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eureka19
eureka19

Reputation: 3060

Android gradle: All buildTypes are getting executed at the same time

I have an android gradle project and I'm trying to configure the buildTypes for the same. Here is a part of my build.gradle:

android {

...

    buildTypes {
        debug {
            println("inside debug...")
        }    
        release {
            println("inside release...")
        }
    }

...
}

When I run the assembleDebug task from the terminal, I get the output as:

inside debug...
inside release...

Why is the release block getting printed? What should I do to print only the debug block when I execute assembleDebug task and only the release block when I execute assembleRelease task?

I'm very new to both android and gradle, so any help will be great.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 768

Answers (1)

Opal
Opal

Reputation: 84786

The simple answer is: they're not.

Gradle (it's a simplification) works in two phases: configuration and execution. During configuration phase the whole script is evaluated - this is why the println statements you added do occur in the output.

To verify if both release and debug tasks are run add the following piece of code:

assembleDebug << {
   println 'debug run'
}

assembleRelease << {
   println 'release run'
}

With << an action is added, which will be executed while task is run. Actions are run during execution phase.

Upvotes: 4

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