Specify Android Lint version

Question

How do I specify the version used for Android Lint? From the lint report: <issues format="5" by="lint 3.5.3">

Answer 1

Lint is a part of ADT(Android Development Tools) and more specifically it depends on the Android Gradle Plugin Version. You cannot change Lint version independently from gradlePluginVersion. When you change gradlePluginVersion, Lint version will be changed automatically to the corresponding one from current version of the plugin.

If you want to disable some checks or write your own rules you may check this. Also you may create your own 'Lint' modules using "com.android.tools.lint:lint-api:$lintApiVersion" and "com.android.tools.lint:lint-checks:$lintApiVersion" compileOnly dependencies from here

Hope it helps