Gradle Archives - My Android Solutions

How to get current flavor from gradle

January 4, 2017

build.gradle, buildconfig, flavor, Gradle

Figuring out how to pull the current flavor from gradle While working on an update for one of our games, I needed to figure out how to get the current flavor and use it in code. Since there are a lot…

Android Gradle Dependencies by Flavors

June 20, 2016

Laura Suciu

android, build types, dependencies, dependencies by build type, dependencies by flavors, flavors, Gradle

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In a previous post about Gradle Flavors and Build Types, we mentioned that we can set different dependencies inside dependencies{} block by flavors, by build type or both combined. Below we will see an example for each situation. By flavors <flavorName>Compile apply…

Add CardView to Android OS versions below L ()

August 11, 2014

Catalin Prata

android L, CardView, Gradle, Manifest, widget

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You might notice the new CardView widget on Android L preview presentation. The view can be used to display text or images and has a nice shadow. You can add that view into your project even if you don’t have…

Errors after update to Android Studio 0.8

July 9, 2014

Laura Suciu

Android Studio, appcompat-v7, Gradle

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I have just updated my Android Studio to Android Studio 0.8.2. But, after the update I kept getting these 3 errors while I was trying to run my project: 1. First error Error:Execution failed for task > java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\sdk\tools\proguard\proguard-android-optimize.txt…

Android Gradle & Manifest merge

April 10, 2014

Catalin Prata

Gradle, Manifest, manifest merge, module

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[Deprecated] This post is now deprecated, the Manifest Merger has changed since my first post. You can find more about this on the android developers site. Manifest file & Gradle If you started using Android Studio and implicitly Gradle, or…

Android Studio Gradle 0.9 error: Unable to load class ‘com.android.builder.testing.api.DeviceProvider’

March 30, 2014

Laura Suciu

Android Studio, Gradle

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I had to re-install my windows, therefore I had to re-install all my programs too, including Android Studio 🙂 So, after I had re-installed Android Studio, I kept getting a Gradle error: ” Unable to load class ‘com.android.builder.testing.api.DeviceProvider'”. After I googled it…