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How to centralize the support libraries dependencies in gradle

Working with multi-modules project, it is very useful to centralize the dependencies, especially the support libraries. A very good way is to separate gradle build files, defining something like: root --gradleScript ----dependencies.gradle --module1 ----build.gradle --build.gradle In gradleScript/dependecies.gradle : ext { //Version supportLibrary = '22.2.1' //Support Libraries dependencies supportDependencies = [ design : "com.android.support:design:${supportLibrary}", recyclerView : "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:${supportLibrary}", cardView : "com.android.support:cardview-v7:${supportLibrary}", appCompat : "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${supportLibrary}", supportAnnotation: "com.android.support:support-annotations:${supportLibrary}", ] } In the top level file build.gradle

A First Glance at Stetho tool

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I decided to spend a few hours on Stetho . Stetho is a sophisticated debug bridge for Android applications. How to enable it It is very simple to enable Stetho. Just add these lines to your build.gradle : dependencies { // Stetho core compile 'com.facebook.stetho:stetho:1.1.1' //If you want to add a network helper compile 'com.facebook.stetho:stetho-okhttp:1.1.1' } Then in your Application you can enable the tool just adding: Stetho.initialize( Stetho.newInitializerBuilder(this) .enableDumpapp( Stetho.defaultDumperPluginsProvider(this)) .enableWebKitInspector( Stetho.defaultInspectorModulesProvider(this)) .build()); In my simple application, I have a network call with okhttp-client , a simple value in the shared preferences, and a small db with one table. Now the last

Gradle tip: how to use the archivesBaseName to change the apk name

I am seeing a lot of build.gradle where there are tasks to rename the apks. I prefer using something different, without use another tasks, setting the archivesBaseName . For example: defaultConfig { .... project.ext.set("archivesBaseName", "MyName-" + defaultConfig.versionName); } Output: MyName-1.0.12-release.apk