How to commit a file to GitHub programmatically from your Android App Java code?

This video shows the code to commit a file to a GitHub repository programmatically from your Android App. It uses the GitHub Java APIs from the below Maven – https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.kohsuke/github-api/1.319

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Complete source code and other details:

package com.programmerworld.githubfilecommit;

import static android.Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES;

import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.storage.StorageManager;
import android.os.storage.StorageVolume;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.activity.EdgeToEdge;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
import androidx.core.graphics.Insets;
import androidx.core.view.ViewCompat;
import androidx.core.view.WindowInsetsCompat;

import org.kohsuke.github.GHContentBuilder;
import org.kohsuke.github.GHContentUpdateResponse;
import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository;
import org.kohsuke.github.GitHub;
import org.kohsuke.github.GitHubBuilder;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private TextView textView;
    private String stringToken = "ghp_wWZEbSftTbAvnmSP3sgr1p9fon0ay51aYEwi";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        EdgeToEdge.enable(this);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(findViewById(R.id.main), (v, insets) -> {
            Insets systemBars = insets.getInsets(WindowInsetsCompat.Type.systemBars());
            v.setPadding(systemBars.left, systemBars.top, systemBars.right, systemBars.bottom);

            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,  new String[]{READ_MEDIA_IMAGES},
                    PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);

            textView = findViewById(R.id.textView);
            return insets;
        });
    }


    public void buttonGithubCommit(View view){

        StorageManager storageManager = (StorageManager) getSystemService(STORAGE_SERVICE);
        StorageVolume storageVolume = storageManager.getStorageVolumes().get(0); // 0 for internal storage
        File file = new File(storageVolume.getDirectory().getPath() + "/Download/images.jpg");

        Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    GitHub gitHub = new GitHubBuilder().withOAuthToken(stringToken).build();
                    GHRepository ghRepository = gitHub.getRepository("programmerworld1990/CommitFileAndroidAppDemo");
                    GHContentBuilder ghContentBuilder = ghRepository.createContent();
                    byte[] bytes = Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath());
                    ghContentBuilder.content(bytes);
                    ghContentBuilder.branch("main");
                    ghContentBuilder.message("1st commit from Android App Demo");
                    ghContentBuilder.path("image_Github2.jpg");

                    GHContentUpdateResponse ghContentUpdateResponse = ghContentBuilder.commit();

                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
        });
        thread.start();
        while (thread.isAlive()){
            textView.setText("Thread is processing the request");
        }
        textView.setText("SUCCESS");
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED"/>


    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:dataExtractionRules="@xml/data_extraction_rules"
        android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_rules"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.GithubFileCommit"
        tools:targetApi="31">
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

plugins {
    alias(libs.plugins.androidApplication)
}

android {
    namespace = "com.programmerworld.githubfilecommit"
    compileSdk = 34

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId = "com.programmerworld.githubfilecommit"
        minSdk = 33
        targetSdk = 34
        versionCode = 1
        versionName = "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            isMinifyEnabled = false
            proguardFiles(
                getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                "proguard-rules.pro"
            )
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
}

dependencies {

    implementation(libs.appcompat)
    implementation(libs.material)
    implementation(libs.activity)
    implementation(libs.constraintlayout)
    testImplementation(libs.junit)
    androidTestImplementation(libs.ext.junit)
    androidTestImplementation(libs.espresso.core)

    implementation(libs.github.api)

}

[versions]
agp = "8.3.0"
githubApi = "1.319"
junit = "4.13.2"
junitVersion = "1.1.5"
espressoCore = "3.5.1"
appcompat = "1.6.1"
material = "1.11.0"
activity = "1.8.0"
constraintlayout = "2.1.4"

[libraries]
github-api = { module = "org.kohsuke:github-api", version.ref = "githubApi" }
junit = { group = "junit", name = "junit", version.ref = "junit" }
ext-junit = { group = "androidx.test.ext", name = "junit", version.ref = "junitVersion" }
espresso-core = { group = "androidx.test.espresso", name = "espresso-core", version.ref = "espressoCore" }
appcompat = { group = "androidx.appcompat", name = "appcompat", version.ref = "appcompat" }
material = { group = "com.google.android.material", name = "material", version.ref = "material" }
activity = { group = "androidx.activity", name = "activity", version.ref = "activity" }
constraintlayout = { group = "androidx.constraintlayout", name = "constraintlayout", version.ref = "constraintlayout" }

[plugins]
androidApplication = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "agp" }

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.498"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.234" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="132dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="44dp"
        android:onClick="buttonGithubCommit"
        android:text="GitHub Commit"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Screenshots:

Complete project folder can be accessed from below folder on payment of USD 9:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mXZEVPPV5Xne1KJ1PpSQrKE8Is4nofb3/view?usp=drive_link