How to add -Xlint:unchecked to my Android Gradle based project?

Question

I tried to add the following to the root build.gradle file:

subprojects {
    gradle.projectsEvaluated {
        tasks.withType(Compile) {
              


        

Answer 1

I'm not sure the problem was about using the Gradle subprojects configuration parameter, but the syntax you used:

options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:unchecked -Xlint:deprecation"

This worked for me:

subprojects {
  gradle.projectsEvaluated {
    tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
      options.compilerArgs += [
        '-Xlint:unchecked', // Shows information about unchecked or unsafe operations.
        '-Xlint:deprecation', // Shows information about deprecated members.
      ]
    }
  }
}

or

subprojects {
  gradle.projectsEvaluated {
    tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
      options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:unchecked" << "-Xlint:deprecation"
    }
  }
}

If you only want to add one option (you would normally add more), inside the task JavaCompile you just need to add:

options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:unchecked"

You can find more information about Lint here and here.