Script for versioning

This simple script will allow you to auto-increment the build version in Android Studio.

Description

• gradle.properties store the current build version
• versioning.gradle contains the script
• versionName is the human-readable version (as 2.4.12)
• versionCode is a progressive integer that raises on every build, it allows the system to understand which version is earlier of another

The script increases automatically the version name but only the last integer, for example 0.4.2 to 0.4.3 so if you want to increase the second or the first integer you have to do it manually, so 0.5.0 and on next build it will become 0.5.1 and so on. Instead, please never edit the versionCode!

Instructions

Suppose that app/ is the folder where you have /src and /res. Just copy this repo structure in your working folder and just add to your app/build.gradle at the top of the file:

apply from: 'versioning.gradle'

and in your defaultConfig scope

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.company.yourappid"
        minSdkVersion ..
        targetSdkVersion ..
        versionCode myVersionCode.toInteger()
        versionName myVersionName
    }

And at the bottom, if you want for example to increase the version after a beta release build, you have to type:

tasks.matching { task -> task.name == "assembleBetaRelease" }.all { task ->
    task.dependsOn updateVersion
}

in order to hook assembleBetaRelease task for example

Whenever you will build your app configuration, version (that is written gradle.properties) will be increased.