Android/gradle: include version name from flavor in apk file name

Question

I have found similar questions but nothing that quite works for what I want to do. I'm developing with Android Studio and gradle, and I have several flavors in my build file, each of which has a versionName. Is there a way to include the flavor's version name in the APK file?

Answer 1

EDIT: For modern versions of the Gradle tools, use @ptx's variation (use output.outputFile in place of variant.outputFile:

android {
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            output.outputFile = new File(output.outputFile.parentFile,
                    output.outputFile.name.replace(".apk", "${variant.versionName}.apk"));
        }
    }
}

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As of Gradle tools plugin version 0.14, you should start using the following instead to properly support multiple output files (e.g. APK Splits):

android {
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            variant.outputFile = new File(variant.outputFile.parentFile,
                    variant.outputFile.name.replace(".apk", "${variant.versionName}.apk"));
        }
    }
}

For older versions:

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Yeah, we do this in our app. Just add the following in your android tag in build.gradle:

android {
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        def oldFile = variant.outputFile
        def newPath = oldFile.name.replace(".apk", "${variant.versionName}.apk")
        variant.outputFile = new File(oldFile.parentFile, newPath)
    }
}