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doodeec
doodeec

Reputation: 2927

Android Studio - gradle task to execute after SYNC

Is there a way to execute gradle task once after project Sync with Gradle files is complete?

I've tried to set task dependency to preBuild, as I've seen gradle:build is triggered when Sync is executing. But the problem is that dependency doesn't seem to work, task is not executed and I have to manually start the task after each Sync.

This is basically what I've tried so far

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
...

task myTask {
    ...
}
gradle.projectsEvaluated {
    preBuild.dependsOn(myTask)
}

I've also tried to set task dependency to other tasks that I see are triggered (:generate{Something}), but that wasn't successful either.

Is there anything I can to do force the gradle task to be executed after each Sync? I'm using Gradle 2.2.1 + Android Studio 1.0.2

Upvotes: 13

Views: 8638

Answers (4)

Alex Cohn
Alex Cohn

Reputation: 57203

Some while ago JetBrains extended their idea gradle plugin and now you can write something like

idea.project.settings {
  taskTriggers {
    afterSync tasks.getByName("myTask")
  }
}

You must apply the plugin, such as 

plugins {
  id "org.jetbrains.gradle.plugin.idea-ext" version "0.7"
}

Upvotes: 5

CeH9
CeH9

Reputation: 372

according to docs:

A Gradle build has three distinct phases

Initialization...

Configuration During this phase the project objects are configured. The build scripts of all projects which are part of the build are executed.

Execution...

Our build.gradle files are executed during Configuration phase. Task is a class (we extend org.gradle.api.DefaultTask when developing them). So let's just call our task's execute method:

task myStandaloneTask(type: MyStandaloneTaskImpl){
    println("myStandaloneTask works!")
}

// let's call our task
myStandaloneTask.execute()

task myInsideGradleTask {
    println("myInsideGradleTask works!")
}

// let's call our task
myInsideGradleTask

where MyStandaloneTaskImpl is a Task developed in buildSrc or as Standalone project, details

P.S. No need to use parenthesis () after myInsideGradleTask because of Groovy

Upvotes: 1

Bill
Bill

Reputation: 4646

Inside the Gradle menu (usually located on the upper right corner of Android Studio), there is a list of tasks. By right clicking on the task, it is possible to set Execute After Sync.

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Upvotes: 10

doodeec
doodeec

Reputation: 2927

Finally, I've managed to trigger the task on every Sync event. Apparently gradle.projectsEvaluated is either not executed at all when syncing, or it is executed after build task, so the solution is to get rid of it completely

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
...

task myTask {
    ...
}

preBuild.dependsOn(myTask)

Upvotes: 13

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