Gradle dependency based on both build type and flavor
Solution 1:
Android Plugin for Gradle 3.x.x
Build plugin 3.x.x uses variant-aware dependency resolution so devDebug
variant of an app module will automatically use devDebug
variant of its library module dependency. To answer the question, this would be enough:
implementation project(':common')
Read more here: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/dependencies.html#variant_aware
Original answer
I was able to find a solution here: https://github.com/JakeWharton/u2020/blob/master/build.gradle
More on why my original code does not suffice is available here: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=162285
Working solution:
configurations {
pubDebugCompile
devDebugCompile
pubReleaseCompile
devReleaseCompile
}
dependencies {
pubReleaseCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "pubRelease")
devReleaseCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "devRelease")
pubDebugCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "pubDebug")
devDebugCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "devDebug")
}
Solution 2:
First define the various build types:
buildTypes {
pubRelease {
//config
}
devRelease {
//config
}
}
Create a task that will be executed only for a specific buildType and flavor:
task pubReleaseTask << {
//code
}
task devReleaseTask << {
//code
}
You can add the dependency dynamically:
tasks.whenTaskAdded { task ->
if (task.name == 'pubRelease') {
task.dependsOn pubReleaseTask
}
if (task.name == 'devRelease') {
task.dependsOn devReleaseTask
}
}
Solution 3:
Take a look at Multi-flavor variants You shouldn't use buildTypes for this. But you can define multi-flavors:
flavorDimensions "first", "second"
productFlavors {
pub {
flavorDimension "first"
}
dev {
flavorDimension "first"
}
deb {
flavorDimension "second"
}
rel {
flavorDimension "second"
}
}
And then you can add dependencies to your libs like this
pubRelCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "pubRel")
devRelCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "devRel")
pubDebCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "pubDeb")
devDebCompile project(path: ':common', configuration: "devDeb")