BuildConfig.DEBUG always false when building library projects with gradle

Question

BuildConfig.DEBUG is not working (= logically set to false) when I run my app in debug mode. I use Gradle to build. I have a library project where I do this check. BuildConfig.java looks like this in the build debug folder:

/** Automatically generated the file. DO NOT MODIFY */ package common.myProject;  public final class BuildConfig {     public static final boolean DEBUG = Boolean.parseBoolean("true");  } 

and in the release folder:

public static final boolean DEBUG = false; 

both in the library project and in the application project.

I tried to get around this by checking a variable which is set a class of my project. This class inherits from the library and starts on startup.

<application         android:name=".MyPrj" ... 

This leads to another problem: is that I use my DEBUG variable in a DataBaseProvider which runs before the application class, and it will not run properly due to this bug.

Answer 1

With Android Studio 1.1 and having also the gradle version at 1.1 it is possible:

Library

android {     publishNonDefault true } 

App

dependencies {     releaseCompile project(path: ':library', configuration: 'release')     debugCompile project(path: ':library', configuration: 'debug') } 

Complete documentation can be found here http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Library-Publication

EDIT:

The issue has just been marked as fixed for the Android Studio Gradle Version 3.0. There you can just use implementation project(path: ':library') and it'll select the correct configuration automatically.