Access project related data from Gradle command

Question

I need project related data like project name,app version and its main module from gradle based android project. I have tried various tasks like project,properties but none of it giving me specific information i need.

Is there a way to find version code,app name and main android module using gradle in command line?

Answer 1

Using "BuildConfig" global variable you will get

boolean DEBUG

String APPLICATION_ID

String BUILD_TYPE

String FLAVOR

int VERSION_CODE

String VERSION_NAME

eg :- BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID

and if you defined any global data in gradle like

debug {

            buildConfigField "String", "BASE_URL", '"http://172.16.1.175:8080/api/"'
            debuggable true
        }

you will get this details also

BuildConfig.BASE_URL

Answer 2

You can probably write your own custom gradle task for doing that. Add this code snippet in your app build.gradle, where you define your android plugin and run it from console. You can format output like you need it and use other data from build script.

task hello<<{ println("versionCode = ${android.defaultConfig.versionCode}") println("applicationId = ${android.defaultConfig.applicationId}") println("minSDK = ${android.defaultConfig.minSdkVersion}") }