How to define apk output directory when using gradle?

Question

How to define apk output directory when using gradle?

I would like to have possibility to upload apk to shared folder after each build.

Answer 1

thats work for me:

android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    def outputName = // filename
    variant.outputFile = file(path_to_filename)
}

or for Gradle 2.2.1+

android {
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.each { output ->
            output.outputFile = new File(path_to_filename, output.outputFile.name)
        }
    }
}

but "clean" task will not drop that apk, so you should extend clean task as below:

task cleanExtra(type: Delete) {
    delete outputPathName
}

clean.dependsOn(cleanExtra)

full sample:

apply plugin: 'android'

def outputPathName = "D:\\some.apk"

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }

    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputFile = file(outputPathName)
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.+'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

task cleanExtra(type: Delete) {
    delete outputPathName
}

clean.dependsOn(cleanExtra)