Introduction

An android scaffold project for publish android library to maven center on enviroment of Gradle 6.7.1 and Gradle plugin 4.2.2 .

Difference when publish android library in different Gradle version

In 2023 years, publishing an android library is very simple. However, it only established when you use environment of Gradle above 7.0 and Gradle plugin above 7.0. When you use old version, such as Gradle 6.7.1 and Gradle plugin 4.2.2, the situation is totally different.

Main different points is list there:

1. The setting.gradle file play different role in Gradle version above 7.0 and below 7.0.

   • Gradle version > 7.0, setting.gradle file will include some modules and manage dependency repository.

   • Gradle version < 7.0, setting.gradle file only include modules, the dependency repository script will be written in build.gradle file.

2. Build artifact generate

   • Gradle version > 7.0, publish will auto generator build artifact, you only need to include the release artifact. It will include source code, doc file, resource file, etc.

   • Gradle version < 7.0, you need to generate build artifact by write task manually, then include the task in script.

Reference

Publish configuration mostly reference from android-gpuimage project. It is a excellent project, It's source build.gradle file location is there. If you want to publish library on old Gradle and Gradle plugin version, you could refer this project carefully.