivity with the
prebuilt sign-in: progress while Clerk.isInitialized is false, AuthView until
the auth flow completes, then UserButton and the signed-in email. Every JSON
status after the app is written carries the starter and its continuation, and
a setup error becomes setup-interrupted. StarterInputRequired, the starter
summary, and setupInterrupted move to native/ so both engines share them.
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Walkthrough
The CLI now supports Android Jetpack Compose starters through interactive selection or --framework android. It validates project names and application IDs, generates project files and Gradle wrappers, and can run Android setup. For unchanged starters using the UI SDK, setup can add the prebuilt sign-in screen. The CLI also handles Android starter continuations, JSON input requirements, and interrupted setup reports. Shared native starter input and status handling now supports Android and Apple starter flows.
clerk/cli#588 — Adds the Android native setup engine invoked after the Android starter is generated.
clerk/cli#547 — Adds Apple starter bootstrap and shared native starter result handling, which this PR extends for Android.
clerk/cli#583 — Adds JSON input-required, continuation, and setup-interrupted reporting that this PR extends to Android.
Suggested reviewers:seanperez29, mikepitre
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 673ac
Creating an Android starter fails on machines without Git, and the generated continuation command can select the wrong SDK artifact or fail with a usage error. Both are small fixes and should be made before merging.
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@packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/android/starter-project.test.ts:
- Around line 83-84: Update the test around starterProjectFiles to write the
project once, then use test.each with the generated file paths so each file’s
existence is checked in its own named test case; remove the loop.
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@packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/android/starter-project.ts:
- Around line 453-461: Update insideGitRepository to handle Bun.spawn failures
by returning false, allowing the existing initializeRepository path to handle
unavailable Git; preserve the current exit-code check when spawning succeeds.
Review comments at @packages/cli-core/src/commands/init/index.ts:
- Around line 646-652: Update the continuation command assembled in parts so
reruns from a generated starter select the UI artifact when no --android-sdk
option was supplied. Preserve an explicitly supplied Android SDK choice, and
ensure the generated command retains this selection alongside the existing flags
such as --prebuilt-auth-ui.
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- A missing git executable no longer fails writing a new project; the
project is written without a repository.
- A rerun inside an unchanged starter keeps the UI artifact, including
the continuation an agent runs inside it.
- test.each over the generated files.
Tested on 4ad90f7a, untouched since — Before, init refused an Android starter; after, it wrote the Compose project with the pinned versions, the Gradle wrapper and an initial commit, and returned the project folder and a cd-and-continue command.
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Prebuilt sign-in screen applied New app builds with embedded wrapper Picker offers Android Missing answers are input-required
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Summary
Stacked on #588: this targets its branch and should be retargeted to
mainonce #588 merges.clerk initnow creates a new Android app in an empty folder, the way it already creates iOS and macOS apps. Before this, init stopped there withframework_undetectedand the new-project picker had no Android option.What the starter does
clerk init --starter --framework androidwith--nameand--android-package(defaultcom.example.<name>). A missing answer is reported asinput-requiredunder--json.minSdk24, the Gradle 9.4.1 wrapper, and an initial Git commit.uiartifact. With--prebuilt-auth-ui, or yes at the prompt,MainActivityshowsAuthViewuntil sign-in, thenUserButtonand the user's email.Decisions
gradle wrapperneeds a Gradle install most Android developers don't have, and downloading the jar at init would add a network and trust step.Validation
clerk init --starter --framework android … --prebuilt-auth-ui --jsonrun, an all-greenclerk doctor, a cleanassembleDebug, and on an emulator a test user signed up, saw the signed-in screen, and signed out.