android studio 3.1: build:gradle:3.1.0 - Absolute path are not supported when setting an output file name

Question

When I use Android Studio 3.0 and I use the next version of Android Gradle Plugin in project/build.gradle:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'

And it's work fine. After I update to Android Studio 3.1 , as result I update Android Gradle Plugin :

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'

And now I get error in my app/build.gradle:

def releaseFileName = "${rootProject.name}_${defaultConfig.versionName}.apk"
outputFileName = new File(rootProject.projectDir.absolutePath + "/release", releaseFileName.toLowerCase())

Error:

Absolute path are not supported when setting an output file name

I need to put output apk (app-release.apk) in specific path in project. In folder MyProject/release/app-relese.apk. How I can do this?

Answer 1

I think using "./../../../" is bad solution... I use common gradle script for several projects and I want to make code to be independency from depth of output dir.

After some researching I found this solution for gradle plugin 3.1.2:

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.all { output ->
        def relativeRootDir = output.packageApplication.outputDirectory.toPath()
                 .relativize(rootDir.toPath()).toFile()
        output.outputFileName = new File( "$relativeRootDir/release", newOutputName)
    }
}

Answer 2

Just in case this helps, this error means that now it's not allowed to have absolute paths on anything related to the apk's file name. I can attach you my BEFORE and AFTER to achieve what I needed (to have the APK in the project/app/build/ folder:

BEFORE gradle 3.1.0

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.all { output ->
        outputFileName = new File(
                output.outputFile.parent,
                output.outputFile.name)
    }
}

IN or AFTER gradle 3.1.0

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.all { output ->
        outputFileName = new File(
                "./../../../../../build/",
                output.outputFile.name)
    }
}

Answer 3

I experienced the same issue. I haven't put the effort in to figure out exactly what's happened but there's a simple fix.

Just remove the root from your new file and trust the framework, i.e. change your code to

outputFileName = new File("release", releaseFileName.toLowerCase())

That was sufficient for us. We don't care about where the apk goes, only the name of the apk for a particular flavour.

Answer 4

I found solution:

def releaseFileName = "${rootProject.name}_${defaultConfig.versionName}.apk"
outputFileName = "/../../../../../release/" + releaseFileName.toLowerCase()

And now output file app-release.apk success created in MyProject/release/app-relese.apk

Answer 5

The simplest solution for Android Gradle plugin 3.4.0+ is as below:

Assemble/concatenate your new file name:

def newFileName = "assemble-your-new-file-name"

Then, simply assign it back.

outputFileName = newFileName

More specifically is as following

android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.each { output ->
        // Redirect your apks to new defined location to outputDirPath
        def outputDirPath = new File("${project.rootDir.absolutePath}/apks/${variant.flavorName}/${variant.buildType.name}")
        variant.packageApplicationProvider.get().outputDirectory = outputDirPath

        def apkFileName = "${rootProject.name}_${android.defaultConfig.versionName}.apk"
        output.outputFileName = apkFileName // directly assign the new name back to outputFileName
    }
}

Answer 6

Use variant.packageApplicationProvider.get().outputDirectory to avoid warning "variantOutput.getPackageApplication() is obsolete"

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.each { output ->
        variant.packageApplicationProvider.get().outputDirectory = new File(
            project.rootDir.absolutePath + "/release")

        def releaseFileName = "${rootProject.name}_${defaultConfig.versionName}.apk"
        output.outputFileName = releaseFileName.toLowerCase()
    }
}