Build Variants in Android

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Overview

Build Variants is a tool of Android Studio which is used to manage different versions of your application. It can be found on the left hand side of Android Studio. If you want to define your custom build variant, you can define it in build.gradle (Module) file.

Steps to create Build Variant

  • Add the following editable line of code in build.gradle (Module) file.

 flavorDimensions "demo"

 productFlavors {

    production {
        versionCode 12
        versionName "1.0.0.12"
        buildConfigField 'String', 'BUILDTYPE', '"PRODUCTION"'
        buildConfigField 'String', 'SERVER_IP', '"201.201.201.201"'
    }
    uat {
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0.0.0"
        buildConfigField 'String', 'BUILDTYPE', '"UAT"'
        buildConfigField 'String', 'SERVER_IP', '"201.201.201.201"'
    }
    development {
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0.0.0"
        buildConfigField 'String', 'BUILDTYPE', '"DEVELOPMENT"'
        buildConfigField 'String', 'SERVER_IP', '"201.201.201.201"'
    }
 }

  • You can add other buildConfigFields too in the respective sections of productFlavors

Do's and Dont's

  • Do not forget to add flavourDimensions after adding productFlavours

 flavorDimensions "demo"

  • Hello World!!!

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