Android plugin for Gradle, revision 1.1.0 (February 2015)

Dependencies:
Minimum version Default version Notes
Gradle 2.2.1 2.2.1 To learn more, see updating Gradle.
SDK Build Tools 21.1.1 21.1.1 Install or configure SDK Build Tools.
General Notes:
  • Added new unit test support
    • Enabled unit tests to run on the local JVM against a special version of the android.jar file that is compatible with popular mocking frameworks, for example Mockito.
    • Added new test tasks testDebug, testRelease, and testMyFlavorDebug when using product flavors.
    • Added new source folders recognized as unit tests: src/test/java/, src/testDebug/java/, src/testMyFlavor/java/.
    • Added new configurations in the build.gradle file for declaring test-only dependencies, for example, testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11', testMyFlavorCompile 'some:library:1.0'.

      Note: Test-only dependencies are not compatible with Jack (Java Android Compiler Kit).

    • Added the android.testOptions.unitTests.returnDefaultValues option to control the behaviour of the mockable android.jar.
  • Replaced Test in test task names with AndroidTest. For example, the assembleDebugTest task is now assembleDebugAndroidTest task. Unit test tasks still have UnitTest in the task name, for example assembleDebugUnitTest.
  • Modified ProGuard configuration files to no longer apply to the test APK. If minification is enabled, ProGuard processes the test APK and applies only the mapping file that is generated when minifying the main APK.
  • Updated dependency management
    • Fixed issues using provided and package scopes.

      Note: These scopes are incompatible with AAR (Android ARchive) packages and cause a build with AAR packages to fail.

    • Modified dependency resolution to compare the dependencies of an app under test and the test app. If an artifact with the same version is found for both apps, it's not included with the test app and is packaged only with the app under test. If an artifact with a different version is found for both apps, the build fails.
  • Added support for anyDpi resource qualifier in resource merger.
  • Improved evaluation and IDE sync speeds for projects with a large number of Android modules.