Android Auto Version
This is a Gradle plugin, for Android developers, that automates app versioning. You can read more about this plugins inception here: http://alexfu.github.io/2015/11/09/Android-Auto-Versioning
Why
Not having to remember or worry about when to bump version numbers allows you to focus on what's really important (implementing new features or fixing bugs).
Benefits
This plugin comes with 3 simple tasks:
releaseMajorreleaseMinorreleasePatch
All of these tasks will bump the version based on semantic versioning rules ( http://semver.org)
How
To use this plugin...
Step 1
Include the following in your top-level build.gradle file:
buildscript {
repositories {
maven {
url 'https://jitpack.io'
}
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.github.alexfu:androidautoversion:1.0.0'
}
}
Step 2
Include the following in your app-level build.gradle file:
apply plugin: 'com.github.alexfu.androidautoversion' androidAutoVersion {
release {
releaseTask = "assembleRelease"
}
}
Step 3
Remove versionCode and versionName from your defaultConfig block!
Usage
Every time you want to make a release, decide if it's a major, minor, or a patch. Use the rules outlined here to make your decision. Then, once you've decided, run the release task that matches your release type ( releaseMajor, releaseMinor, releasePatch). At the end of it all, you'll have release APKs of each app variant.
Beta
This plugin supports releasing betas. To release a beta, you must first specify a beta config block with a releaseTask:
androidAutoVersion {
beta {
releaseTask = "assembleRelease"
}
}
You now have access to the beta variants of the release tasks: releaseBetaMajor, releaseBetaMinor, and releaseBetaPatch. Whenever you run one of these tasks, the version name will have -beta appended to it.
Version File
You will notice that this plugin creates a version file for you in the root level directory of your project. This is how the plugin tracks and updates the version. If you would like this file to live elsewhere, you can specify a custom file location like so:
androidAutoVersion {
versionFile = file("/path/to/version/file")
}
Post Hooks
Sometimes you want to execute a script or run some command after the release task has completed. You can do this by specifying a list of postHooks:
androidAutoVersion {
postHooks = [
{
versionString ->
println("Hello $versionString"!)
}
]
}
Post hooks are also available in each release flavor:
androidAutoVersion {
postHooks = [
{
versionString ->
println("Hello $versionString!")
}
]
release {
postHooks = [
{
versionString ->
println("Hello from release!")
}
]
}
beta {
postHooks = [
{
versionString ->
println("Hello from beta!")
}
]
}
}
Post hooks are nothing more than closures with a single argument, the version string (version name).