buildTypes.each String for API's in Android Gradle configuration

Question

I'm working on Google's Udacity course for new Android Devs, and I've come into some trouble with the Gradle build and defining a constant in it. I've tried surrounding the field with multiple variations of ", ', and \'s that I say recommended online, but nothing seems to work. I was wondering how to format the line inside buildTypes.each, seen here?

buildTypes.each {
    it.buildConfigField "String", "OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY", **APICodeHere**
}

Here's the entirety of the code for the app's gradle build.

android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.android.sunshine.app"
    minSdkVersion 10
    targetSdkVersion 21
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
buildTypes.each {
    it.buildConfigField "String", "OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY", **APICodeHere**
}

}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.2'
}

Thanks!!!

Answer 1

I am also taking this course and I had the same problem. The formatting that eventually worked for me is this:

it.buildConfigField 'String', 'OPEN_WEATHER_MAP_API_KEY', "\"6df0...9ac\""

Paste your hexadecimal Open Weather API Key instead of the 6df0...9ac above. Hope that helps!