The Android Gradle Plugin builds upon the generic concept of Gradle plugins to support the Android build requirements. To build our Android apps using Gradle, we rely on another important component the Android Gradle Plugin. How then do these both work together to build our Android apps? What Are The Individual Components Of An Android Build? Groovy, itself, is a multi-purpose programming language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
Gradle projects are configured using a Groovy-based DSL (Domain Specific Language). Gradle is a build tool capable of building software projects across a variety of different languages and domains. How Does Gradle Relate To Your Android Project? So this week, I want to pull back the curtain, and share a bit about Gradle and how it relates to our Android builds. The Android build toolchain has a number of unique components and I often find others, and myself, blaming Gradle for something that might not actually be Gradle’s fault at all.
However, I also think much of this frustration and complaint is unwarranted, or at the very least, misplaced. I’ve often enjoyed a laugh at Gradle’s expense, or laughed and nodded along as coworkers shared their own harrowing stories of lengthy or broken builds. If you’ve spent any time as an Android developer you’ve probably experienced some level of frustration with Gradle in Android builds.
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