In a Android gradle build, how to change the package name by build type?

Question

In a Android gradle build, I can simply let the build "overwrite" the package name by flavor like so:

productFlavors {
    free {
        applicationId "net.company.appname.free"
    }

    paid {
        applicationId "net.company.appname.paid"
    }
}

Can I do the same by build type?

It looks like I can only add suffixes:

buildTypes {
    debug {
        applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
}
    release {
        ...
    }
}

Answer 1

A bit late on with the answer, but you could have a common part of the applicationID defined such as:

android { 
  defaultConfig { 
    applicationId 'net.company.appname'
    ...
  }
}

and have your flavours specify the applicationIdSuffix as in your example, so that'd give you the 'net.company.appname.debug' and 'net.company.appname.release' or whatever you say you want the suffix to be.