Using APK Splits for Release but not Debug build type

Question

I've successfully implemented APK Splits so that separate APKs are generated for different ABIs.

However, for efficiency (and since I have no need for non-armeabi-v7a APKs in Debug), I would like to limit Debug builds to only generate armeabi-v7a APKs.

How can this be done?

One idea is with this:

abi {     enable true     reset()     include 'x86', 'armeabi-v7a', 'mips'     universalApk false } 

Maybe there is some way to set enable based on the Build type?

Answer 1

You can try a variation on @Geralt_Encore's answer, which avoids the separate gradlew command. In my case, I only cared to use APK splitting to reduce the released APK file size, and I wanted to do this entirely within Android Studio.

splits {     abi {       enable gradle.startParameter.taskNames.any { it.contains("Release") }       reset()       include 'x86', 'armeabi-v7a', 'mips'       universalApk false     } } 

From what I've seen, the Build | Generate Signed APK menu item in Android Studio generates the APK using the assembleRelease Gradle target.

Answer 2

You can set enable based on command line argument. I have solved kinda similar problem when I wanted to use splits only for the release version, but not for regular debug builds.

splits {     abi {         enable project.hasProperty('splitApks')         reset()         include 'x86', 'armeabi-v7a'     } } 

And then ./gradlew -PsplitApks assembleProdRelease (prod is a flavor in my case).