I am looking to generate a second debug.apk in a different file location within the project path. Is it possible to create a second file path location for the .apk build within gradle?

The current build path is:

C:\..\app\build\outputs\apk\debug\debug.apk

I would like to create a second apk location after the build, for example:

C:\..\app\debug_apk\debug.apk

I am currently changing the names of the output files in gradle with:

applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputs.all { output ->
        def appVersionName = "company_name_${versionName}"
        switch (buildType.name) {
            case "debug": {
                outputFileName = "${appVersionName}_debug.apk"
                break
            }
            case "release": {
                outputFileName = "${appVersionName}_release.apk"
                break
            }
        }
    }
}

CodePudding user response：

apply plugin: 'android'

def outputPathName = "D:\build.apk"
def secondDir= "D:\backup\build.apk"

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.3"

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }

    def publish = project.tasks.create("publishAll")
    android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
    variant.outputFile = file(outputPathName)
    def task = project.tasks.create("publish${variant.name}Apk", Copy)
    task.from(variant.outputFile)
    task.into(secondDir)

    task.dependsOn variant.assemble
    publish.dependsOn task
  }

}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19. '
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

task cleanExtra(type: Delete) {
    delete outputPathName
}

clean.dependsOn(cleanExtra)

This code is combination from this resource and this answer

CodePudding user response：

Try This Solution :

I am able to do it by running copy script in gradle file like this :

    android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
     variant.outputs.all {

     copy {
      from file("${project.buildDir}/outputs/apk/"   variant.name   "/release/${outputFileName}")
      into file("${project.buildDir}/outputs/apk/")
     }

    // i don't want apk on this location so after successful copy i am deleting it
    delete file("${project.buildDir}/outputs/apk/"   variant.name) 
         }
    }