Gradle build null console object

Question

I\'m trying to get my gradle builds to prompt at the console for a password using examples from stack overflow

When I have a statment such as:

def pa         


        

Answer 1

Simple solution to this is to check the console object for null:

def password = null
def console = System.console()
if (console != null) {
    password = console.readLine("Enter keystore password: ")
}

Android Studio no longer complaints about the null object.

To hide typed chars use readPassword() instead of readLine():

password = new String(console.readPassword("\nEnter key password: "))