Merge pull request #4776 from owncloud/feature/add_provider_settings_qa_variant

[QA] Add content provider to handle settings in QA variant

Author: jesmrec

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ ownCloud admins and users.
 * Enhancement - Remove a space member: [#4725](https://github.com/owncloud/android/issues/4725)
 * Enhancement - Workflow to build APK: [#4751](https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4751)
 * Enhancement - Workflow to check Conventional Commits: [#4759](https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4759)
+* Enhancement - QA Content Provider: [#4776](https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4776)
 
 ## Details
 
@@ -139,6 +140,13 @@ ownCloud admins and users.
 
    https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4759
 
+* Enhancement - QA Content Provider: [#4776](https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4776)
+
+   A new content provider has been added to the QA variant in order to work with
+   the sharing preferences with testing purposes.
+
+   https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4776
+
 # Changelog for ownCloud Android Client [4.7.0] (2025-11-17)
 
 The following sections list the changes in ownCloud Android Client 4.7.0 relevant to

changelog/unreleased/4776

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Enhancement: QA Content Provider
+
+A new content provider has been added to the QA variant in order to work with the sharing preferences with testing purposes.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/android/pull/4776

owncloudApp/src/qa/AndroidManifest.xml

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+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2026 The Android Open Source Project
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+
+    <application>
+        <provider
+            android:name="com.owncloud.android.test.TestPreferencesProvider"
+            android:authorities="com.owncloud.android.test.preferences"
+            android:exported="true" />
+    </application>
+
+</manifest>

owncloudApp/src/qa/java/com/owncloud/android/test/TestPreferencesProvider.kt

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+/**
+ * ownCloud Android client application
+ *
+ * @author Jesus Recio Rincon
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 ownCloud GmbH.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.owncloud.android.test
+
+import android.content.ContentProvider
+import android.content.ContentValues
+import android.content.Context
+import android.database.Cursor
+import android.net.Uri
+import android.os.Bundle
+import androidx.core.content.edit
+
+/**
+ *
+ * A ContentProvider used only in the QA flavor to allow
+ * external test tools (E2E tests for automation) to modify
+ * SharedPreferences at runtime.
+ *
+ * This provider is NOT intended for production usage.
+ */
+class TestPreferencesProvider : ContentProvider() {
+
+    override fun onCreate(): Boolean = true
+
+    override fun call(
+        method: String,
+        arg: String?,
+        extras: Bundle?
+    ): Bundle {
+
+        val prefs = context?.getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
+        if (method == SET_BOOLEAN) {
+            prefs?.edit {
+                arg?.let { setting ->
+                    extras?.let { extra ->
+                        putBoolean(setting, extra.getBoolean("value"))
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return Bundle()
+    }
+
+    override fun query(
+        uri: Uri, projection: Array<out String>?,
+        selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<out String>?,
+        sortOrder: String?
+    ): Cursor? = null
+
+    override fun insert(uri: Uri, values: ContentValues?): Uri? = null
+
+    override fun delete(uri: Uri, selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<out String>?): Int = 0
+
+    override fun update(uri: Uri, values: ContentValues?, selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<out String>?): Int = 0
+
+    override fun getType(uri: Uri): String? = null
+
+    companion object {
+        private const val SET_BOOLEAN = "set_boolean"
+        private const val PREFS_NAME = "com.owncloud.android_preferences"
+    }
+}