Set a global variable in gradle that can use in manifest file

Question

I want to create a global variable similar with applicationId. It is set value in build.gradle and will be used in manifest. Is it possible?

Answer 1

You can set them, for instance I'm setting it for different product flavors

productFlavors {
        production {
            applicationId = "com.myapp.app"
            resValue "string", "authority", "com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider5435651423234"
        }
        development {
            applicationId = "com.myapp.development"
            resValue "string", "authority", "com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider2134564533421"
        }
        qa {
            applicationId = "com.myapp.qa"
            resValue "string", "authority", "com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider29831237981287319"
        }
}

And use it like this

<provider
    android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider"
    android:authorities="@string/authority"
    android:exported="true" />