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Fintasys
Fintasys

Reputation: 1379

Gradle buildtypes override each other

I want to set different values for a property depending on which buildType was chosen. But I realized by checking the gradle console that in configuration phase all 3 buildTypes are executed and the value of the last build remains in the property. I think that's not how it should work. Did I do something wrong?

android {
    signingConfigs {
        ...
    }
    compileSdkVersion 28
    defaultConfig {
        ...
    }

    productFlavors {
        normal {
            manifestPlaceholders = [appName: "@string/app_name"]
            signingConfig signingConfigs.configNormalRelease
        }
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            println("app release build")
            rootProject.ext.test = false
        }
        debug {
            println("app debug build")
            rootProject.ext.test = false
        }
        staging {
            println("app staging build")
            rootProject.ext.test = true
        }
    }
    sourceSets {
        main {
            aidl.srcDirs = ['src/main/aidl']
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    lintOptions {
        checkReleaseBuilds true
        abortOnError false
    }
    flavorDimensions 'tier'
    productFlavors {
        normal {
            dimension "tier"
        }
    }
}

Output is

app release build
app debug build
app staging build

value of 'test' property is always true, whether I call assembleRelease, assembleDebug, assembleStaging

Why I see everywhere that people put api keys, urls, and other custom stuff into buildTypes when they get overridden by the last one? I understand that gradle might call all buildtypes during configuration phase, but where to put above mentions values then?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 469

Answers (1)

punchman
punchman

Reputation: 1380

If you want to get your test value from source code in your project, you can set variable:

buildTypes {
    release {
        buildConfigField 'boolean', 'test', 'false'
    }
    debug {
        buildConfigField 'boolean', 'test', 'false'
    }
    staging {
        buildConfigField 'boolean', 'test', 'true'
    }
}

And then you can get this field from your code using BuildConfig class (test field will be generated intoBuildConfig). Get it through BuildConfig.test.

And if you really want to change gradle variable for any buildTypes, you can try to do this:

android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
  boolean isStaging = gradle.startParameter.taskNames.find {it.contains("staging") || it.contains("Staging")} != null
  if (isStaging) {
    rootProject.ext.test = true
  } else {
    rootProject.ext.test = false
  }
}

Upvotes: 3

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