Learning Gradle

Get introduced to Gradle, the automation tool used in Android development and build scripting for JVM projects. Learn how to define logic, run tasks, execute builds, and more.

Introduction

• Automate everything
• What you should know

1. Getting Started

• What is Gradle?
• Installing Gradle
• Hello world
• Gradle's domain-specific language
• Using the Gradle Wrapper
• Executing Gradle from the IDE

2. Gradle Essentials

• Build files and conventions
• Defining and configuring a task
• The directed acyclic graph (DAG)
• Build lifecycle phases
• Applying reusable functionality with plugins
• Domain object runtime representation
• Referencing the documentation
• Challenge: Define and execute a task
• Solution: Define and execute a task

Conclusion

• Next steps