Gradle For Android Training

一、学习Gradle计划

官网：https://gradle.org/training/
培训：https://docs.gradle.org/current/release-notes
Android：https://gradle.org/gradle-for-android-training/
书籍：https://gradle.org/books/
视频：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bhbQdZLpIE
地址：https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-for-android-training/8750
培训：http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide

博客：http://blog.csdn.net/yanbober/article/details/49314255
http://blog.csdn.net/yanbober/article/details/49047515
https://segmentfault.com/a/1190000002439306
https://segmentfault.com/a/1190000002464822

Originally published at: https://gradle.org/training/gradle-for-android-training/18
The Gradle For Android Training course is a half day, live, virtual instructor lead training class taught by an Android expert.

Course Summary

Google has chosen Gradle to be the foundation for the next-generation build system for Android apps, for use in the new Android Studio IDE and elsewhere. In this half-day presentation, we will give you a brief introduction to Gradle in general, before diving into the Gradle for Android plugin. You will learn how to set up Gradle scripts to build Android applications and libraries, to use as a foundation for further exploration of using Gradle for Android for your own projects.
Duration

Half Day (3.5 Hours + 30 minutes Q&A)
Objectives

Upon completion of this course you will get/learn…

A brief overview of Gradle, what it is for, and how to set it up

How to create a Gradle build script, for an existing Eclipse/Ant project, or from scratch

How to organize your code and resources for best use with Gradle for Android, so you can do different builds for different circumstances (debug/production, Play Store/other distribution channels, ARM/x86 CPU type, etc.)

How to have your projects depend upon code from others, including how to integrate Maven artifacts into your Gradle builds

Audience

This course is designed for developers, architects, technical managers, and team leads looking to build their Android projects with Gradle, as well as experienced developers looking to jump-start their skills with Gradle.
Prerequisites

Prior exposure to Android is preferred
Outline

The proposed four-hour Gradle for Android course is divided into four hour-long segments, each providing time for some Q&A plus a short break before continuing into the next segment.
Segment #1: Introducing Gradle for Android

What? Why???

A Quick Primer on Groovy Syntax

The Gradle DSL

Exporting an Eclipse Project

Exploring the Exported build.gradle File

The New Project Structure

Gradle and Android Studio

Segment #2: Source Sets, Build Types, and Product Flavors

Defining the Terms

Source Sets: main/ and Beyond

Augmenting the Stock Build Types

Creating Your Own Build Type

What is Configurable on a Build Type?

Defining Some Product Flavors

What is Configurable on a Product Flavor?

Segment #3: Dependencies

Types of Dependencies

Depending Upon a JAR

Depending Upon Another Project

Gradle and the Android Library Project

Artifacts and Repositories

Depending Upon Artifacts

Publishing AARs as Artifacts

Segment #4: More Tips and Techniques

Testing Android Applications

Testing Android Library Projects

Defining Custom Tasks

Using Properties Files and Environment Variables

Dynamic Configuration in build.gradle

Gradle and Other Source Types [covers AIDL, NDK, and Renderscript]

The Gradle Ecosystem

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二、What is a Maven artifact?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2487485/what-is-a-maven-artifact

An artifact is a file, usually a JAR, that gets deployed to a Maven repository.

A Maven build produces one or more artifacts, such as a compiled JAR and a “sources” JAR.

Each artifact has a group ID (usually a reversed domain name, like com.example.foo), an artifact ID (just a name), and a version string. The three together uniquely identify the artifact.

A project’s dependencies are specified as artifacts.