Going from Android Studio 2.3 to 3.3 now 3.4 and Gradle throws exception

Dear team:

what is happening there? I have a working Android Studio 2.3 project that builds

  1. an AAR library (with mix of Java and C programs) and
  2. an APK application with the main program(s)
    going to Android Studio 3.4 I only see hundreds of lines of trace where Gradle just throws meaningless exceptions;
    i.e., you are not even getting some meaningful error messages!

here the build.gradle from project 2.3:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
// Used to build applicationId “net.wavvox.voxdigits”
classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3’
// Used to build moduleName “wavvox-decoder”
classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.9.3’
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
maven { url “https://jitpack.io” }
}
}

and project 3.4:

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
// Used to build applicationId “net.wavvox.voxdigits”
classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1’
// Used to build moduleName “wavvox-decoder”
classpath ‘com.android.tools.build:gradle-experimental:0.11.1’
}
}

allprojects {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
maven { url “https://jitpack.io” }
//mavenCentral()
}
}

(the app/build.gradle and the wavvoxlibrary/build.gradle below)


All I get is at project level (VoxDigits13_SDK):

com/android/builder/Version
Open File

Run build the list of thrown exceptions:

‘C:\Users\jm\StudioProjects\VoxDigits13_SDK\wavvoxlibrary\build.gradle’ line: 5
A problem occurred evaluating project ‘:wavvoxlibrary’.
at org.gradle.initialization.exception.DefaultExceptionAnalyser.transform(DefaultExceptionAnalyser.java:99)
at org.gradle.initialization.exception.DefaultExceptionAnalyser.collectFailures(DefaultExceptionAnalyser.java:55)
at org.gradle.initialization.exception.MultipleBuildFailuresExceptionAnalyser.transform(MultipleBuildFailuresExceptionAnalyser.java:47)
at org.gradle.initialization.exception.StackTraceSanitizingExceptionAnalyser.transform(StackTraceSanitizingExceptionAnalyser.java:29)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.finishBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:174)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:165)
at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.getConfiguredBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:129)
at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$2.execute(GradleBuildController.java:67)
at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$2.execute(GradleBuildController.java:64)
at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$3.create(GradleBuildController.java:82)
at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController$3.create(GradleBuildController.java:75)
at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:183)
at org.gradle.internal.work.StopShieldingWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(StopShieldingWorkerLeaseService.java:40)
at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.doBuild(GradleBuildController.java:75)
at org.gradle.internal.invocation.GradleBuildController.configure(GradleBuildController.java:64)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.runner.ClientProvidedBuildActionRunner.run(ClientProvidedBuildActionRunner.java:57)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35)
at org.gradle.launcher.exec.BuildOutcomeReportingBuildActionRunner.run(BuildOutcomeReportingBuildActionRunner.java:58)
at
… … …

at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.execute(DefaultObjectConfigurationAction.java:143)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractPluginAware.apply(AbstractPluginAware.java:46)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectScript.apply(ProjectScript.java:34)
at org.gradle.api.Script$apply.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
at build_6i1o2dpe7dm2dlglljc6ctmws.run(C:\Users\jm\StudioProjects\VoxDigits13_SDK\wavvoxlibrary\build.gradle:5)
at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.internal.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory$ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:90)
… 120 more

ditto Configure build:

org.gradle.api.ProjectConfigurationException: A problem occurred configuring project ‘:wavvoxlibrary’.
at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.wrapException(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:79)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.addConfigurationFailure(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:72)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.access$600(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:53)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator$EvaluateProject$1.run(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:108)
at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:25)
at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:183)
at org.gradle.internal.work.StopShieldingWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(StopShieldingWorkerLeaseService.java:40)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProjectStateRegistry$ProjectStateImpl.withProjectLock(DefaultProjectStateRegistry.java:226)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProjectStateRegistry$ProjectStateImpl.withMutableState(DefaultProjectStateRegistry.java:220)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProjectStateRegistry$ProjectStateImpl.withMutableState(DefaultProjectStateRegistry.java:186)
at
… … …

at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.SessionScopeBuildActionExecuter.execute(SessionScopeBuildActionExecuter.java:38)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:37)
at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.execute(GradleThreadBuildActionExecuter.java:26)
at
… … …

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.gradle.api.GradleScriptException: A problem occurred evaluating project ‘:wavvoxlibrary’.
at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.internal.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory$ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:92)
at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultScriptPluginFactory$ScriptPluginImpl$2.run(DefaultScriptPluginFactory.java:206)
at org.gradle.configuration.ProjectScriptTarget.addConfiguration(ProjectScriptTarget.java:77)
at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultScriptPluginFactory$ScriptPluginImpl.apply(DefaultScriptPluginFactory.java:211)
at org.gradle.configuration.BuildOperationScriptPlugin$1$1.run(BuildOperationScriptPlugin.java:69)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:301)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:293)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:175)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:91)
at org.gradle.internal.operations.DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.run(DelegatingBuildOperationExecutor.java:31)
at org.gradle.configuration.BuildOperationScriptPlugin$1.execute(BuildOperationScriptPlugin.java:66)
at org.gradle.configuration.BuildOperationScriptPlugin$1.execute(BuildOperationScriptPlugin.java:63)
at org.gradle.configuration.internal.DefaultUserCodeApplicationContext.apply(DefaultUserCodeApplicationContext.java:48)
at org.gradle.configuration.BuildOperationScriptPlugin.apply(BuildOperationScriptPlugin.java:63)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.BuildScriptProcessor$1.run(BuildScriptProcessor.java:44)
at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:25)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProjectStateRegistry$ProjectStateImpl.withMutableState(DefaultProjectStateRegistry.java:200)
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProjectStateRegistry$ProjectStateImpl.withMutableState(DefaultProjectStateRegistry.java:186)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.BuildScriptProcessor.execute(BuildScriptProcessor.java:41)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.BuildScriptProcessor.execute(BuildScriptProcessor.java:26)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.ConfigureActionsProjectEvaluator.evaluate(ConfigureActionsProjectEvaluator.java:34)
at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator$EvaluateProject$1.run(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:106)
… 102 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/android/builder/Version
at com.android.build.gradle.model.LibraryComponentModelPlugin.apply(LibraryComponentModelPlugin.java:54)
at com.android.build.gradle.model.LibraryComponentModelPlugin.apply(LibraryComponentModelPlugin.java:49)
at
… … …

at build_6i1o2dpe7dm2dlglljc6ctmws.run(C:\Users\jm\StudioProjects\VoxDigits13_SDK\wavvoxlibrary\build.gradle:5)
at org.gradle.groovy.scripts.internal.DefaultScriptRunnerFactory$ScriptRunnerImpl.run(DefaultScriptRunnerFactory.java:90)
… 123 more

Why do I get this?


here the app/build.gradle (Android Studio 2.3)

import java.text.DateFormat
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath ‘com.jakewharton.hugo:hugo-plugin:1.2.1’

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
}

}

apply plugin: ‘com.android.application’
apply plugin: ‘hugo’

// Create a variable called keystorePropertiesFile, and initialize it to your
// keystore.properties file, in the rootProject folder.
def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file(“keystore.properties”)

// Initialize a new Properties() object called keystoreProperties.
def keystoreProperties = new Properties()

// Load your keystore.properties file into the keystoreProperties object.
keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))

// We use the place values to calculate the veresion code from the major/minor/patch version numbers
ext.PLACE_VALUE_MAJOR = 100 * 100;
ext.PLACE_VALUE_MINOR = 100;
ext.PLACE_VALUE_PATCH = 1;

// >>>>> Set the version code here <<<<<
ext.majorVersion = “12”;
ext.minorVersion = “05”;
ext.patchVersion = “72”
ext.majorVersionVoxChat = “01”;
ext.minorVersionVoxChat = “06”;
ext.patchVersionVoxChat = “32”;

/** Base name for VoxChat APK file /
ext.ApkBaseVoxChat = “VoxChat”
/
* Base name for VoxDigits APK file */
ext.ApkBaseVoxDigits = “VoxDigits12”

/**

  • Custom name for the VoxChat APK that includes the version name and the Git commit hash
  • @return the name of the VoxChat APK file
    */
    private String apkNameVoxChat() {
    return ext.ApkBaseVoxChat + apkSuffix(versionNameVoxChat());
    }

/**

  • Custom name for the VoxDigits APK that includes the version name and the Git commit hash
  • @return the name of the VoxDigits APK file
    */
    private String apkNameVoxDigits() {
    return ext.ApkBaseVoxDigits + apkSuffix(versionNameVoxDigits());
    }

/**

  • The name of the app version, using the Semantic Versioning format (major.minor.patch)
  • @return
    */
    String versionNameVoxChat() {
    return versionName(ext.majorVersionVoxChat, ext.minorVersionVoxChat, ext.patchVersionVoxChat);
    }

/**

  • The name of the app version, using the Semantic Versioning format (major.minor.patch)
  • @return
    */
    String versionNameVoxDigits() {
    return versionName(ext.majorVersion, ext.minorVersion, ext.patchVersion);
    }

/**

  • The name of the app version, using the Semantic Versioning format (major.minor.patch)
  • @param majorVersion
  • @param minorVersion
  • @param patchVersion
  • @return
    */
    static String versionName(majorVersion, minorVersion, patchVersion) {
    return removeLeadingZeros(majorVersion) + “.”
    + removeLeadingZeros(minorVersion) + “.”
    + removeLeadingZeros(patchVersion);
    }

/**

  • Remove leading zeros from a String of digits.
  • TODO: trap for invalid {@code # value} parameter
  • @param value an integer expressed as a String
  • @return
    */
    static String removeLeadingZeros(value) {
    return new Integer(value).toString();
    }

/**

  • Generates the version code of VoxDigits
  • @return
    */
    Integer versionCodeVoxDigits() {
    return versionCode(ext.majorVersion, ext.minorVersion, ext.patchVersion);
    }

/**

  • Generates the version code of VoxDigits
  • @return
    */
    Integer versionCodeVoxChat() {
    return versionCode(ext.majorVersionVoxChat, ext.minorVersion, ext.patchVersion);
    }

/**

  • The version code of the app. This is used by the Google Play Store to decide which versions to
  • offer to users, so we should exercise care if we change this method. This blog has some scheme
  • suggestions for apps with NDK libs: {@Gradle | Android By Code}
  • TODO: handle leading zeros correctly; it’s ok right now because ext.majorVersion = “10”
  • @param majorVersion
  • @param minorVersion
  • @param patchVersion
  • @return
    */
    Integer versionCode(majorVersion, minorVersion, patchVersion) {
    int versionCode
    = (Integer.valueOf(majorVersion) * ext.PLACE_VALUE_MAJOR)
    + (Integer.valueOf(minorVersion) * ext.PLACE_VALUE_MINOR)
    + (Integer.valueOf(patchVersion) * ext.PLACE_VALUE_PATCH);
    System.out.println(" ************************************************“);
    System.out.println(” *** appVersionCode() " + " – versionCode: " + versionCode + " ***“);
    System.out.println(” ************************************************");
    return versionCode;
    }

/**

  • Generate the suffix to append to the APK file name to indicate build version and commit hash, if available
  • @param versionName
  • @return
    /
    static String apkSuffix(String versionName) { // jm
    20190405
    def commitHash = getShortCommitHash()
    if (‘unknown’ != commitHash) {
    return “-” + versionName + “_” + commitHash
    } else {
    return “-” + versionName
    }
    }

/**

  • Get the short commit hash of the current Git head. This definitively tells us which version has
  • been built.
  • @return
    /
    static String getShortCommitHash() { // jm
    20190405
    def osName = System.getProperty(“os.name”);
    def gitPathAsText
    if (osName.toLowerCase().contains(“windows”)) {
    gitPathAsText = “where git”.execute().getText()
    } else {
    gitPathAsText = “which git”.execute().getText()
    }
    System.out.println("getShortCommitHash() " + "\n\t – osName: " + osName + " – gitPathAsText: " + gitPathAsText);
    String gitRev = ‘unknown’
    if (gitPathAsText) {
    def shortHeadHash = “git rev-parse --short head”.execute().getText()
    gitRev = shortHeadHash.trim()
    }
    return gitRev;
    }

/**

  • Today’s date in ISO 8601 format
  • @return
    */
    static String todayIso8601() {
    Date now = new Date()
    DateFormat nowDateFmt = new SimpleDateFormat(‘yyyy-MM-dd’)
    return nowDateFmt.format(now);
    }

android {
compileSdkVersion 28 // jm*20190405
buildToolsVersion “25.0.3”

defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 16           /*** was: 9, then: 14 ***/
    targetSdkVersion 28        /*** was: 21, then: 25 ***/
    buildConfigField "String", "BUILD_DATE", "\"" + todayIso8601() + "\""
    buildConfigField "String", "SHORT_COMMIT_HASH", "\"" + getShortCommitHash() + "\""
}

signingConfigs {
    create("myConfig") {
        storeFile file(keystoreProperties['storeFile'])
        storePassword keystoreProperties['storePassword']
        keyAlias keystoreProperties['keyAlias']
        keyPassword keystoreProperties['keyPassword']
        storeType "jks"
    }
}

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        signingConfig = signingConfigs.myConfig
    }
}

productFlavors {
    voxDigits {
        applicationId "net.wavvox.voxdigits12"
        versionCode versionCodeVoxDigits()
        versionName versionNameVoxDigits()
    }
    voxChat {
        applicationId "net.wavvox.voxchat"
        versionCode versionCodeVoxChat()
        versionName versionNameVoxChat()
    }

    // Rename APK for the appropriate productFlavor
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        variant.outputs.every { output ->
            String flavorName = variant.productFlavors[0].name
            System.out.println("flavorName: " + flavorName);
            switch (flavorName) {   // jm*20190405
                case "voxChat":
                    output.outputFile = new File(output.outputFile.parent,
                            output.outputFile.name.replace("app-voxChat", apkNameVoxChat()));
                    break;
                case "voxDigits":
                default:
                    output.outputFile = new File(output.outputFile.parent,
                            output.outputFile.name.replace("app-voxDigits", apkNameVoxDigits()));
                    break;
            }   // switch
        }
    }
} // End productFlavors block

}

dependencies {
/** WavvoxLibrary AAR module */
compile project(path: ‘:wavvoxlibrary’)

/** Google Android support libraries */
compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'

/** Dagger 2 */
compile 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.10'
annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.10'
provided 'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0'

/** Progress Circle */
compile 'com.github.jakob-grabner:Circle-Progress-View:v1.3'

}


and the wavvoxlibrary/build.gradle (Android Studio 2.3)

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

apply plugin: ‘com.android.model.library’

/**

  • Set the version code here <<<<<

  • Each subversion code should be exactly 2 numeric digits or we will get wrong versions published
  • in the Google Play Store
    */
    ext.majorVersion = “03”;
    ext.minorVersion = “07”;
    ext.patchVersion = “090”;

/**

  • The name of the app version, using the Semantic Versioning format (major.minor.patch)
  • @return
    */
    String appVersionName() {
    return removeLeadingZeros(ext.majorVersion) + “.” + removeLeadingZeros(ext.minorVersion) + “.” + removeLeadingZeros(ext.patchVersion);
    }

/**

  • The name of the app version, using a combination of stripped and non-stripped leading zeros in
  • the major and minor version numbers, and omitting the patch version number. We surround the text
  • with double quotes for use as a build config field so we don’t get a field type mismatch
  • @return
    */
    String versionNameWavvoxFormat() {
    return “"” +removeLeadingZeros(ext.majorVersion) + “.” + ext.minorVersion + “"”;
    }

static String removeLeadingZeros(value) { // jm*20190405
return new Integer(value).toString();
}

/**

  • The version code of the app. This is used by the Google Play Store to decide which versions to
  • offer to users, so we should exercise care if we change this method. This blog has some scheme
  • suggestions for apps with NDK libs: {#link Gradle | Android By Code}
  • @return
    */
    String appVersionCode() {
    return ext.majorVersion + ext.minorVersion + ext.patchVersion;
    }

model {
android {
compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion “25.0.3”

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion.apiLevel 16       /*** was: 8 ***/
        targetSdkVersion.apiLevel 25
        //versionCode appVersionCode()
        versionName appVersionName()
        setProperty("archivesBaseName", "wavvoxlibrary-$versionName")
        buildConfigFields {
            create() {
                type "String"
                name "VERSION_NAME_WAVVOX_FORMAT"
                value versionNameWavvoxFormat()
            }
        }

        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

    }   // defaultConfig
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled true
            proguardFiles.add(file("proguard-rules.pro"))
        }
    }   // buildTypes
    // }   // android   // jm*20190405

    // android.ndk {   // jm*20190405
    ndk {
        moduleName "wavvox-decoder"
        platformVersion = 16    // vs. 21 for 64bit?

        // full optimization, char data type is signed
        CFlags.addAll([
        //        "-I${project.rootDir}/app/src/main/jni".toString(),   // jm*20190405
                "-Iwavvoxlibrary/src/main/jni".toString(),
                "-O3",

// “-fsigned-char”
“-Wno-error=format-security”,
“-std=c99”, // as before; vs. -c11 ?
// “-mfloat-abi=softfp”,
“-mfpu=neon”,
// “-march=arm64”, // how to build 64bit?
“-fvisibility=hidden”,
“-g”
])

        // Loads NDK libraries: log, android; we may need to add OpenSLES in the future (for native audio)
        ldLibs.addAll([
                "log"
                , "android"

// , “OpenSLES”
])

        // these platforms cover 99% percent of all Android devices
        abiFilters.addAll([
            "armeabi-v7a"
            , "arm64-v8a"

// , “x86”
// , “x86_64”
])
} // ndk

    // C source files to include in the build script
    // android.sources.main.jni {   // jm*20190405
    sources {
        main {
            jni {
                source {
                    include "wavvoxNativeApp.c"
                    include "licenseWavvox.c"        // jm*20180520
                    include "driverGeneration.c"     // jm*20170317
                    include "driver.c"
                    include "process.c"
                    include "buildPacket.c"          // jm*20180315
                    include "buildPacketEmbed.c"
                    include "Decode.c"
                    include "fifo.c"
                    include "filters.c"
                    include "campaignCodeText.c"
                    include "convertTextCode.c"
                    include "transmitSymbol.c"
                    include "transmit.c"
                    srcDir "jni"
                }
            }   // jni
        }   // main
    }   // sources

}   // android   // jm*20190405

} // model

//dependencies {
// compile fileTree(dir: ‘libs’, include: [‘*.jar’])
// androidTestCompile(‘com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2’, {
// exclude group: ‘com.android.support’, module: ‘support-annotations’
// })
// compile ‘com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.1’
// testCompile ‘junit:junit:4.12’
//}

dependencies {
compile ‘com.android.support:support-annotations:25.3.1’
testCompile ‘junit:junit:4.12’
testCompile ‘org.hamcrest:hamcrest-junit:2.0.0.0’

/** Dagger 2 */
// TODO: get the dagger-compiler annotation processor to work and use Dagger instead of ProviderModule

// compile ‘com.google.dagger:dagger:2.10’
// annotationProcessor ‘com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.10’
// provided ‘javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0’
}

/**

  • Workaround for using ProGuard with the experimental Gradle plugin.
  • Trouble seems to be that unless process(Debug|Release)Resources task is needed, it is not created
  • and VariantOutputScope.setProcessResourcesTask in TaskManager.createProcessResTask() is not
  • called so when TaskManager.applyProguardConfig() calls
  • BaseVariantOutputData.processResouresTask.getProguardOutputFile() it does so on a null object.
  • So, by making transformClassesAndResourcesWithProguardFor(Debug|Release) depend on
  • process(Debug|Release)Resources I force the task to be created
  • More discussions here: Google Issue Tracker
    /
    tasks.all { task →
    def match = task.name =~ /^transformClassesAndResourcesWithProguardFor(.
    )$/
    if (match) {
    task.dependsOn “process${match.group(1)}Resources”
    return
    }
    }

I realize that – with the oh so frequent syntax changes in Gradle, documentation and even adding essential warning and/or error messages is left behind and cannot keep up – but on such fundamental features (here: “model”) one can expect much more diligence. Please?

According to Google, Android Studio 3 is supporting the “experimental” model function. Sooo… What do we miss?

Thanks!
jm.

I moved away from the component model thing and using CMake / ndk-build instead.
I absolutely, positively do NOT understand those frequent syntax and symantic changed of the Gradle script language, as if folks don’t know or have an idea what they’re doing and having second or third thoughts! E.g., why changing “compile” to “implementation”??? What’s the purpose – aside wasting valuable engineering time, as if they’d have nothing else to do???
anyway, the changes I’ve published in my blog (files available on github); enjoy:
“migrate-a-library-in-android-studio”
all the best, jm.