Set Android app version using Gradle

Question

I'm trying to use Gradle to set app's name. Please, look at this snippet of build.gradle:

android {     ...     defaultConfig {         ...         versionCode getVersionCode()         versionName getVersionName()         ...     }     ... }  ...  int getVersionCode() {     return 1 }  def getVersionName() {     return "1.0" } 

Android Studio says

   'versionCode' cannot be applied to 'java.lang.Integer'    'versionName' cannot be applied to 'java.lang.String' 

and when I install the app on a device it has no versionCode and versionName at all.

The problem is clear to me but I don't know how to solve it.
Please advice.

Answer 1

It doesn't resolve your issue, but it can be a different solution.

You can use gradle.properties inside your root project and define:

VERSION_NAME=1.2.1 VERSION_CODE=26 

Then in your build.gradle you can use:

versionName project.VERSION_NAME versionCode Integer.parseInt(project.VERSION_CODE)