Does BuildConfig.VERSION_CODE not get changed if we are using multiple APK's

Question

I am creating multiple apk's for each ABI, I did this to assign separate version code to each apk.

ext.abiCodes = ['armeabi-v7a':1, mips:2, x86:3]

import com.android.build.OutputFile
android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.each { output ->
        def baseAbiVersionCode =
                project.ext.abiCodes.get(output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI))

        if (baseAbiVersionCode != null) {
            output.versionCodeOverride =
                    baseAbiVersionCode * 1000 + variant.versionCode
        }
    }
} 

This is my dafaultConfig, and the following versionCode is for universalApk

 defaultConfig {
        versionCode 74
        versionName "1.0.2"
}

I append the versionCode with each service request, I also display the versionCode in one of the activity. So i need the correct versionCode to perform these operations, I use this code to get versionCode

int versionCode = BuildConfig.VERSION_CODE;

Now the problem is that, it displays the versionCode that is stated in defaultConfig and not the one that actually represents the build.

I need to know that how can i get the versionCode that is assigned to this build, that may be some number greater than 1000, and not the one that is assigned in dafaultConfig

Answer 1

To check version code you can use PackageInfo and PackageManager

try {
    PackageInfo pInfo = this.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), 0);
    String version = pInfo.versionName;   //version name
    int verCode = pInfo.versionCode;      //version code
} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 2

You should not read build config file, build config file will display the default configuration.

You should use PackageInfo

  try {
            PackageInfo pInfo = this.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), 0);
            String version = pInfo.versionName;
            Log.e("name","name"+version);
            Log.e("Code","code"+pInfo.versionCode);
        }catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

Which will display 1001 for armeabi-v7a, 1002 for mips and 1003 for x86