android-props

Gradle and ProGuard files for quick dependencies declaration in a new Android project

Getting started

First, add this repository as a submodule of your repository by running the following command: git submodule add https://github.com/eduardb/android-props.git props

It is important to note that from now on, to clone the project on a new machine and have the submodule files fetched as well, you'll have to either run git submodule init and git submodule update, or to add the --recurse-submodules argument to the git clone command. To learn more about working with submodules, have a look here.

Now that you have added the submodule, you should have the files under the prop directory. To start using it, first add the following line inside the buildscript closure in your main build.gradle file: apply from: 'props/props.gradle'. It should look someting like this:

buildscript {
    apply from: 'props/props.gradle'

    repositories {
        jcenter()
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        ....
    }
}

To start adding dependencies and ProGuard rules defined in this project, keep reading :)

Dependencies

Dependencies defined by this project are located in the dependencies.gradle file. There are two kind of dependencies: Gradle plugins and libraries.

Gradle Plugins

You can refer to the Gradle plugins with gradlePlugins.*. These plugins can be added in the dependencies closure inside the buildscript one of your main Gradle file. As a result, it could look like this:

buildscript {
    apply from: 'props/props.gradle'

    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath gradlePlugins.androidTools
        classpath gradlePlugins.kotlin
    }
}

List of plugins:

• androidTools
• kotlin

Libraries

TBC

ProGuard rules

TBC