Gradle versionName and versionCode do not work after update 3.0

Question

    flavorDimensions "app"
    productFlavors {
        dev {
            resValue "string", "base_url", "http://mydevurl/"
            dimension "app"
        }
        prod {
            resValue "string", "base_url", "http://myprodurl/"
            dimension "app"
        }
    }
    applicationVariants.all { variant ->
        def flavor = variant.mergedFlavor
        def versionName
        if (variant.buildType.isDebuggable()) {
            versionName = "debug_0.1.1"
        }else{
            versionName = "0.1.1"
        }
        flavor.versionName = versionName
        flavor.versionCode = 50
    }

Above gradle, the setup worked fine until gradle 3.0. Could not find anything related to the site. How to manage this dynamic version control based on this new change flavorDimension?

Answer 1

You can dynamically set versionCode and versionName using the 3.0 Android gradle module using VariantOutput.setVersionCodeOverride () and VariantOutput.setVersionNameOverride ().

For your project, it looks something like this:

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    def flavor = variant.mergedFlavor
    def versionName
    if (variant.buildType.isDebuggable()) {
        versionName = "debug_0.1.1"
    }else{
        versionName = "0.1.1"
    }
    flavor.versionName = versionName
    flavor.versionCode = 50
    variant.outputs.all { output ->
        output.setVersionNameOverride(versionName)
        output.setVersionCodeOverride(50)
    }       
}

link: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/63785806#comment6