Android Gradle Plugin 2.1.0 (April 2016)
2.1.3 (August 2016)
This update requires Gradle 2.14.1 and higher. Gradle 2.14.1 includes performance improvements, new features, and an important security fix. For more details, see the Gradle release notes.
- Dependencies:
- New:
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- Added support for the N Developer Preview, JDK 8, and Java 8 language features using the Jack
toolchain. To find out more, read the N Preview guide.
Note: Instant Run does not currently work with Jack and will be disabled while using the new toolchain. You only need to use Jack if you are developing for the N Preview and want to use the supported Java 8 language features.
- Added default support for incremental Java compilation to reduce
compilation time during development. It does this by only recompiling
portions of the source that have changed or need to be recompiled. To disable
this feature, add the following code to your module-level
build.gradle
file:Groovy
android { ... compileOptions { incremental false } }
Kotlin
android { ... compileOptions { incremental = false } }
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Added support for dexing-in-process which performs dexing within the build process rather than in a separate, external VM processes. This not only makes incremental builds faster, but also speeds up full builds. The feature is enabled by default for projects that have set the Gradle daemon's maximum heap size to at least 2048 MB. You can do this by including the following in your project's
```none org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xmx2048m ```gradle.properties
file:If you have defined a value for
```none org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xmx3072m ```javaMaxHeapSize
in your module-levelbuild.gradle
file, you need to setorg.gradle.jvmargs
to the value ofjavaMaxHeapSize
+ 1024 MB. For example, if you have setjavaMaxHeapSize
to "2048m", you need to add the following to your project'sgradle.properties
file:To disable dexing-in-process, add the following code to your module-level
build.gradle
file:Groovy
android { ... dexOptions { dexInProcess false } }
Kotlin
android { ... dexOptions { dexInProcess = false } }
- Added support for the N Developer Preview, JDK 8, and Java 8 language features using the Jack
toolchain. To find out more, read the N Preview guide.
Minimum version | Default version | Notes | |
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Gradle | 2.10 | 2.10 | To learn more, see updating Gradle. |
SDK Build Tools | 23.0.2 | 23.0.2 | Install or configure SDK Build Tools. |