Reference build.gradle versionName attribute in xml layout

Question

I\'d like to have a layout file which references the versionName attribute in my gradle file:

...
defaultConfig {
    applicationId \"se.test.my         


        

Answer 1

I use variables in my projects for versionName and versionCode

for example, in the app's build.gradle:

final VERSION_NAME = '2.2.3'
final VERSION_CODE = 15

android {
    defaultConfig {
        resValue "string", "version_code", VERSION_NAME + " (build " + VERSION_CODE + ")"
        versionCode VERSION_CODE
        versionName VERSION_NAME
        ...
    }
...
}

Android Studio automatically generates an untranslatable string resource:

2.2.3 (build 15)

which I can use in xml:

hope it will be useful