Gradle Plugin, Take Control of the Build!

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Shows how to implement a real Gradle plugin using a Genymotion example: the plugin needs five files (build.gradle, plugin class, descriptor, task class, extension) and can copy reports with only a few lines of code. Demonstrates creating an extension, generating tasks, the need to perform injection in afterEvaluate to handle task-graph timing, plus testing with project.evaluate, publishing to local/Maven/JCenter, and pitfalls when wiring tasks to Android test targets.

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1. 0:00Gradle introduction
2. 2:29Key definitions
3. 9:07Simple test task
4. 11:35Why build a plugin
5. 12:57Plugin project structure
6. 16:30Gradle conventions
7. 17:54Plugin main class
8. 23:15Plugin user extension
9. 26:03Plugin descriptor role
10. 27:05Build and compile plugin
11. 28:54Binary export
12. 29:55Using the plugin
13. 32:23Plugin demo
14. 34:28Debug task graph
15. 38:26Gradle events
16. 40:10Plugin task types
17. 42:59Dynamic task creation
18. 46:14Future Gradle improvements
19. 47:15Plugin testing
20. 48:18Publishing the plugin
21. 50:08Conclusion

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