Not being sure where this should be sent, here is a patch against the Icecat 52.3.0 source for building an APK under Ubuntu 17.04.
diff -r -u icecat-52.3.0/mobile/android/base/AndroidManifest.xml.in icecat-52.3.0.new/mobile/android/base/AndroidManifest.xml.in --- icecat-52.3.0/mobile/android/base/AndroidManifest.xml.in 2017-09-01 13:37:34.000000000 -0700 +++ icecat-52.3.0.new/mobile/android/base/AndroidManifest.xml.in 2017-09-02 10:19:05.331238060 -0700 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; package="@ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME@" android:installLocation="auto" - android:versionCode="@ANDROID_VERSION_CODE@" + android:versionCode="123456789" android:versionName="@MOZ_APP_VERSION@" #ifdef MOZ_ANDROID_SHARED_ID android:sharedUserId="@MOZ_ANDROID_SHARED_ID@" diff -r -u icecat-52.3.0/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild icecat-52.3.0.new/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild --- icecat-52.3.0/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild 2017-09-01 13:37:37.000000000 -0700 +++ icecat-52.3.0.new/mobile/android/base/android-services.mozbuild 2017-09-02 10:18:29.762880292 -0700 @@ -831,11 +831,11 @@ 'fxa/authenticator/FxAccountLoginDelegate.java', 'fxa/authenticator/FxAccountLoginException.java', 'fxa/authenticator/FxADefaultLoginStateMachineDelegate.java', - 'fxa/IceCatAccounts.java', 'fxa/FxAccountConstants.java', 'fxa/FxAccountDevice.java', 'fxa/FxAccountDeviceRegistrator.java', 'fxa/FxAccountPushHandler.java', + 'fxa/IceCatAccounts.java', 'fxa/login/BaseRequestDelegate.java', 'fxa/login/Cohabiting.java', 'fxa/login/Doghouse.java', @@ -955,8 +955,8 @@ 'sync/repositories/android/CachedSQLiteOpenHelper.java', 'sync/repositories/android/ClientsDatabase.java', 'sync/repositories/android/ClientsDatabaseAccessor.java', - 'sync/repositories/android/IceCatMobileTabsRepository.java', 'sync/repositories/android/FormHistoryRepositorySession.java', + 'sync/repositories/android/IceCatMobileTabsRepository.java', 'sync/repositories/android/PasswordsRepositorySession.java', 'sync/repositories/android/RepoUtils.java', 'sync/repositories/android/VisitsHelper.java', @@ -1038,12 +1038,12 @@ 'sync/stage/CheckPreconditionsStage.java', 'sync/stage/CompletedStage.java', 'sync/stage/EnsureCrypto5KeysStage.java', - 'sync/stage/IceCatMobileTabsServerSyncStage.java', 'sync/stage/FetchInfoCollectionsStage.java', 'sync/stage/FetchInfoConfigurationStage.java', 'sync/stage/FetchMetaGlobalStage.java', 'sync/stage/FormHistoryServerSyncStage.java', 'sync/stage/GlobalSyncStage.java', + 'sync/stage/IceCatMobileTabsServerSyncStage.java', 'sync/stage/NoSuchStageException.java', 'sync/stage/PasswordsServerSyncStage.java', 'sync/stage/SafeConstrainedServer11Repository.java', diff -r -u icecat-52.3.0/python/mozboot/mozboot/android.py icecat-52.3.0.new/python/mozboot/mozboot/android.py --- icecat-52.3.0/python/mozboot/mozboot/android.py 2017-09-01 13:37:03.000000000 -0700 +++ icecat-52.3.0.new/python/mozboot/mozboot/android.py 2017-09-02 21:12:31.026753456 -0700 @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ # Bug 1171232: The |android| tool behaviour has changed; we no longer can # see what packages are installed easily. Force installing everything until # we find a way to actually see the missing packages. - missing = packages + missing = None if not missing: print(NOT_INSTALLING_ANDROID_PACKAGES % ', '.join(packages)) return diff -r -u icecat-52.3.0/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py icecat-52.3.0.new/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py --- icecat-52.3.0/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py 2017-09-01 13:37:03.000000000 -0700 +++ icecat-52.3.0.new/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py 2017-09-02 09:49:58.514890050 -0700 @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ # (mobile/android) for all Debian-derived distros (such as Ubuntu). MOBILE_ANDROID_COMMON_PACKAGES = [ 'zlib1g-dev', # mobile/android requires system zlib. - 'openjdk-7-jdk', + 'openjdk-8-jdk', 'wget', # For downloading the Android SDK and NDK. 'libncurses5:i386', # See comments about i386 below. 'libstdc++6:i386', diff -r -u icecat-52.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/android_version_code.py icecat-52.3.0.new/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/android_version_code.py --- icecat-52.3.0/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/android_version_code.py 2017-09-01 13:37:02.000000000 -0700 +++ icecat-52.3.0.new/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/android_version_code.py 2017-09-02 10:33:07.432149453 -0700 @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pass # This used to compare to 11. The 15+ APK directly supersedes 11+, so # we reuse this check. - elif min_sdk == 15: + elif min_sdk == 15 or min_sdk == 11: version |= 1 << 0 else: raise ValueError("Don't know how to compute android:versionCode " -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
