Is it possible to declare a variable in Gradle usable in Java?

Is it possible to declare a variable in Gradle usable in Java ? Basically I would like to declare some vars in the build.gradle and then getting it (obviously) at build time. Just like a pre-processor macros in C/C++…

An example of declaration would be something like that … :

android {
    debug {
        A_VAR_RETRIEVABLE_IN_JAVA = 42
    }
    release {
        A_VAR_RETRIEVABLE_IN_JAVA = 42+52
    }
}

Is there a way to do something like that ?

Answer

Here are two ways to pass value from Gradle to use in Java;

Generate Java Constants

android {
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            buildConfigField "int", "FOO", "42"
            buildConfigField "String", "FOO_STRING", ""foo""
            buildConfigField "boolean", "LOG", "true"
        }

        release {
            buildConfigField "int", "FOO", "52"
            buildConfigField "String", "FOO_STRING", ""bar""
            buildConfigField "boolean", "LOG", "false"
        }
    }
}

You can access them with BuildConfig.FOO

Generate Android resources

android {
    buildTypes {
        debug{
            resValue "string", "app_name", "My App Name Debug"
        }
        release {
            resValue "string", "app_name", "My App Name"
        }
    }
}

You can access them in the usual way with @string/app_name or R.string.app_name