Rock the Gradle, rule the world
summary
Shows how a local Gradle module named buildSrc compiles first and becomes a classpath plugin, demonstrates writing a Kotlin/Groovy plugin that uses Fuel for HTTP to fetch translations, wires a download-strings task added as dependency onto Android’s generateResources so strings land before R.java, adds inputs/outputs and a fake daily timestamp to control up-to-date checks, and proves unit testing via ProjectBuilder (with reflection to call evaluate) and small injectable downloader classes so the system actually works end to end.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:38A brief Gradle introduction
- 6:34Helper classes / methods • Custom tasks in dedicated classes
- 7:59Step 1: Create a buildSrc folder
- 9:48Dependency Management
- 13:05Helper class/methods
- 31:14Tips and Tricks
- 37:10What next? • Cleanup your Gradle scripts
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