Gradle for Android

Getting started with the Gradle Wrapper

Gradle is a tool that is under constant development, and new versions could potentially break backward compatibility. Using the Gradle Wrapper is a good way to avoid issues and to make sure builds are reproducible.

The Gradle Wrapper provides a batch file on Microsoft Windows and a shell script on other operating systems. When you run the script, the required version of Gradle is downloaded (if it is not present yet) and used automatically for the build. The idea behind this is that every developer or automated system that needs to build the app can just run the wrapper, which will then take care of the rest. This way, it is not required to manually install the correct version of Gradle on a developer machine ...