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Gradle for Android

Automate the build process for your Android projects with Gradle

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|Sep 2025
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Key Features

    Book Description

    If you are an experienced Android developer wanting to enhance your skills with the Gradle Android build system, then this book is for you. As a prerequisite, you will need some knowledge of the concepts of Android application development.

    What you will learn

    • Build new Android apps and libraries using Android Studio and Gradle
    • Migrate projects from Eclipse to Android Studio and Gradle
    • Manage the local and remote dependencies of your projects
    • Create multiple build variants
    • Include multiple modules in a single project
    • Integrate tests into the build process
    • Create custom tasks and plugins for Android projects

    Who this book is for

    If you are an experienced Android developer wanting to enhance your skills with the Gradle Android build system, then this book is for you. As a prerequisite, you will need some knowledge of the concepts of Android application development.

    Table of Contents

    1. Get started with Gradle and Android Studio
    2. Basic build customization
    3. Managing dependencies
    4. Creating build variants
    5. Managing multi-module builds
    6. Testing
    7. Writing custom tasks and plugins
    8. Setting up continuous integration
    9. Advanced build customization
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78398-683-5
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 172