Release signing in gradle.properties for Android

Question

So I\'m trying to convert all of my ant build scripts to gradle, and I\'ve been able to find ample resources and documentation on all of it except how to configure signing in th

Answer 1

Inspired by Eugens solution i came up with a little shorter variance. The code has to be in the android {} task configuration.

File signFile = rootProject.file('sign.properties')
if (signFile.exists()) {
    Properties p = new Properties()
    p.load(new FileInputStream(signFile))
    signingConfigs {
        releaseConfig {
            storeFile file(p.storeFile)
            storePassword p.storePassword
            keyAlias p.keyAlias
            keyPassword p.keyPassword
        }
    }
    buildTypes.release.signingConfig signingConfigs.releaseConfig
}