How to get Current Build Type in Gradle

Question

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Question

In Gradle, is there any way I can get the current build type at runtime. For example, when running an assembleDebug task, can tasks within the build.gradle file make decisions based on the fact that this task is related to the debug build variant?

Sample Code

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
ext.buildInProgress = "" 

buildscript {

repositories {
    maven {
        url = url_here
    }
}

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
}
}


configurations {
     //get current build in progress here e.g buildInProgress = this.getBuildType()
}

android {
     //Android build settings here
}

buildTypes {
         release {
          //release type details here
      }

       debug {
           //debug type details here
       }

    anotherBuildType{
          //another build type details here
    }

   }
}

dependencies {
      //dependency list here
}

repositories{
         maven(url=url2_here)
}


task myTask{
      if(buildInProgress=='release'){
           //do something this way
      }
      else if(buildInProgress=='debug'){
          //do something this way
      }
      else if(buildInProgress=='anotherBuildType'){
         //do it another way
     }
}

In Summary

Is there a way for me to get exactly the build type in progress within myTask{}?

Solution 1

You can get the exact build type by parsing your applicationVariants:

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    buildType = variant.buildType.name // sets the current build type
}

A implementation could look like the following:

def buildType // Your variable

android {
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        buildType = variant.buildType.name // Sets the current build type
    }
}

task myTask{
    // Compare buildType here
}

Also you can check this and this similar answers.

Update

This answer by this question helped the questioner to settle the problem.

Solution 2

This worked for me

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    def variantType = variant.buildType.name
    println "Variant type: $variantType"
    if (variantType == "debug") {
       // do stuff
    }
}

Comments

[user1841702]

where did you execute this, in app/build.gradle?

[Ashish Kshirsagar]

Yes. It needs to be in app level gradle.

[Stealth Rabbi]

I run this, and I get an error: ` Could not get unknown property 'applicationVariants' `

[Ashish Kshirsagar]

I am not sure what is your app gradle looks like. I suspect it can be due to lower gradle version or you may be executing this for a library. For library use 'libraryVariants' instead of 'applicationVariants'. Gradle supports such extensions. More info here google.github.io/android-gradle-dsl/current/…

[chitgoks]

is it possible to get the flavor name in the root level build.gradle?