Use different VersionCode for Debug/Release android gradle build

Question

I\'d like to apply different VersionCode to make apk file. For debug only fix it to 1, and for release whatever number specified in defaultConf

Answer 1

So recently I had to deal with the same scenario and all the examples I could find use the applicationVariants property which is ill-documented imo.

So after some digging through the source code a bit, I realized that in the end versionCode and versionName properties from ProductFlavor get merged into the AndroidManifest which got me thinking: couldn't we just inject them by ourselves, cause we have manifestPlaceholders property on ProductFlavor AND on BuildType DSL objects, so I came up with this -- don't hesitate to give feedback and tell me why it's wrong

In build.gradle(app)

android {
    ...
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            manifestPlaceholder = [versionCode: X, versionName: "X.Y.Z"]
        }
        release {
            manifestPlaceholder = [versionCode: A, versionName: "A.B.C"]
        }
    }
    ...
}

In AndroidManifest.xml

    ...