How to read a properties files and use the values in project Gradle script?

Question

I am working on a Gradle script where I need to read the local.properties file and use the values in the properties file in build.gradle. I am doin

Answer 1

If using the default gradle.properties file, you can access the properties directly from within your build.gradle file:

gradle.properties:

applicationName=Admin
projectName=Hello Cool

build.gradle:

task printProps {
    doFirst {
        println applicationName
        println projectName
    }
}

If you need to access a custom file, or access properties which include . in them (as it appears you need to do), you can do the following in your build.gradle file:

def props = new Properties()
file("build.properties").withInputStream { props.load(it) }

task printProps {
    doFirst {
        println props.getProperty("application.name")
        println props.getProperty("project.name")
    }
}

Take a look at this section of the Gradle documentation for more information.

Edit

If you'd like to dynamically set up some of these properties (as mentioned in a comment below), you can create a properties.gradle file (the name isn't important) and require it in your build.gradle script.

properties.gradle:

ext {
    subPath = "some/sub/directory"
    fullPath = "$projectDir/$subPath"
}

build.gradle

apply from: 'properties.gradle'

// prints the full expanded path
println fullPath