Is it possible to use the Gradle build system for Android with Eclipse?

Question

I\'ve an app that needs to be build multiple times with different resources for different customers (branding, configuration, and pre-loaded data change between customers).<

Answer 1

1. Install Gradle:
   a. http://gradle.org/gradle-download/ b. Choose 2.1 from previous releases section. c. Unzip at convenient folder.(Ex : D:\Graddle\gradle-2.1) d. Set system environment variables. i. GRADLE_HOME as D:\Graddle\gradle-2.1) ii. GRADLE_OPTS as -XX:MaxPermSize=512m iii. %GRADLE_HOME%\bin to Path iv. Set ANDROID_HOME ( Ex: D:\android-sdk) v. Append “%ANDROID %\platform-tools” to path.

e. Open command prompt and check gradle is set. May use gradle -version to check.

2. Install Gradle eclipse PlugIn: a. Launch Eclipse b. Help > Eclipse Market Place c. Search “gradle” d. In that choose “Nodeeclipse/enide” e. Select all listed, accept & install. f. Restart eclipse once installed.

3. Set Gradle & Java Homes : a. Launch eclipse. b. Window > Preferences > Gradle EnIDE c. Set these if not set : i. Gradle home to use is set ( Ex: D:\Graddle\gradle-2.1) ii. Alternate JAVA_HOME to use is set ( Ex : C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_60) iii. JVM options for GRADLE_OPTS is set to “-XX:MaxPermSize=512m”

4. Build the Project: a. Expand APK in eclipse Java explorer. b. Right click on build.gradle c. Run As > Gradle GUI d. Comand Line : gradle clean build e. Wait for build to complete : First time build will take several minutes. f. If Build dex error or Java heap space error : i. Open build.gradle in editor. ii. For multi dex builds- Set appropriate javaMaxHeapSize based on your java (javaMaxHeapSize=1024M for 32bit Java,2048M for 64bit Java) iii. May comment signing (//apply from: "$rootProject.projectDir/jenkins_config/gradle/signing.gradle";) to avoid signing for debug build. iv. Build again after these fixes.

5. Install Build On device: a. Connect the device to m/c. b. Right click on build.gradle c. Run As > gradle installDebug Gradle Android start d. Wait for install to complete

6. Debug Build: a. Launch the app b. Attach the debugger (DDMS>Devices > App). c. We able to debug on few devices checked.