Android Gradle build : renaming the apk

Question

How can I adapt my build.gradle to change the final basename of the apk(s) ? (without changing the default suffixes)

Answer 1

On Gradle 1.8, project.archivesBaseName does work, but it gives this complaint:

Creating properties on demand (a.k.a. dynamic properties) has been deprecated and is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 2.0. Please read http://gradle.org/docs/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtraPropertiesExtension.html for information on the replacement for dynamic properties. Deprecated dynamic property: "archivesBaseName" on "root project 'myapp'", value: "AnotherName".

To get rid of the warning (and to avoid your build breaking on Gradle 2.0), use this:

project.ext.set("archivesBaseName", "AnotherName");

...as suggested in the ExtraPropertiesExtension documentation.

Update (Gradle plugin 1.1.0)

Android Gradle plugin version 1.1.0 introduced a bug which broke archivesBaseName, as friederbluemle noted. But fortunately this has since been fixed (in version 1.1.2).

Answer 2

I found a very simple solution. The apk base name is the property archivesBaseName defined on the project. So the following line is enough to rename the apks:

project.archivesBaseName = "AnotherName";

Answer 3

Starting with version 1.1.0 of the Android Gradle plugin you have to use

archivesBaseName = "yourOtherName"

instead of project.ext.set("archivesBaseName", "yourOtherName") in your build.gradle to make it work.