Gradle for Android : automate the build process for your Android projects with Gradle / Kevin Pelgrims.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pelgrims, Kevin, author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community Experience Distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gradle (Computer file).

Android (Electronic resource).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Smartphones--Programming.

Smartphones.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Automate the build process for your Android projects with Gradle

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Pelgrims Kevin: Kevin Pelgrims started his career as a. NET developer in Belgium. After some years working on Windows and web development for corporate clients, he moved to Copenhagen to become part of its start-up community. There, he began working on mobile platforms, and within a year, he was the lead developer of several Android and Windows Phone apps. Kevin is also a regular speaker at the Android developers group in Copenhagen. He maintains multiple Android apps in his spare time and likes to experiment with server-side technology. When he is not busy writing code, he is most likely playing the guitar with his wife and their cat. To follow what Kevin is up to, you can take a look at his blog at http: //www. kevinpelgrims. com or follow him on Twitter at @kevinpelgrims.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Gradle and Android Studio; Android Studio; Staying up to date; Understanding Gradle basics; Projects and tasks; The build lifecycle; The build configuration file; Creating a new project; Getting started with the Gradle Wrapper; Getting the Gradle Wrapper; Running basic build tasks; Migrating from Eclipse; Using the import wizard; Migrating manually; Keeping the old project structure; Converting to the new project structure; Migrating libraries

SummaryChapter 2: Basic Build Customization; Understanding the Gradle files; The settings file; The top-level build file; The module build file; Plugin; Android; Dependencies; Getting started with tasks; Base tasks; Android tasks; Inside Android Studio; Customizing the build; Manipulating manifest entries; Inside Android Studio; BuildConfig and resources; Project-wide settings; Project properties; Default tasks; Summary; Chapter 3: Managing Dependencies; Repositories; Preconfigured repositories; Remote repositories; Local repositories; Local dependencies; File dependencies; Native libraries

Library projectsCreating and using library project modules; Using .aar files; Dependency concepts; Configurations; Semantic versioning; Dynamic versions; Inside Android Studio; Summary; Chapter 4: Creating Build Variants; Build types; Creating build types; Source sets; Dependencies; Product flavors; Creating product flavors; Source sets; Multiflavor variants; Build variants; Tasks; Source sets; Resource and manifest merging; Creating build variants; Variant filters; Signing configurations; Summary; Chapter 5: Managing Multimodule Builds; The anatomy of a multimodule build

The build lifecycle revisitedModule tasks; Adding modules to a project; Adding a Java library; Adding an Android library; Integrating Android Wear; Using Google App Engine; Analyzing the build file; Using the backend in an app; Custom tasks; Tips and best practices; Running module tasks from Android Studio; Speeding up multimodule builds; Module coupling; Summary; Chapter 6: Running Tests; Unit tests; JUnit; Robolectric; Functional tests; Espresso; Test coverage; Jacoco; Summary; Chapter 7: Creating Tasks and Plugins; Understanding Groovy; Introduction; Classes and members; Methods; Closures

CollectionsGroovy in Gradle; Getting started with tasks; Defining tasks; Anatomy of a task; Using a task to simplify the release process; Hooking into the Android plugin; Automatically renaming APKs; Dynamically creating new tasks; Creating your own plugins; Creating a simple plugin; Distributing plugins; Using a custom plugin; Summary; Chapter 8: Setting Up Continuous Integration; Jenkins; Setting up Jenkins; Configuring the build; TeamCity; Setting up TeamCity; Configuring the build; Travis CI; Configuring the build; Further automation; The SDK manager plugin; Running tests

Continuous deployment

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 30, 2015).

ISBN:

9781783986835

1783986832

OCLC:

917152808